G/TBT/N/USA/1667/Add.1  
 
7 January 2021  
(21-0237) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  7 January 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems, Incorporation by Reference  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[X] Comment period changed - date:  5 April 2021  
[  ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[  ] Notified measure published - date:  
[  ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[  ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[  ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[X] Other: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-01-04/html/2020 -29111.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-01-04/pdf/2020 -29111.pdf  
https://members.wto .org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_0267_00_e.pdf  
 
Description:  Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems, Incorporation by 
Reference  
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation 
(DOT)  
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period  
SUMMARY: NHTSA has received petitions asking the Agency to extend the comment period for a 
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to update Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 
No. 213, "Child restraint systems." The NPRM proposed to incorporate a new test sled assembly to 
conduct compliance tests of child restraints and update a number of the test procedures of the 
standard. The comment period for the NPRM is scheduled to end on  4 January 2021. In response to 
petitions from the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association and the Children's Hospital of 
Philadelphia, the Agency is extending the comment period by 90 days.  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/USA/1667/Add.1  
 
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  DATES: The comment period for the NPRM published on 2 Novembe r 2020, at 85 FR 69388, is 
extended to 5 April 2021.  
This proposed rule; extension of comment period and the notice of proposed rulemaking; request 
for comment notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1667  is identified by Docket Number NHTSA -2020-0093. The 
Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov  at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NHTSA -
2020-0093 and provides access to primary documents, and will also p rovide access to comments 
received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. 
WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point . 
Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will 
be shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov  if received 
within the comment period.  
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