G/TBT/N/USA/1927  
6 October 2022  
(22-7532) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  State of 
Colorado Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire Prevention and Control  
2. Agency responsible:   
State of Colorado Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire Prevention and Control  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [ X], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Cigarettes; meaning any roll for smoking, whether made wholly or partly of tobacco or 
any other substance, irrespective of size or shape, and whether or not such tobacco or 
substance is flavored, adulterated, or mixed with any other ingredient, the wrapper or 
cover of which is made of paper or any other substance or material except tobacco.  
Cigarettes containing tobacco (HS code(s): 240220); Oth er (HS code(s): 240319); 
"Homogenised" or "reconstituted" tobacco (HS code(s): 240391); Quality (ICS code(s): 
03.120); Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment (ICS code(s): 65.160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Reduced 
Ignition Propensity Cigarette Standards; (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Amends rules to provide clarification and written directions to 
the Certification Application and Recertification Procedures under section 3.4, as well as 
to provide Supplemental Application Procedures under the new section 3.5. This rule 
change also allows for general clean -up of definitions, the removal or update of outdated 
provisions, as well as grammatical and formatting inconsistencies or errors.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
Code of Colorado Regulations eDocket 19 September 2022: 
https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/eDocketDetails.do?trackingNum=2022 -00565  
WTO Members and their stakeholders ar e asked to submit comments to the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 3 November 2022. Comments received G/TBT/N/USA/1927  
 
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  by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared 
with the regulator if received within the comment period.  
Code of Colorado Regulations (CCR) - Official Publication of the State Administrative Rules 
(24-4-103(11) C.R.S.)  
https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/Welcome.do  
CCR rule (in PDF) for 8 CCR 1507 -52, current as of 30 January 2009  
Department of Public Safety, Di vision of Fire Prevention and Control, Reduced Ignition 
Propensity Cigarette Standards and Certification  
https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/GenerateRulePdf.do?ruleVersionId=2789  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  3 November 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_6818_00_e.pdf