G/TBT/N/USA/1695  
22 January 2021  
(21-0664) 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):   
2. Agency responsible:  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation (DOT) [1724]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle com ments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other  [X]:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Motor 
vehicles; cybersecurity; Car informatics. On board computer systems (ICS 43.040.15)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Cybersecurity 
Best Practices for the Safety of Modern Vehicles (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Descr iption of content:  Request for comments - NHTSA invites public comment on the 
Agency's updated draft cybersecurity best practices document titled Cybersecurity Best 
Practices for the Safety of Modern Vehicles. In 2016, NHTSA issued its first edition, 
Cyber security Best Practices for Modern Vehicles, which described NHTSA's nonbinding 
guidance to the automotive industry for improving vehicle cybersecurity. With this 
document, NHTSA is docketing and soliciting public feedback on a draft update based on 
the kn owledge gained through prior comments, continued research, motor vehicle 
cybersecurity issues discovered by researchers, and related industry activities over the 
past four years. To emphasize NHTSA's safety mission, recommendations in the document 
focus on  cybersecurity best practices that have safety implications for motor vehicles and 
motor vehicle equipment.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  National security requirements; Prevention of deceptive pract ices and 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• 86 Federal Register (FR) 2481, 12 January 2021:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-01-12/html/2021 -00390.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-01-12/pdf/2021 -00390.pdf  
This request for comments is identified by Docket Number NHTSA -2020-0087. The Docket 
Folder is available at http://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NHTSA -2020-0087 and 
provides access to primary  documents as well as comments received. Documents are 
also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the D ocket 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.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  15 March 2021  
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/2021/TBT/USA/21_0609_00_e.pdf