G/TBT/N/USA/2048  
18 September 2023  
(23-6187) 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 
New Jersey  
2. Agency responsible:   
Department of Environmental Protection, State of New Jersey [2079]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the not ification 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 [  ], 3.2 [X], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Vehicle 
emissions; Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Transport exhaust emissions 
(ICS code(s): 13.040.50); Road vehicles in general (ICS code(s): 43.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Advanced Clean 
Cars II Program; (36 page(s), in Engl ish) 
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - Amends rules to incorporate by reference 
California's Advanced Clean Cars II regulations , which will require manufacturers of 
passenger cars and light -duty trucks to meet an annual zero -emission vehicle 
requirement intended to increase the percentage of ZEVs sold in the State that meet the 
new minimum technical requirem ents. 
A public hearing concerning the proposal will be conducted virtually via the Department's 
video conferencing software  on 21 September 2023 at 9:30 A.M.  Eastern Time . Meeting 
ID: 230 156 178 133.  
If you are interested in providing oral comments at the virtual public hearing, please email 
the Department no later than 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time  on 19 September 2023, wi th your 
contact information (name, organization, telephone number, and email address). You 
must provide a valid email address so the Department can send you an email confirming 
receipt of your interest to testify orally at the hearing and provide you with a separate 
option for a telephone call -in line if you do not have access to a computer or mobile device 
that can connect to Microsoft Teams.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/USA/2048  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
New Jersey Register, Volume 55, Issue 16, 21 August 2023   
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Proposed Rule:  
https://dep.nj.gov/rules/notice -of-rule-proposals/20230821a/  
WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit written comments to the USA 
TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 20 October 2023. Comments 
received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be 
shared with the regulator  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:  20 October 2023  
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/2023/TBT/USA/23_1243 9_00_e.pdf