G/TBT/N/USA/353/Rev.1  
4 August 2023  
(23-5319) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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 (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  State of 
Colorado  
2. Agency responsible:   
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:   
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 [  ], 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):  Ignition 
propens ity of cigarettes; Cigarettes, containing tobacco (HS code(s): 240220); Product 
and company certification. Conformity assessment (ICS code(s): 03.120.20); Ignitability 
and burning behaviour of materials and products (ICS code(s): 13.220.40); Tobacco, 
tobac co products and related equipment (ICS code(s): 65.160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ignition 
Propensity Cigarette Standards and Certification; (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule chang e - Pursuant to Section 24 -33.5-1203.5, 
Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S.) , the Director of the Colorado Division of Fire 
Prevention and Control shall promulgate  rules as necessary to carry out the duties of the 
Division of Fire Prevention and Control. Section 24 -33.5-1214, C.R.S. establishes the 
authority and duty of the Division of Fire Prevention & Control to ensure that cigarettes 
sold or offered for sale in C olorado meet the ignition strength standards specified in 
Section 24 -33.5-1214, C.R.S. This rule is proposed pursuant to this authority and is 
intended to be consistent with the requirements of the State Administrative Procedures 
Act, Section 24 -4-101, et seq., C.R.S.  
The purpose of this rule change is to update the Certification Application and 
Recertification Procedures provisions under section 3.4, as well as to remove the 
Supplemental Application Procedures under section 3.5, to better align the rules w ith the 
statutory requirements found in 24 -33.5-1214, C.R.S.  
This rule change also allows for general clean -up of grammatical and formatting 
inconsistencies or errors if any are found.  G/TBT/N/USA/353/Rev.1  
 
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  A virtual hearing will be held at 10 a.m.  Mountain Time (MT)  on Thursday, 31 August 2023 
on the Google Meet platform, allowing attendance via phone and/or video conference: 
https://meet.google.com/gmp -tmuk-ivc 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements   
8. Relevant documents:  Code of Colorado Regulations eDocket, Tracking Number 2023 -
00435: https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/eDocketDetails.do?trackingNum=2023 -00435   
8 CCR 1507 -52 - Rulemaking Amendment Hearing by the Division of Fire Prevention & 
Control - 31 August 2023: https://publicsafety.colorado.gov/8 -ccr-1507-52-reduced -
ignition -propensity -cigarette -standards -and-certification  
Colorado Fire Safe Cigarettes: https://dfpc.colorado.gov/fire -safe-cigarettes  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  28 August 2023; WTO Members and their stakeholders are 
asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point (via e -mail to 
usatbtep@nist.gov ) by or before 4pm Eastern Time ( http://time -time.net/times/time -
zones/usa -canada/current -eastern -time-est.php ) on 28 August 2023. Comments 
received by the U SA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be 
shared with the regulator.  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/Upload/NoticeOfRulemaking/ProposedRuleAttach2023 -
00435.docx