G/TBT/N/USA/1667/Add.2  
 
6 December 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  6 December 2023, 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:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 5 December 2023  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 5 February 2024; The compliance date for the 
amendments to FMVSS No. 213 is 5 December 2024. The compliance date for meeting 
FMVSS No. 213b is 5 December 2026. Optional early compliance with the standards is 
permit ted. If you wish to petition for reconsideration of this rule, your petition must be 
received by 19 January 2024.  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
88 Federal Register (FR) 84514, Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 571:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-12-05/html/2023 -26082.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-12-05/pdf/2023 -26082.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/final_measure/23_14056_00
_e.pdf  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  This final rule amends a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) regarding 
child restraint systems (CRS). The amendments, mandatory in one year, modernize the standard 
by, among other things, updating CRS owner registration program requirements, labe ling 
requirements on correctly using child restraints, requirements for add -on school bus -specific child 
restraint systems, and provisions for NHTSA's use of test dummies in NHTSA compliance tests. 
 
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  Amendments mandatory in three years include adding a new F MVSS that updates to standard seat 
assemblies on which NHTSA tests child restraint systems for compliance with frontal crash 
performance requirements. This final rule fulfills a mandate of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 
21st Century Act (MAP -21) that  directs NHTSA to update the standard seat assembly. The purpose 
of this final rule is to ensure continued effectiveness of child restraint systems in current and future 
vehicles.  
Effective date: 5 February 2024.  
IBR date: The incorporation by reference of  certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the 
Director of the Federal Register as of 5 February 2024. The incorporation by reference of certain 
other publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director as of 6 February 2012.  
Complian ce date: The compliance date for the amendments to FMVSS No. 213 is 5 December 2024. 
The compliance date for meeting FMVSS No. 213b is 5 December 2026. Optional early compliance 
with the standards is permitted.  
Reconsideration date: If you wish to petition  for reconsideration of this rule, your petition must be 
received by 19 January 2024.  
Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 571  
This final rule is identified by Docket Number NHTSA -2023-0040. The Docket Folder is available at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA -2023-0040/document  and provides access to primary 
documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.g ov by 
searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit petitions 
for reconsideration of this rule to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 19 
January 2024. Petitions for reconsideration of this rule received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from 
WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with EPA and will also be submitted to the 
Docket  on Regulations.gov.  
Previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1667  are identified by Docket Number 
NHTSA -2020-0093. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA -2020-0093/document  and provides access to primary 
documents, and will also provide access to comments recei ved. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number.  
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