G/TBT/N/USA/2007  
14 June 2023  
(23-4059) 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) [2038]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle co mments 
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 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Automatic 
braking systems; Quality (ICS code(s): 03.120); Braking systems (ICS code(s): 
43.040.40)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Federal Motor 
Vehicle Safety Standards: Automatic Emergency Braking Systems for Light Vehicles; (105 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description  of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - This NPRM proposes to adopt 
a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard to require automatic emergency braking 
(AEB), including pedestrian AEB (PAEB), systems on light vehicles. An AEB system uses 
various sensor  technologies and sub -systems that work together to detect when the 
vehicle is in a crash imminent situation, to automatically apply the vehicle brakes if the 
driver has not done so, or to apply more braking force to supplement the driver's braking. 
The AE B system proposed in this NPRM would detect and react to an imminent crash with 
a lead vehicle or pedestrian. This NPRM promotes NHTSA's goal to equip vehicles with 
AEB and PAEB, and advances DOT's Januar y 2022 National Roadway Safety Strategy  that 
identified requiring AEB, including PAEB technologies, on new passenger vehicles as a key 
Departmental action to enable safer vehicles. This NPRM also responds to a mandate 
under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  directing the Department to promulgate a rule to 
require that all passenger vehicles be equipped with an AEB system.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of ur gent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
88 Federal Register (FR) 38632, 13 June 2023; Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Parts 571 and 596:  G/TBT/N/USA/2007  
 
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  https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-06-13/html/2023 -11863.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-06-13/pdf/2023 -11863.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number NHTSA -2023-0021. 
The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA -2023-0021/document  and provides access 
to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also 
accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and 
their stake holders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or 
before 4pm Eastern Time  on 14 August 2023. 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 rece ived 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:  14 August 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_10237_00_e.pdf