G/TBT/N/USA/1563  
15 January 2020  
(20-0426) 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 AME RICA  
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) [1588]  
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 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applica ble):  Replica 
motor vehicles, vehicle identification number requirements; Road vehicles in general 
(ICS 43.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Replica Motor 
Vehicles; Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Requirements; Manufacturer Identification; 
Certification (32 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - Section 24405 of the Fixing 
America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) amended the National Traffic and Motor 
Vehicle Safety Act (Safety Act) to direct the Secretary of Transportation (NHTSA by 
delegation) to exempt an nually a limited number of replica motor vehicles manufactured 
or imported by low -volume manufacturers from Federal motor vehicle safety standards 
(FMVSS) that apply to motor vehicles, but not standards that apply to motor vehicle 
equipment. To implement t he exemption program and the procedural mandates of the 
FAST Act, NHTSA is proposing, in a new Part 586, requirements for registering as a replica 
manufacturer, submitting annual reports, providing consumer disclosures, and labeling. 
NHTSA is proposing pro cedures to exempt replica vehicles produced by registrants from 
all the FMVSS that apply to new motor vehicles. This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) also proposes changes to Part 565, to require manufacturers to encode specific 
information into each r eplica vehicle's VIN, and to Parts 566 and 567 for manufacturer 
identification and vehicle certification, respectively.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling  G/TBT/N/USA/1563  
 
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  8. Relevant docu ments:   
• 85 Federal Register (FR) 792, 7 January 2020; Title 49 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR)  Parts 565, 566, 567, and 586:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-01-07/html/2019 -27211.htm   
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-01-07/pdf/2019 -27211.pdf  
9. Prop osed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  6 February 2020  
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/2020/TBT/USA/20_0468_00_e.pdf