G/TBT/N/USA/1538  
22 October 2019  
(19-6909) 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) [1265]  
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 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicabl e): Motor 
vehicles; Road vehicles in general (ICS 43.020), Road vehicle systems (ICS 43.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Federal Motor 
Vehicle Safety Standard No. 111, Rear Visibility (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Advance notice of proposed rulemaking - NHTSA seeks public 
comment on permitting camera -based rear visibility systems, commonly referred to as 
"Camera Monitor Systems" or "CMS," as an alternative to inside and outside rearview 
mirrors. Federal motor vehic le safety standard (FMVSS) No. 111, "Rear Visibility," 
currently requires that vehicles be equipped with rearview mirrors to provide drivers with 
a view of objects that are to their side or to their side and rear. This notice responds to 
two rulemaking pet itions from manufacturers seeking permission to install CMS, instead 
of outside rearview mirrors, on both light vehicles and heavy trucks. This ANPRM builds 
on the agency's prior efforts to obtain supporting technical information, data, and analysis 
on CMS  so that the agency can determine whether these systems can provide the same 
level of safety as the rearview mirrors currently required under FMVSS No. 111.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection o f human health or safety; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 84 Federal Register (FR) 54533, 10 October 2019; Title 49 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 571:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-10-10/html/2019 -22036.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-10-10/pdf/2019 -22036.pdf  
• Supplemen tal Information Re: Petition for Rulemaking to Allow Camera -Monitor 
Systems in Lieu of Outside Rearview 
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=NHTSA -2018-0021-0001 G/TBT/N/USA/1538  
 
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  • Docket Folder for Camera Monitor Systems on Regulations.gov: 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NHTSA -2018-0021 
• G/TBT/N/USA/460   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  9 December 2019  
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/2019/TBT/USA/19_5796_00_e.pdf