G/TBT/N/USA/1773  
6 September 2021  
(21-6615) 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) [1802]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle com ments 
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 applicable):  Fuel 
economy; passenger cars & light trucks; Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally 
designed for the transport of persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars (excl. motor 
vehicles of heading 8702) (HS 8703); Environmental protection (ICS 13.020 ), Road 
vehicles in general (ICS 43.020), Fuels (ICS 75.160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Corporate 
Average Fuel Economy Standards for Model Years 2024 -2026 Passenger Cars and Light 
Trucks (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - NHTSA, on behalf of the 
Department of Transportation, is proposing revised fuel economy standards for passenger 
cars and light trucks for model years 2024 -2026. On 20 January 2021, President Biden 
signed an Executive order (E.O.) entitled, "Protecting Public Health and the Environment 
and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis." In it, the President directed that "The 
Safer Affordable Fuel -Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model Years 2021 -2026 Passenger 
Cars and Light Trucks" (hereafter, "the 2020 final rule") be immediately reviewed for 
consistency with our Nation's abiding  commitment to empower our workers and 
communities; promote and protect our public health and the environment; and conse rve 
our national treasures and monuments, places that secure our national memory. 
President Biden further directed that the 2020 final rule be reviewed at once and that (in 
this case) the Secretary of Transportation consider "suspending, revising, or resci nding" 
it, via a new proposal, by July 2021. Because of the President's direction in the E.O., 
NHTSA re -examined the 2020 final rule under its authority to set corporate average fuel 
economy (CAFE) standards. In doing so, NHTSA tentatively concluded that t he fuel 
economy standards set in 2020 should be revised so that they increase at a rate of 8 
percent year over year for each model year from 2024 through 2026, for both passenger 
cars and light trucks. This responds to the agency's statutory mandate to imp rove energy 
conservation. This proposal also makes certain minor changes to fuel economy reporting 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of the 
environment  
8. Relevant documents:  86 Federal Register (FR) 49602, 3 September 2021; Title 49 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 531, 533, 536, and 537:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-09-03/html/2021 -17496.htm  
https://www .govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-09-03/pdf/2021 -17496.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number NHTSA -2021-0053. 
The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA -2021-0053/document  and provides access 
to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also 
accessible from Regul ations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and 
their stakeholders are sked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point . Comments 
received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stake holders will be 
shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if 
received within the comment period.  
86 FR 7037 - Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to 
Tackle the Climate Crisis, Executive Order 13990 of 20 January 2021:  
https://www.govinfo .gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-01-25/html/2021 -01765.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-01-25/pdf/2021 -01765.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be de termined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  26 October 2021  
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/2021/TBT/USA/21_5607_00_e.pdf