G/TBT/N/AUS/111  
17 July 2019  
(19-4752) 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:  AUSTRALIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)  
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:   
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade  
Email: tbt.enquiry@dfat.gov.au  
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, othe rwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Quad 
Bikes commonly known as All -Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) - an off road vehicle propelled by 
mechanical energy designed to travel on 4 wheels, with a seat designed to  be straddled 
by the operator and handlebars for steering control.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Consumer 
Goods (Quad Bikes) Safety Standard 2019 (18 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft  Consumer Goods (Quad Bikes) Safety Standard 2019 
specifies the requirements of the design, performance and construction of quad bikes and 
the form and content of markings and warnings to accompany them.  
7. Objective and rationale, including th e nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The objective of the Consumer Goods (Quad Bikes) Safety Standard 2019 is 
to reduce the number of fatalities and the severity of injuries associated with the use of 
quad bikes in Australia. In particular those c aused by rollovers often resulting in the rider 
being crushed or asphyxiated. It does this by: - improving the safety information available 
to consumers - introducing minimum design, performance and construction requirements 
to all quad bikes through the a doption of certain sections of the US or European quad 
bike standards - providing operators increased protection from being crushed or pinned 
by the quad bike in the event of a rollover - reducing the frequency of rollovers of general -
use model bikes by in troducing minimum stability performance requirements; Consumer 
information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
https://consultation.accc.gov.au/product -safety/quad -bike-safety -standard-exposure -
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  The Standard will be adopted the day after it is registered  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The requirements for all quad bikes will enter into 
force 12 months after it is adopted and the additional requirements for general -use model 
quad bikes will enter into force 24 months after it is adopted  
10. Final date for comments:  7 August 2019  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade  
Email: tbt.enquiry@dfat.gov.au