G/TBT/N/USA/1155/Add.1  
 
6 January 2022  
(22-0112) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  6 January 2022 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title: Commerce in Firearms and Explosives; Secure Gun Storage, Amended Definition of Antique 
Firearm, and Miscellaneous Amendments  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[  ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 4 January 2022  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 3 February 2022  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-01-04/html/2021 -28398.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-01-04/pdf/2021 -28398.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/final_measure/22_0131_00_
e.pdf  
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[  ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[  ] Other:  
 
Description:  TITLE: Secure Gun Storage and Definition of "Antique Firearm"  
AGENCY: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives,  Department of Justice  
ACTION: Final rule  
SUMMARY: The Department of Justice is amending the regulations of the  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms, and Explosives ("ATF") to  codify into regulation certain provisions of the Omnibus 
Consolidated  and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations  Act, 1999. This rule amends  ATF's 
regulations to account for the existing statutory requirement  that applicants for Federal firearms 
dealer licenses certify that  secure gun storage or safety devices will be available at any place  where 
firearms are sold u nder the license to nonlicensed individuals.  This certification is already included 
 
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  in the Application for Federal  Firearms License, ATF Form 7/7CR ("Form 7/7CR"). The regulation 
also requires applicants for manufacturer or importer licenses to complete  the certification if the 
licensee will have premises where firearms are  sold to nonlicensees. Moreover, the regulation 
requires that the secure  gun storage or safety devices be compatible with the firearms offered  for 
sale by the licensee. Finally, it confor ms the regulatory  definitions of certain terms to the statutory 
language, including the  definition of   "antique firearm," which is amended to include certain  modern 
muzzle loading firearms.  
This rule is effective 3 February 2022.  
This final rule and the no tice of proposed rulemaking notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1155  are identified 
by Docket Number ATF 24P.   Documents related to this rulemaking are available on Regulations.gov 
at https://www.regulations.gov/search?filter=%22ATF%2024P%22 . Documents are also accessible 
from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number.  
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