G/TBT/N/USA/2085  
8 January 2024  
(24-0166) 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) [2116]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle co mments 
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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Impaired 
driving prevention technology; Road vehicles in general (ICS code(s): 43.020); Crash 
protection and restraint systems (ICS code(s): 43.040.80)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Advanced 
Impaired Driving Prevention Technology; (28  page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Advance notice of proposed rulemaking - This document 
initiates rulemaking that would gather the information necessary to develop performance 
requirements and require that new passenger motor vehicles be eq uipped with advanced 
drunk and impaired driving prevention technology through a new Federal Motor Vehicle 
Safety Standard (FMVSS). In this document, NHTSA presents its various activities related 
to preventing drunk and impaired driving and discusses the cu rrent state of advanced 
impaired driving technology. NHTSA also asks many questions to gather the information 
necessary to develop a notice of proposed rulemaking on advanced drunk and impaired 
driving technology.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the  nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
89 Federal Register (FR) 830, 5 January 2024; Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Part 571 : 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-01-05/html/2023 -27665.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-01-05/pdf/2023 -27665.pdf  
This advance notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number NHTSA -2022-
0079. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at G/TBT/N/USA/2085  
 
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  https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA -2022-0079/document  and provides access 
to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Document s are also 
accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and 
their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point . 
Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their 
stakeholders by 4pm Eastern Time  on 5 March 2024 will be shared with NHTSA and will 
also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment 
period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  5 March 2024  
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/2023/TBT/USA/24_00195_00_e.pdf