G/TBT/N/USA/1860  
9 May 2022  
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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):  State of 
California  
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency, Air Resources Board, State of 
California [1890]  
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 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [X], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Vehicle 
Emissions; Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Air quality (ICS code(s): 
13.040); Road vehicle systems (ICS code(s): 43.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Advanced Clea n 
Cars II Regulations; (23 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - Amends and extends rules to further reduce 
harmful pollution from light -and medium -duty motor vehicles. The proposed regulations 
will increase the stringency of exi sting regulations to ensure emissions are reduced under 
a wider range of conditions under which vehicles are used and will transition new light -
duty vehicle sales in California to 100% zero -emission by 2035. In addition to the 
substantive proposals, severa l conforming changes are proposed to related regulations to 
maintain consistency with existing regulations and maintain existing requirements in 
regulations that are not being proposed for amendment.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urg ent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/USA/1860  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
No. 15 -Z, California Regulatory Notice Register 15 April 2022 (pages 426 -439): 
https://oal.ca.gov/wp -content/uploads/sites/166/2022/04/2022 -Notice -Register -
Number -15-Z-April-22-2022.pdf   
  
Proposed Advanced Clean C ars II Regulations details and documents accessible at 
https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/rulemaking/2022/advanced -clean-cars-ii 
  
The California Air Resources Board (CARB or Board) will con duct a public hearing on 9 
June 2022 at 9:00am  Pacific Time . This public meeting may continue at 8:30 a.m. , on 10 
June 2022. Please consult the public agenda, which will be posted ten days before the 9 
June 2022, Board Me eting, for important details, including, but not limited to, the day in 
which this item will be considered, how to participate via Zoom, and any appropriate 
direction regarding a possible remote -only Board Meeting if needed.  
  
WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments via e -mail to the 
USA TBT Enquiry Point at usatbtep@nist.gov  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 31 May 
2022. Comments received within the comment period by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from 
WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared directly with the Califor nia Air 
Resources Board.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  31 May 2022  
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/2022/TBT/USA/22_3303_00_e.pdf