G/TBT/N/USA/1155  
 
23 June 2016  
(16-3405)  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: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), 
Department of Justice [1173] 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 Inquiry 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, wher e applicable): Firearms and 
explosives. Explosion protection (ICS: 13.230), Protection against crime (ICS: 13.310) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Commerce in 
Firearms and Explosives; Secure Gun Storage, Amended Definition of Antique Firearm, and 
Miscellaneous Amendments (6 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: The Department of Justice (DOJ) proposes amending the 
regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco , Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), largely to 
codify into regulation certain provisions of Public Law 105-277, Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999. The proposed rule would amend ATF's 
regulations to account for the existing statutory requirement for applicants for firearms dealer licenses to certify that secure gun storage or safety devices will be available at any place where firearms are sold under the license to nonlicensed individuals. This 
certification is already included in the ATF Form 7, Application for Federal Firearms 
License. The proposed regulation would also require applicants for manufacturer or importer licenses to complete the certification if the licensee will have premises where 
firearms are sold to nonlicensees. Moreover, the proposed regulation would require that 
the secure gun storage or safety device be compatible with the firearms offered for sale by the licensee. Finally, it also would conform the definitions of certain terms to the statutory 
language set forth in the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act of 1999, including the defini tion of "antique firearm," which would be 
amended to include certain modern muzzle loading firearms.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents: 81 Federal Register (FR) 33448, 26 May 2016; Title 27 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 478. Will appear in the Federal Register when adopted. G/TBT/N/USA/1155 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined   
10. Final date for comments: 24 August 2016 
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/crnattachm ents/2016/TBT/USA/16_2529_00_e.pdf