G/TBT/N/USA/870/Add.2  
 
23 November  2021 
(21-8836) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  23 November 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title: Anthropomorphic Test Devices; Q3s 3-Year-Old Child Side Impact Test Dummy, Incorporation 
by Reference  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[  ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[  ] Notified measure published - date:  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 22 December 2021  
[  ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[X] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1: 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-11-22/html/2021 -25219.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-11-22/pdf/2021 -25219.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/modification/21_7294_00_e .
pdf 
New deadline for comments (if applicable):  06/01/2022  
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[  ] Other:  
 
Description:  AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).  
ACTION: Final rule, response to petition for reconsideration, technical corrections.  
SUMMARY: This document responds to a petition for reconsideration from  Humanetics Innovative 
Solutions Inc. (HIS) concerning a 3 November 2020 final rule [notified in G/TBT/N/USA/870/Add.1 ] 
that amended NHTSA's regulation on anthropomorphic test devices to add design and performance 
specifications for a test dummy representing a 3 -year-old child, called the "Q3s" test dummy. The 
Q3s is an instrumented dummy that can assess the performance o f child restraint systems in 
protecting small children in side impacts. The petitioner asks for corrections to hole dimensions and 
tolerances in a few of the drawings of parts in the dummy torso, because they are in error. This final 
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/USA/870/Add.2  
 
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  rule grants the petiti on and revises the drawing package, parts list, and procedures manual for 
assembling and inspecting the Q3s.  
DATES: The effective date of this final rule is 22 December 2021. The incorporation by reference of 
the publications listed in the rule has been ap proved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 22 
December 2021.  
Petitions for reconsideration: Petitions for reconsideration of this final rule must be received not later 
than 6 January 2022.  
This 'Final rule, response to petition for reconsideratio n, technical corrections' and the action notified 
in G/TBT/N/USA/870/Add.1  are identified by Docket Number NHTSA -2020-0088. The Docket Folder 
is avail able at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA -2020-0088 and provides access to 
primary and supporting documents as well as comments received.  
Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time  on 6 January 
2022 from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the regulator and will also be 
submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov . 
The notice of proposed rulemaking notified as G/TBT/N/USA/870  is identified by Docket Number 
NHTSA -2013-0118. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA -2013-0118 and provides access  to primary and 
supporting documents as well as comments received.   
Documents in either of these Dockets are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the 
individual Docket Numbers.  
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