G/TBT/N/USA/1969  
2 March 2023  
(23-1440) 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):  State of 
Colorado  
2. Agency responsible:   
Department of Education, Board of Education, State of Colorado [2000]  
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):  School 
transportation vehicles; Special purpose motor vehicles (other than those principally 
designed for the transport of persons or goods), e.g. breakdown lorries, crane lorries, fire 
fighting vehicles, concrete -mixer lorries, road sweeper lorries, spraying lorries, mobile 
workshops and mobile radiological units (HS code(s): 8705); C hassis fitted with engines, 
for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other 
motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the 
transport of goods and special purpose motor ve hicles of heading 8701 to 8705 (excl. 
those with engines and cabs) (HS code(s): 8706); Bodies, incl. cabs, for tractors, motor 
vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles 
principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods 
and special purpose motor vehicles of heading 8701 to 8705 (HS code(s): 8707); 
Domestic safety (ICS code(s): 13.120); Buses (ICS code(s): 43.080.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notifi ed document:  Minimum 
Standards - School Transportation Vehicles; (39 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - Amends rules to align with federal standards, 
reflect current industry practices, and incorporate recommendations from Col orado school 
transportation professionals. In addition, various "clean up" language changes have been 
incorporated to provide more clarification on the requirements.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/USA/1969  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Code of Colorado Regulations eDocket 13 February 2023: 
https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/eDocketDetails.do?trackingNum=2023 -00088  
WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 12 April 2023. Comments received by 
the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with 
the regulator if received within the comment period.  
Code of Colorado Regulations (CCR) - 1 CCR 301 -25 COLORADO MINIMUM STANDARDS 
GOVERNING SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES  
Colorado Department of Education Transportation Regulations 
https://www.cde.state.co.us/transportation/transreg ulations  
G/TBT/N/USA/245 and USA/245/Add.1  – Proposed Amendments and Rule Adoption; 
Colorado Minimum Standards Governing School Transportation Vehicles  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  12 April 2023  
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/23_1477_00_e.pdf