G/TBT/N/ITA/34  
 
14 February 2019  
(19-0864) 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: ITALY   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Ministero dello sviluppo economico  
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:   
Ministry for economic development  
General Directorate for Market, Competition, Consumer, Vigilance and Technical 
Regulations  
Division XIII - Technical regulation  
00187 Rome I - Via Sallustiana, 53  
tel. ++39 06 4705 .5330  
tbt.italia@mise.gov.it   
European Commission TBT Enquiry Point: GROW -EU-TBT@ec.europa.eu   
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Car seat 
reminder devices for vehicles from international categories M1, N1, N2 and N3  
5. Title,  number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft Ministerial 
Decree on car seat reminder systems (6 page(s), in Italian)   
6. Description of content: Law No 117 of 1 October 2018 introduced the obligation for 
drivers of vehicles from intern ational categories M1, N1, N2 and N3 residing in Italy and 
transporting with them children under 4  years of age, with the required restraint systems, 
to use a specific car seat reminder alarm device that prevents minors from being left 
behind in the vehicl e. The same regulation called for the Ministry of Infrastructure and 
Transport (MIT) to set out the technical build and functional specifications for such devices 
through the adoption of a specific decree.  
Accordingly, the notified draft Decree was drawn u p, consisting of ten articles and two 
annexes, which establishes the technical/functional specifications for such alarms and lays 
down the procedures for verifying their compliance.  
In summary, the first five articles lay down: the definitions used, the sc ope of application 
of the Decree and the general characteristics; they state that car seat reminder devices 
must comply with the technical build and functional specifications set out in Annex A and 
are subject to verification and certification. The next th ree articles contain requirements 
for the manufacturer and for certification of the applicable quality system and provisions 
for the recognition of accredited verification and certification bodies. Articles 9 and 10 
identify the designated authority for ma rket oversight per Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 G/TBT/N/ITA/34  
 
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  and the transitional provisions applied for verifying the compliance of the car seat 
reminder devices pending the specific accreditation of the organizations.  
The Decree includes the following annexes:  
Annex A: Technical build and functional specifications  
Annex B: Certificate of conformity template (Article 6 of the Regulation)  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified standards need to be adopted beca use the types of devices in 
question are not currently covered by specific technical specifications harmonized at 
European Union level.  
8. Relevant documents:  References to basic texts:  
• Law No 117 of 1 October 2018  
• Legislative Decree No 285 of 30 April 19 92 (Highway Code) - Article 172  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  April 2019  
10. Final date for comments: 23 April 2019  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
Text online at: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tris/en/search  (Notification 
number: 2019/22/I)   
and/or at: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/search   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/ITA/19_0730_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/ITA/19_0730_01_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/ITA/19_0730_02_x.pdf