G/TBT/N/USA/1969/Rev.1  
11 May 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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 (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  State of 
Colorado  
2. Agency responsible:   
Department of Education, Board of Education, State of Colorado  
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); Chassis 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 specia l purpose motor vehicles 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 languag e(s) of the notified document:  Minimum 
Standards - School Transportation Vehicles; (27 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule amendments - The rule updates are designed to 
align with Federal standards, reflect current industry pract ices, and incorporate 
recommendations from Colorado school transportation professionals. In addition, various 
"clean up" language changes have been incorporated into the draft to clarify the 
requirements. The original rulemaking process, notified in G/TBT/N/USA/1969 , was 
terminated because Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards were incorporated into the 
draft regulation. Colorado regulators are required to comply w ith a very specific set of 
requirements when standards are incorporated into regulation. The incorporated 
standards must be identified by name as well as date/version, and explanations of where 
those standards can be found and accessed must also be include d. To properly incorporate G/TBT/N/USA/1969/Rev.1  
 
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  the referenced Federal standards into Colorado state regulations, a rulemaking hearing 
will be held on 14 June 2023 at 9am Mountain Time  (MT). Information about the hearing 
will likely be posted to the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) School Transportation 
page at https://www.cde.state.co.us/transportation . 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety   
8. Relevant documents:  Code of Colorado Regulations eDocket 4 May 2023: 
https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/eDocketDetails.do?trackingNum=2023 -00250   
WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked  to submit comments to the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 14 June 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/transregulations  
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 o f entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  14 June 2023  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_09597_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_09597_01_e.pdf