. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/USA/91 
15 December 2004 
 (04-5538) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circulat ed in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Department of Transportation/National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration (NHTSA) (96) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:         
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, where applicable):   Anthropomorphic Test 
Device  (HS  8703) (ICS 43.020). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Anthropomorphic 
Test Devices; SID-IIsFRG Side Impact Cras h Test Dummy (SID-IIs With Floating Rib 
Guide Modifications);  5th Percentile Ad ult Female (24 Pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   This document proposes specifications and qualification 
requirements for a 5th percentile adult female test dummy for use in vehicle side impact 
tests.  NHTSA has published an NPRM to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 
No. 214, ``Side Impact Protection,'' to add a dy namic pole test to the standard.  Under that 
proposal, all passenger vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 kilograms 
(10,000 pounds) or less would have to protect front seat occupants against head, thoracic, 
abdominal and pelvic injuries in a vehicle-to-pole test simulating a vehicle's side impact 
crash into narrow fixed objects like telep hone poles and trees.  Two newly developed 
anthropomorphic test dummies would be used in the pole test:  One representing a 
5th percentile adult female, and one representin g a 50th percentile adult male.  Today's 
document proposes the specifications and qua lification requirements for the 5th percentile 
female dummy.  The 5th percentile adult fema le crash test dummy allows regulators and 
researchers to assess the actual performance  of vehicles in protecting small-stature 
occupants in side impacts. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of Human Life and Health.  
8. Relevant documents:   69 Federal Register (FR) 70947 8 December 2004; Title 49 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 572.  Will appe ar in the Federal Register when adopted. G/TBT/N/USA/91 
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9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   8 March 2005 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:        
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