G/TBT/N/USA/431/Rev.2  
28 July 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):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)  
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 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  All-terrain 
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); Special purpose vehic les (ICS code(s): 
43.160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Standard for 
All-Terrain Vehicles; (9 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - The Consumer Product Safety 
Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA)  required the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
(CPSC or the Commission) to publish, as a mandatory consumer product safety st andard, 
the American National Standard for Four -Wheel All -Terrain Vehicles Equipment 
Configuration, and Performance Requirements developed by the Specialty Vehicle 
Institute of America (ANSI/SVIA 1 - 2007). CPSC published that mandatory consumer 
product saf ety standard on 14 November 2008 . Since then, the Commission has revised 
this mandatory standard twice in accordance with the revision proc edures set out in the 
CPSIA. ANSI/SVIA has again revised its standard. In accordance with CPSIA, CPSC 
proposes to amend the Commission's mandatory ATV standard to reference the 2023 
edition of the ANSI/SVIA standard . 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety   G/TBT/N/USA/431/Rev.2  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  88 Federal Register (FR) 48398, 27 July 2023; Title 16 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1420:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-07-27/html/2023 -15478.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-07-27/pdf/2023 -15478.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number CPSC -2017-0032. The 
Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CPSC -2017-0032/document  and provides access to 
primary and supportin g documents as well as comments received. Documents are also 
accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and 
their stakeholders are asked to submit  comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or 
before 4pm Eastern Time  on 25 September 2023. Comments received by the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the regulator 
and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the 
comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  25 September 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_11324_00_e.pdf