G/TBT/N/USA/1400/Add.1  
 
23 February 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  23 February 2022 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[  ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 22 February 2022  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 22 February 2022  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-02-22/html/2022 -02451 .htm 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-02-22/pdf/2022 -02451.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/final_measure/22_1756_00_
e.pdf 
Petitions for reconsideration: Petitions for reconsideration of this final r ule must be 
received not later than 8 April 2022.  
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[  ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if appl icable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[  ] Other:  
 
Description:  TITLE: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Lamps, Reflective  Devices, and 
Associated Equipment, Adaptive Driving Beam Headlamps  
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),  Department of Transportation 
(DOT)  
ACTION: Final rule  
SUMMA RY: This document amends NHTSA's lighting standard to permit the  certification of adaptive 
driving beam (ADB) headlamps. ADB headlamps  utilize technology that actively modifies a vehicle's 
headlamp beams to  provide more illumination while not glaring other  vehicles. The  requirements 
 
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  adopted today are intended to amend the lighting standard  to permit this technology and establish 
performance requirements for  these systems to ensure that they operate safely. ADB has the 
potential  to reduce the risk of crashes  by increasing visibility without increasing glare. The agency 
initiated this rulemaking in response to a  petition for rulemaking from Toyota Motor North America, 
Inc. 
DATES:  Effective date: The effective date of this final rule is 22 February 2022. The in corporation 
by reference of certain publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal 
Register as of 6 February 2012.  
 
Compliance date: The compliance date for the amendments in this final rule is 22 February 2022.  
 
Petitions for reconsideration: Petitions for reconsideration of this final rule must be received not 
later than 8 April 2022.  
This final rule is identified by Docket Number NHTSA -2022-0013. The Docket Folder is available from 
Regulations.gov at  https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA -2022-0013/document . Documents 
are also accessible from  Regulations.gov  by searching t he Docket Number. WTO Members and their 
stakeholders are asked to submit comments and petitions for reconsideration of this final rule to 
the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before  4pm Eastern Time  on 8 April 2022.  Comments and petitions 
for reconsideration received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders 
will be shared with t he regulator and will also be submitted to the  Docket  on Regulations.gov if 
received within the comment period.   
The notice of proposed rulemaking notified as  G/TBT/N/USA/1400  is identified by Docket Number 
NHTSA -2018-0090. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov 
at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA -2018-0090/document  and provides access to 
primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible 
from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number.  
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