G/TBT/N/USA/2114  
18 April 2024  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
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 (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation 
(DOT) [2145]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle co mments 
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 [X], 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):  Hydrogen 
vehicles; Product and company certification. Conformity assessment (ICS code(s): 
03.120.20); Protection against dangerous goods (ICS code(s): 13.300); Hydrogen 
technologies (ICS code(s): 27.075); Fuel systems (ICS code(s): 43.060.40); Natural gas 
(ICS code(s): 75.06 0); Petroleum products and natural gas handling equipment (ICS 
code(s): 75.200)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Federal Motor 
Vehicle Safety Standards; Fuel System Integrity of Hydrogen Vehicles; Compressed 
Hydrogen Sto rage System Integrity; Incorporation by Reference; (60 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) - This notice proposes 
to establish two new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS)  specifying 
performance requirements for all motor vehicles that use hydrogen as a fuel source. The 
proposed standards are based on Global Technical Regulation (GTR) No. 13 . FMVSS No. 
307, "Fuel system integrity of hydrogen vehicles," which would spec ify requirements for 
the integrity of the fuel system in hydrogen vehicles during normal vehicle operations and 
after crashes. FMVSS No. 308, "Compressed hydrogen storage system integrity," would 
specify requirements for the compressed hydrogen storage sys tem to ensure the safe 
storage of hydrogen onboard vehicles. The two proposed standards would reduce deaths 
and injuries that could occur as a result of fires due to hydrogen fuel leakages and/or 
explosion of the hydrogen storage system.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/USA/2114  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
89 Federal Register (FR) 27502, 17 April 2024; Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Part 571 : 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-04-17/html/2024 -07116.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-04-17/pdf/2024 -07116.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number NHTSA -2024-0006. 
The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA -2024-0006/document  and provides access 
to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are a lso 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 17 June 2024. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO 
Members and their stakeholders will be shared with NHTSA 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:  17 June 2024  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/24_02679_00_e.pdf