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ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/USA/246 
20 March 2007 
 (07-1179) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) 
(255) 
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Passenger cars 
(HS:  8703;  ICS:  13.020, 43.060, 43.100, 75.160) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Corporate Average 
Fuel Economy - Request for Product Plan Information for Model Year 2007-2017 
Passenger Cars and 2010-2017 Light Tr ucks  (14 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content :  The purpose of this request for comments is to acquire new and 
updated information regarding vehicle manufact urers' future product plans to aid in 
implementing the President's plan for reforming and increasing corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for passenger cars a nd further increasing the already reformed 
light truck standards. Under this plan, the President set a goal of reducing the annual 
gasoline use in 2017 by up to 8.5 billion gallons. 
 More specifically, we are seeking information related to fuel economy improvements for MY 2007-2017 passenger cars and MY 2010-2017 light trucks. The agency is seeking 
information in anticipation of obtaining stat utory authority to reform the passenger car 
CAFE program and to set standards under that  structure for MY 2010-2017 passenger cars. 
The agency is also seeking this informati on in anticipation of setting standards for MY 
2012-2017 light trucks. This inform ation will help the agency in assessing, in greater detail, 
the potential levels of future standards under a reformed structure, and the impact of those 
standards on gasoline consumption, manufactur ers, consumers, the economy, and motor 
vehicle safety. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of the environment and consumers G/TBT/N/USA/246 
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8. Relevant documents:   72 Federal Register (FR) 8664 27 February 2007; Title 49 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part s 531 and 533.  Will appear in the Federal Register when 
adopted 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   29 May 2007 
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:   
Internet URLs: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/24 22/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/07-
878.htm  http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/24 22/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/
07-878.pdf