WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/USA/12
23 October 2001
(01-5202)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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:   Consumer Product Safety Commission (12)
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):   Mattresses/Bedding
(ICS: 13) (HS Chapter 9404)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Standard to Address
Open Flame Ignition of Mattresses/Bedding; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking(6 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:   The Commission is considering issuing a flammability standard
that would address open flame ignition of mattresses/bedding.  The Commission currently
has a flammability standard that addresses ignition of mattresses by cigarettes.  However,
mattress/bedding fires ignited by small open flames are a significant problem not addressed
by the existing standard.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Safety
8. Relevant documents:   66 Federal Register (FR) 51886, 11 October 2001;  Title 16 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1633.  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:   10 December 2001
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:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html