WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/USA/51
13 August 2003
(03-4207)
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:   National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (50)
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):   Motor vehicles
(HS Chapter 8703) (ICS 43)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection  (8 pages, in English)          
6. Description of content:   NHTSA proposes to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard No. 208, Occupant crash protection (FMVSS No. 208), to establish the same
maximum test speed and phase-in schedule for the belted barrier test using the 5th percentile
adult female test dummy as is required for belted tests using the 50th percentile adult male
test dummy.  The effect of this proposal would be to increase the maximum belted frontalbarrier crash test speed for the smaller dummy from 48 km/h (30 mph) to 56 km/h
(35 mph).
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human life and health.          
8. Relevant documents:   68 Federal Register (FR) 46539 6 August 2003;  Title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 571.  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:  6 October 2003
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
and
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/ 14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/03-
20054.htm