RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.297
13October 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-3075)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: UNITED STATES
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (21)
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Motor vehicle brake
systems (8703)
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards; Hydraulic Brake Systems; Passenger CarBrake Systems (9pages)
6. Description ofcontent: This notice proposes amendments toFederal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standards (FMVSS) Nos. 105Hydraulic Brake Systems and135Passenger Car
Brake Systems ,toaccommodate electric vehicles. Theproposal isbased ona
supplemental notice ofproposed rulemaking (Notice 7)published on15January 1993,
andresponds tocomments submitted tothatnotice. Amendments ofFMVSS No.105
based onthis(Notice 10)would apply toelectric trucks, buses, andmulti-purpose
passenger vehicles. They would alsoapply toelectric passenger carswhich hadnot
availed themselves oftheoption ofconforming toFMVSS No.135,which willbecome
mandatory forallpassenger carsmanufactured onandafter1September 2000.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety
8. Relevant documents: 60FR49544, 26September 1995; 49CFR Part571. Will
appear intheFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 27November 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: