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AustraliaProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock

Official title

Limited review of the mandatory safety standard for Child Restraint Systems for Use in Motor Vehicles; (6 pages, in English) accessed via link below.

Australia notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 30 October 2025. The comment period closed on 29 December 2025.

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At a glance

Products

Child restraints for use in motor vehicles HS Codes include: 9401.2 Seats of a kind used in motor vehicles 9401.8 Other seats 8715 Baby carriages and parts there of

HS codes
  • 87 · Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
    • 8715 Baby carriages and parts thereof.
  • 94 · Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, n.e.c.; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
    • 940120 Seats for motor vehicles
    • 940180 Seats, n.e.s.
Notifying member
Australia
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 30 October 2025. Check WTO ePing or Australia for its current status.
Objectives
  • Consumer information, labelling
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/AUS/188

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 29 December 2025
Proposed adoption
Not applicable - we are consulting on whether the mandatory standard should be updated.
Proposed entry into force
Not applicable

How to comment

The comment period closed on 29 December 2025. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/AUS/188; it can take them up with Australia.

Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)

What the notification says

The mandatory standard for child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles (the mandatory standard) Competition and Consumer Act 2010 - Consumer Protection Notice No. 3 of 2014 - Safety Standard: Child Restraint Systems for use in Motor Vehicles, came into effect in 1978 and aims to ensure child restraints supplied in Australia have key safety features to reduce the risk of bodily injury to children in the event of a motor vehicle impact. The mandatory standard currently references and allows compliance with any one of the 2004, 2010 or 2013 versions of the voluntary Australian standard AS/NZS 1754 Child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles with variations set out in the mandatory standard. The ACCC is conducting a limited review of the mandatory standard. The purpose of this limited review is to seek stakeholders’ views about: updating the safety standard to reference and allow compliance with the 2024 version of the voluntary Australian standard AS/NZS 1754:2024 Child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles; whether adding dynamic references is appropriate - so updates to the referenced voluntary standard flow through to the mandatory standard; allowing a transition period to support industry compliance, this is because the safety standard currently references the 2004, 2010 and 2013 versions of the voluntary Australian standard. Significant changes such as altering the scope of the mandatory standard or other major requirements (such as performance measures)…

Sources

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