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Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems, Incorporation by Reference
The United States issued an addendum on 27 August 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/USA/1667. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 5 November 2020. The comment period closed on 5 April 2021.
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Child restraint systems
Latest notice (G/TBT/N/USA/1667/Add.3, 27 August 2026)
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for Comment; Consolidated Child Restraint System Registration for Defect Notifications and Labeling
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) summarized in this notified text will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. This document request for comments on a reinstatement and revision of a previously- approved information collection on Child Restraint System Registration for Defect Notifications and Labeling. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published in the preamble of the final rule on 5 December 2023 (88 FR 84514, notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1667/Add.2). No comments were received. Comments on this notice must be submitted on or before 25 September 2026. 91 Federal Register (FR) 55157, 26 August 2026: This notice; request for comments on a reinstatement and revision of a previously-approved information collection and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1667 are identified by Docket Number NHTSA-2023-0040. The Docket Folder is available at and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point by or before 4pm Eastern Time on 25 September 2026. Comments received by the…
Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); request for comment - In accordance with the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), this document proposes to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 213, 'Child restraint systems,' by updating the standard seat assembly on which child restraint systems (CRSs) are tested to determine their compliance with the standard's dynamic performance requirements. This NPRM proposes other amendments to modernize FMVSS No. 213, including a lessening of restrictions in some of the standard's owner registration and labeling requirements, to give manufacturers more flexibility in communicating with today's parents for the purposes of increasing owner registrations for recall notification purposes and increasing the correct use of CRSs, respectively. NHTSA is also proposing ways to streamline the Agency's use of test dummies to assess restraint performance, including simplifying the standard's compliance tests to make them more reflective of the real-world use of CRSs today. The purpose of these and other proposals is to modernize the seat assembly and other aspects of FMVSS No. 213, to help ensure the continued effectiveness of CRSs in current and future vehicles.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/1667/Add.3
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for Comment; Consolidated Child Restraint System Registration for Defect Notifications and Labeling
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) summarized in this notified text will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. This document request for comments on a reinstatement and revision of a previously- approved information collection on Child Restraint System Registration for Defect Notifications and Labeling. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published in the preamble of the final rule on 5 December 2023 (88 FR 84514, notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1667/Add.2). No comments were received. Comments on this notice must be submitted on or before 25 September 2026. 91 Federal Register (FR) 55157, 26 August 2026: This notice; request for comments on a reinstatement and revision of a previously-approved information collection and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1667 are identified by Docket Number NHTSA-2023-0040. The Docket Folder is available at and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point by or before 4pm Eastern Time on 25 September 2026. Comments received by the…
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/1667/Add.2
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems, Incorporation by Reference
This final rule amends a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) regarding child restraint systems (CRS). The amendments, mandatory in one year, modernize the standard by, among other things, updating CRS owner registration program requirements, labeling requirements on correctly using child restraints, requirements for add-on school bus-specific child restraint systems, and provisions for NHTSA's use of test dummies in NHTSA compliance tests. Amendments mandatory in three years include adding a new FMVSS that updates to standard seat assemblies on which NHTSA tests child restraint systems for compliance with frontal crash performance requirements. This final rule fulfills a mandate of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) that directs NHTSA to update the standard seat assembly. The purpose of this final rule is to ensure continued effectiveness of child restraint systems in current and future vehicles. Effective date: 5 February 2024. IBR date: The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 5 February 2024. The incorporation by reference of certain other publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director as of 6 February 2012. Compliance date: The compliance date for the amendments to FMVSS No. 213 is 5 December 2024. The compliance date for meeting FMVSS No. 213b is 5 December 2026. Optional early compliance with the standards is permitted…
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/1667/Add.1
Comment deadline: Closed on 5 April 2021
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems, Incorporation by Reference
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems, Incorporation by Reference AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation (DOT) ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period SUMMARY: NHTSA has received petitions asking the Agency to extend the comment period for a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to update Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 213, 'Child restraint systems.' The NPRM proposed to incorporate a new test sled assembly to conduct compliance tests of child restraints and update a number of the test procedures of the standard. The comment period for the NPRM is scheduled to end on 4 January 2021. In response to petitions from the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the Agency is extending the comment period by 90 days. DATES: The comment period for the NPRM published on 2 November 2020, at 85 FR 69388, is extended to 5 April 2021. This proposed rule; extension of comment period and the notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comment notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1667 is identified by Docket Number NHTSA-2020-0093. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary documents, and will also provide access to comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point…
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/USA/1667
Comment deadline: Closed on 4 January 2021
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems, Incorporation by Reference
Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); request for comment - In accordance with the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), this document proposes to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 213, 'Child restraint systems,' by updating the standard seat assembly on which child restraint systems (CRSs) are tested to determine their compliance with the standard's dynamic performance requirements. This NPRM proposes other amendments to modernize FMVSS No. 213, including a lessening of restrictions in some of the standard's owner registration and labeling requirements, to give manufacturers more flexibility in communicating with today's parents for the purposes of increasing owner registrations for recall notification purposes and increasing the correct use of CRSs, respectively. NHTSA is also proposing ways to streamline the Agency's use of test dummies to assess restraint performance, including simplifying the standard's compliance tests to make them more reflective of the real-world use of CRSs today. The purpose of these and other proposals is to modernize the seat assembly and other aspects of FMVSS No. 213, to help ensure the continued effectiveness of CRSs in current and future vehicles.
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