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Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213a; Child Restraint Systems--Side Impact Protection; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213; Child Restraint Systems, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213b; Child Restraint Systems
The United States issued an addendum on 14 September 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/USA/2203. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 4 June 2025. The comment period closed on 29 July 2025.
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Vehicle child restraint systems; Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars (excl. motor vehicles of heading 8702); Crash protection and restraint systems
Latest notice (G/TBT/N/USA/2203/Add.2, 14 September 2026)
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Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213a; Child Restraint Systems--Side Impact Protection; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213; Child Restraint Systems, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213b; Child Restraint Systems; Incorporation by Reference
This final rule amends the safety standards for child restraint systems (CRSs). The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is amending Federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) No. 213a, ''Child restraint systems--side impact protection,'' to exempt school bus CRSs from the standard's requirements as long as they meet specified labeling requirements; to delay the compliance date from 30 June 2025 to 5 December 2026; to amend the dummy selection requirements so that the Child Restraint Air Bag Interaction twelve-month-old test dummy (CRABI-12MO) will not be used to test forward-facing CRSs; and to amend positioning procedures for that dummy. The first two of these amendments are in response to petitions from CRS manufacturers. NHTSA is also amending FMVSS No. 213, ''Child restraint systems'' and FMVSS No. 213b, ''Child restraint systems; Mandatory applicability beginning 5 December 2026,'' to exclude school bus CRSs from the requirements to provide attachments for connection to the vehicle's child restraint anchorage system and to change certain labeling requirements to reflect how school bus child restraints are used. The effective date of this final rule is 9 October 2026. The revised compliance date for FMVSS No. 213a is 5 December 2026. The compliance date for the updated labeling requirements in FMVSS No. 213 adopted by this final rule is 8 December 2026. The compliance date for the updated labeling requirements in FMVSS No. 213b is 5 December 2026…
Notice of proposed rulemaking; Grant of petitions for rulemaking and other proposals - This document proposes amendments to the safety standards for child restraint systems (CRSs). The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 213a, ''Child restraint systems--side impact protection,'' to exempt school bus CRSs from the standard's requirements as long as they meet specified labeling requirements; to delay the compliance date from 30 June 2025 to 5 December 2026; to provide that the Child Restraint Air Bag Interaction twelve-month-old (CRABI-12MO) test dummy will not be used to test forward-facing CRSs; and to amend the positioning procedures for that dummy. The first two of these amendments are in response to petitions from CRS manufacturers. NHTSA is also proposing to amend FMVSS No. 213, ''Child restraint systems'' and FMVSS No. 213b, ''Child restraint systems; Mandatory applicability beginning 5 December 2026,'' to exclude school bus CRSs from the requirements to provide attachments for connection to the vehicle's child restraint anchorage system and to change certain labeling requirements to reflect how school bus child restraints are used.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/2203/Add.2
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213a; Child Restraint Systems--Side Impact Protection; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213; Child Restraint Systems, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213b; Child Restraint Systems; Incorporation by Reference
This final rule amends the safety standards for child restraint systems (CRSs). The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is amending Federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) No. 213a, ''Child restraint systems--side impact protection,'' to exempt school bus CRSs from the standard's requirements as long as they meet specified labeling requirements; to delay the compliance date from 30 June 2025 to 5 December 2026; to amend the dummy selection requirements so that the Child Restraint Air Bag Interaction twelve-month-old test dummy (CRABI-12MO) will not be used to test forward-facing CRSs; and to amend positioning procedures for that dummy. The first two of these amendments are in response to petitions from CRS manufacturers. NHTSA is also amending FMVSS No. 213, ''Child restraint systems'' and FMVSS No. 213b, ''Child restraint systems; Mandatory applicability beginning 5 December 2026,'' to exclude school bus CRSs from the requirements to provide attachments for connection to the vehicle's child restraint anchorage system and to change certain labeling requirements to reflect how school bus child restraints are used. The effective date of this final rule is 9 October 2026. The revised compliance date for FMVSS No. 213a is 5 December 2026. The compliance date for the updated labeling requirements in FMVSS No. 213 adopted by this final rule is 8 December 2026. The compliance date for the updated labeling requirements in FMVSS No. 213b is 5 December 2026…
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/2203/Add.1
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213a; Child Restraint Systems--Side Impact Protection; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213; Child Restraint Systems, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213b; Child Restraint Systems
This notice announces that NHTSA will not take enforcement action against regulated entities for failing to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 213a, Child restraint systems--side impact protection until the publication of any final rule finalizing NHTSA's 30 May 2025 proposal. This notice of enforcement discretion is effective from 30 June 2025, until the date of publication of any rule finalizing NHTSA's 30 May 2025 proposal. 90 Federal Register (FR) 28909, 2 July 2025; Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 571 and 572: This notice of enforcement discretion and the notice of proposed rulemaking notified as G/TBT/N/USA/2203 are identified by Docket Number NHTSA-2025-0046. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number.
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/USA/2203
Comment deadline: Closed on 29 July 2025
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213a; Child Restraint Systems--Side Impact Protection; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213; Child Restraint Systems, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213b; Child Restraint Systems
Notice of proposed rulemaking; Grant of petitions for rulemaking and other proposals - This document proposes amendments to the safety standards for child restraint systems (CRSs). The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 213a, ''Child restraint systems--side impact protection,'' to exempt school bus CRSs from the standard's requirements as long as they meet specified labeling requirements; to delay the compliance date from 30 June 2025 to 5 December 2026; to provide that the Child Restraint Air Bag Interaction twelve-month-old (CRABI-12MO) test dummy will not be used to test forward-facing CRSs; and to amend the positioning procedures for that dummy. The first two of these amendments are in response to petitions from CRS manufacturers. NHTSA is also proposing to amend FMVSS No. 213, ''Child restraint systems'' and FMVSS No. 213b, ''Child restraint systems; Mandatory applicability beginning 5 December 2026,'' to exclude school bus CRSs from the requirements to provide attachments for connection to the vehicle's child restraint anchorage system and to change certain labeling requirements to reflect how school bus child restraints are used.
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