Revision of the 1958 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Agreement Regarding the Regulation of Motor Vehicle Equipment and Parts

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This notice announces that NHTSA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on behalf of the United States Government, will participate in negotiations regarding a proposed revision to the 1958 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) Agreement Concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions of Approval and Reciprocal Recognition of Approval for Motor Vehicle Equipment and Parts. The Agreement provides procedures for establishing uniform regulations regarding new motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment and for reciprocal recognition of such regulations. Regulations adopted by Contracting Parties govern the approval of motor vehicles and equipment for sale in those countries. The United States is a member of the UN/ECE, but is not a Contracting Party to the 1958 Agreement. Depending on the outcome of these negotiations, it may be appropriate for the United States to become a Contracting Party to the Agreement as it may be revised. However, a decision has not yet made regarding that course of action. Notwithstanding the revised Agreement's goal of harmonization of motor vehicle standards, were the United States to become a Contracting Party, it would not adopt