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Notifying Member: United
States of America
If applicable, name of local government involved
(Article 3.2 and 7.2):
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Agency responsible: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and
Explosives (ATF), Department of Justice [1762]
Name and address (including telephone and
fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or
authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT
Inquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov
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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1
[ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:
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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national
tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Firearms; Military
engineering (Vocabularies) (ICS 01.040.95), Domestic safety (ICS 13.120),
MILITARY ENGINEERING (ICS 95)
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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Definition of
"Frame or Receiver" and Identification of Firearms (34 page(s), in
English)
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Description of content: Notice of proposed
rulemaking; request for comment - The Department of Justice
("Department") proposes amending
Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ("ATF") regulations
to provide new regulatory definitions of "firearm frame or
receiver" and "frame or receiver" because the current
regulations fail to capture the full meaning of those terms. The Department
also proposes amending ATF's definitions of "firearm" and
"gunsmith" to clarify the meaning of those terms, and to provide
definitions of terms such as "complete weapon," "complete
muffler or silencer device," "privately made firearm," and
"readily" for purposes of clarity given advancements in firearms
technology. Further, the Department proposes amendments to ATF's regulations
on marking and recordkeeping that are necessary to implement these new or
amended definitions.
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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems
where applicable: National security requirements; Prevention of deceptive practices
and consumer protection
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Relevant documents:
86 Federal Register (FR)
27720, 21 May 2021; Title 27 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 447, 478
and 479:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-05-21/html/2021-10058.htm
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-05-21/pdf/2021-10058.pdf
This notice of proposed rulemaking; request
for comment is identified by Docket Number ATF 2021R-05. The Docket Folder is
available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/ATF-2021-0001/document 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. WTO
Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry
Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the
regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket on
Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.
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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined
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Final date for comments: 19 August 2021
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Texts
available from: National enquiry point [ ] or
address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if
available, of other body:
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_3665_00_e.pdf
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