Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection Child Restraint Systems

This document amends Standard No. 213, ``Child Restraint Systems,'' to modify the air bag warning label which rear-facing child seats are required to bear beginning May 27, 1997. This document responds to a request from Mercedes-Benz, asking that the standard allow for additional wording in the required text of the label. NHTSA by this document makes final on an interim basis the amendment requested by Mercedes, which would clarify the warning and which would not lessen the safety of child restraints. The agency also solicits comments on this amendment. Because this amendment will clarify the required warning label and will relieve a restriction currently imposed by the standard, NHTSA has determined that it is in the public interest to make the changes effective immediately on an interim basis. Assuming that a final rule is issued, the final rule would respond to any comments and would be effective upon publication in the Federal Register.