Interpretation ID: aiam2456
The Japan Automobile Tire Manufacturers' Association
Inc.
9th Floor
Toranomon Building
No. 15
Shiba Toranomon
Minato-Ku
Tokyo
Japan;
Dear Mr. Ohgiya: This responds to your April 22, 1976, letter advising the Nationa Highway Traffic Safety Administration that the tire standards of the Japan Automobile Tire Manufacturers' Association (JATMA) are being translated into English. You request that consideration be given to referencing JATMA standards in the Federal motor vehicle safety standards that regulate motor vehicle tire manufacture. I regret that we have not responded to your letter sooner.; Standard No. 109, *New Pneumatic Tires*, and Standard No. 119, *Ne Pneumatic Tires for Vehicles Other Than Passenger Cars*, presently reference the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS). Because the JATMA standards appear to be updated mote often than the JIS standards, and because the JATMA standards will be issued in English, the agency intends to substitute a reference to JATMA standards in its regulations for the existing reference to JIS standards.; Thank you for providing us with the English translation of th motorcycle tire standards. We request that you provide us copies of all English translations of the standards for all vehicle types as often as the are updated.; Sincerely, Robert L. Carter, Associate Administrator, Motor Vehicl Programs;