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206 49 CFR Part 571 Door Locks and Door Retention Components and Side Impact Protection
We are proposing to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 206, Door locks and door retention components, in order to add and update requirements and test procedures and to harmonize with the world’s first global technical regulation for motor vehicles.
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  49 CFR Part 571 Head Restraints
external link icon Notice of proposed rulemaking
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121 49 CFR, Part 571 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; Air Brake Systems
Regarding trailers with antilock brake systems being equipped with an external antilock malfunction indicator lamp
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PDF icon Interim Final Rule, Request for Comments
  49 CFR Part 571 Definition of Multifunction School Activity Bus
external link icon Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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  49 CFR Part 571 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards: Low Speed Vehicles
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202   Head Restraints for Passenger Vehicles
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  49 CFR Part 571, 572, 589 Head Impact Protection
external link icon Final Rule; Response to Petitions for Reconsideration.
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