---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1203.53"
title: "16"
number: "1203.53"
heading: "Interim safety standards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1203.53"
---

# §1203.53. Interim safety standards.

- (a) Bicycle helmets must comply with one or more of the following standards. The standards in [paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(7)](#a-1..a-7) of this section are incorporated herein by reference:
  - (1) American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard Z90.4-1984, Protective Headgear for Bicyclists,
  - (2) ASTM standards F 1447-93 or F 1447-94, Standard Specification for Protective Headgear Used in Bicycling, incorporating the relevant provisions of ASTM F 1446-93 or ASTM F 1446-94, Standard Test Methods for Equipment and Procedures Used in Evaluating the Performance Characteristics of Protective Headgear, respectively,
  - (3) **Canadian Standards Association standard, Cycling Helmets—** CAN/CSA-D113.2-M89,
  - (4) Snell Memorial Foundation (Snell) 1990 Standard for Protective Headgear for Use in Bicycling (designation B-90),
  - (5) Snell 1990 Standard for Protective Headgear for Use in Bicycling, including March 9, 1994 Supplement (designation B-90S),
  - (6) Snell 1994 Standard for Protective Headgear for Use in Non-Motorized Sports (designation N-94), or
  - (7) **Snell 1995 standard for Protective Headgear for Use with Bicycles B-95.**
  - (8) **Subparts A through C of this part 1203.**
- (b) The incorporation by reference of the standards listed in [paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(7)](#a-1..a-7) are approved by the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. [552(a)](/usc/5/552.md?p=a) and [1](/usc/5/1.md) CFR [part 51](/cfr/16/part51.md). Copies of the standards may be obtained as follows. Copies of the ANSI Z90.4 standard are available from: American National Standards Institute, 11 W. 42nd Street, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10036. Copies of the ASTM standards are available from: ASTM, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. Copies of the Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-D113.2-M89 standard are available from: CSA, 178 Rexdale Boulevard, Rexdale (Toronto), Ontario, Canada, M9W 1R3. Copies of the Snell standards are available from: Snell Memorial Foundation, Inc., 6731-A 32nd Street, North Highlands, CA 95660. Copies may be inspected at the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, or at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2056, 2058, and 6001-6006. Subpart B is also issued under 15 U.S.C. 2063. Subpart C is also issued under 15 U.S.C. 2065.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 11729, Mar. 10, 1998, unless otherwise noted.