G/TBT/N/USA/2061  
27 October 2023  
(23-7258) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) [2092]  
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 indica ted if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Infant and 
infant/toddler rockers; Quality (ICS code(s): 03.120); Domestic safety (ICS code(s): 
13.120); Furniture (ICS code(s): 97.140); Equipment for children (ICS code(s): 97.190)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Safety Standard 
for Infant and Infant/Toddler Rockers; (21 page(s), in  English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - The Danny Keysar Child 
Product Safety Notification Act, section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement 
Act of 2008 (CPSIA) , requires the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission 
(Commission or CPSC) to promulgate consumer product safety standards for durable 
infant or toddler products . These standards are to be substantially the same as applicable 
voluntary standards, or more stringent tha n the voluntary standards if the Commission 
concludes that more stringent requirements would further reduce the risk of injury 
associated with the product. The Commission is proposing a safety standard for Infant 
and Infant/Toddler Rockers (rockers). The C ommission is also proposing to amend CPSC's 
consumer registration requirements  to add rockers as identified durable infant or toddler 
products and to amend CPSC's list of notice of requirements (NORs) to include rockers.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
appli cable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety; Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/USA/2061  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
88 Federal Register (FR) 73551, 26 October 2023; Title 16  Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Parts 1112, 1130, and 1240:  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-10-26/html/2023 -23322.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-10-26/pdf/2023 -23322.pdf  
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 by 4pm Eastern Time  on 26 December 2023 will be shared with the 
regulator and submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov . 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  26 December 2023  
11. 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/2023/TBT/USA/23_13186_00_e.pdf