G/TBT/N/USA/1285/Rev.1  
18 November 2019  
(19-7835) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AME RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Consumer Product Safety Commission  
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 indicated if differe nt from above:    
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Infant 
inclined sleep products; Domestic safety (ICS 13.120), Test conditions and procedures in 
general (ICS 19.020), Equipment for children (ICS 97.190)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Safety Standard 
for Infant Sleep Products ( 15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking - In the Federal 
Register of 7 April 2017, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a 
notice of proposed rulemaking (2017 NPR) pursuant to the Danny Keysar Child Product 
Safety Notification Act, se ction 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 
2008 (CPSIA), to promulgate a consumer product safety standard for infant inclined sleep 
products (inclined sleep products). The 2017 NPR allowed an incline between 10 and 
30 degrees for the seat back angle of an inclined sleep product. The 2017 NPR proposed 
to adopt a voluntary standard for inclined sleep products developed by ASTM 
International, with a modification to the standard's definition of "accessory." Based on 
subsequent information and events, the Commission is now issuing a supplemental 
proposed rule (Supplemental NPR), proposing to adopt the current ASTM standard for 
inclined sleep products, with modifications that would make the mandatory standard more 
stringent than the voluntary  standard. The proposed changes include limiting the seat 
back angle for sleep to 10 degrees or less. CPSC's proposed standard would cover 
products intended for infant sleep that are not already addressed by another standard. 
Additionally, the Commission p roposes to include the mandatory standard for infant sleep 
products in the Commission's list of notices of requirements (NORs). The Commission also 
proposes to amend the consumer registration rule to identify explicitly infant sleep 
products as a durable i nfant or toddler product subject to CPSC's consumer registration 
requirements.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or s afety  G/TBT/N/  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• 84 Federal Register (FR) 60949, 12 November 2019; Title 16 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Parts 1112, 1130 and 1236:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-11-12/html/2019 -23724.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-11-12/pdf/2019 -23724.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  27 January 2020  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/USA/19_6467_00_e.pdf