G/TBT/N/USA/1821  
11 January 2022  
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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) [1850]  
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 indicat ed 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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Magnets; 
Quality (ICS 03.120), Domestic safety (ICS 13.120), Jewellery (ICS 39.060), Equipment 
for children (ICS 97.190), E quipment for entertainment (ICS 97.200)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Safety Standard 
for Magnets (57 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - The U.S. Consumer Product 
Safety C ommission (Commission or  CPSC) has determined preliminarily that there is an 
unreasonable risk  of injury and death, particularly to children and teens, associated  with 
ingestion of one or more high -powered magnets. To address this  risk, the Commission 
proposes a rule, under the Consumer Product Safety  Act, to apply to consumer products 
that are designed, marketed, or  intended to be used for entertainment, jewelry (including 
children's  jewelry), mental stimulation, stress relief, or a combination of these  purposes, 
and that contain one or more loose or separable magnets. Toys  that are subject to CPSC's 
mandatory toy standard are exempt from the  proposed rule. Each loose or separable 
magnet in a product that is  subject to the proposed rule and that fits entire ly within 
CPSC's small  parts cylinder would be required to have a flux index of less than 50  kG\2\ 
mm\2\. The Commission requests comments about all aspects of this  notice, including 
the risk of injury, the proposed scope and requirements, alternatives to the proposed 
rule, and the economic  impacts of the proposed rule and alternatives.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  87 Federal Register (FR) 1260, 10 January 2022; Title 16 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 1112 and 1262:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-01-10/html/2021 -27826.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-01-10/pdf/2021 -27826.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number CPSC -2021-0037. The 
Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov G/TBT/N/USA/1821  
 
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  at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CPSC -2021-0037/document  and provides access 
to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also 
accessible from  Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and 
their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the  USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or 
before 4pm Eastern Time on 28 March 2022. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry 
Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the regulator and will 
also be submitted to the  Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment 
period.   
G/TBT/N/USA/748 and subsequent addenda  - Safety Standard for Magnet Sets, 
rulemaking identified by Docket Number  CPSC -2012-0050. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  28 March 2022  
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/2022/TBT/USA/22_0310_00_e.pdf