G/TBT/N/USA/1272/Rev.1/Add.1  
 
3 November 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  3 November 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title:  Safety Standard Mandating ASTM F963 for Toys; Notice of Availability of Updated ASTM 
Standard  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[ ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[ ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[X] Other:  
Notice of availability and request for comment by 16 November 2023  
88 Federal Register (FR) 75280:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-11-02/html/2023 -24189.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-11-02/pdf/2023 -24189.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_13307_00_e.pdf  
 
Description:  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's (Commission or CPSC) mandatory 
rule, Safety Standar d Mandating ASTM F963 for Toys , incorporates by reference ASTM F963 -17, 
Standard Consumer Safety Specifications for Toy Safety. The Commission has received notice of a 
revision to this incorporated voluntary standard. CPSC seeks comment on whether the revision 
improves the safety of the consumer products covered by the standard. ASTM F963 –23 is available 
for review in several ways. ASTM has provided on its website (at https://www.astm.org/CPSC.htm ), 
at no cost, a read -only copy of the 2023 revisions to ASTM F963 including a red -lined version that 
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/USA/1272/Rev.1/Add.1  
 
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  identifies the changes made to ASTM F963 –17. A read -only copy of the existing mandatory standard 
(ASTM F963 –17) is available for viewing, at no cost, on the ASTM website at: 
https://www.astm.org/READINGLIBRARY/ . Intereste d parties can download copies of the standards 
by purchasing them from ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West 
Conshohocken, PA 19428 –2959; phone: +1 610 –832–9585; https://www.astm.org .  
Comments must be received by 16 November 2023.  
This notice of availability; request for comment and previous action notified under the symbol 
G/TBT/N/USA/1272  are identified by Docket  Number CPSC -2017-0010. The Docket Folder is 
available from Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CPSC -2017-0010/document  
and provid es 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 thei r 
stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern 
Time on 16 November 2023. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members 
and their stakeholders will be shar ed with the regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket  on 
Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
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