G/TBT/N/USA/1662  
28 October 2020  
(20-7542) 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) [1690]  
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):  
Crib mattresses; Quality (ICS 03.120), Domestic safety (ICS 13.120), Home textiles. 
Linen (ICS 97.160), Equipment for child ren (ICS 97.190)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Safety Standard 
for Crib Mattresses (31 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - The Danny Keysar Child 
Product Safety Notificatio n Act, section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement 
Act of 2008 (CPSIA), requires the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission 
(CPSC) to promulgate consumer product safety standards for durable infant or toddler 
products. These standards are to be "substantially the same as" the applicable voluntary 
standard, or more stringent than the voluntary standard, if the Commission determines 
that more stringent requirements would further reduce the risk of injury associated with 
the product. The C ommission is proposing a safety standard for crib mattresses. The 
scope of the proposed rule includes full -size and non -full-size crib mattresses, as well as 
after-market mattresses for play yards and non -full-size cribs. The Commission is also 
proposing t o amend CPSC's consumer registration requirements to identify crib 
mattresses within the scope of the proposed rule as durable infant or toddler products, 
and proposing to amend CPSC's list of notice of requirements (NORs) to include such crib 
mattresses.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Quality 
requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 85 Federal Register (FR) 67906, 26 October 2020; Title 16 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Parts 1112, 1130 and 1241:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-10-26/html/2020 -22558.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-10-26/pdf/2020 -22558.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/1662  
 
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  This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number CPSC -2020-0023.  
The Docket Folder is available at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=CPSC_FRDOC_0001  and provides access to 
primary 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 . Comment s 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 i f received within 
the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  11 January 2021  
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/2020/TBT/USA/20_6507_00_e.pdf