G/TBT/N/USA/1537  
22 October 2019  
(19-6907) 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 AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) [1563]  
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 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 applicabl e): Toys and 
child care articles; Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 
(HS 95); Quality (ICS 03.120), Domestic safety (ICS 13.120), Other treatments and 
coatings (ICS 25.220.99), Man -made fibres (ICS 59.060.20), Chemical analysis 
(ICS 71.040.40), Acids (ICS 71.060.30), Equipment for children (ICS 97.190), Toys 
(ICS 97.200.50)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Children's Toys 
and Child Care Articles: Determinations Regarding ASTM F963 Elem ents and Phthalates 
for Unfinished Manufactured Fibers (8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - The Consumer Product Safety 
Commission (CPSC) is proposing a rule to determine that certain unfinished manufactured 
fibers would not contain the ASTM F963 elements or specified phthalates that exceed the 
limits set forth un der the CPSC's statutes and regulations for children's toys and child 
care articles. Based on these proposed determinations, the specified unfinished 
manufactured fibers would not be required to have third party testing for compliance with 
the requirements  of the ASTM F963 elements or phthalates for children's toys and child 
care articles.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; Cost 
saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 84 Federal Register (FR) 54055, 9 October 2019; Title 16 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 1253:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-10-09/html/2019 -21517.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-10-09/pdf/2019 -21517.pdf  
• G/TBT/N/USA/684  G/TBT/N/USA/1537  
 
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  • G/TBT/N/USA/947/Add.2/Corr.1  
• G/TBT/N/USA/1186/Rev.1/Corr.1  
• G/TBT/N/USA/ 1272/Rev.1  
• G/TBT/N/USA/1308/Add.1  
• G/TBT/N/ USA/1315/Add.1  
• ASTM F963 -17: https://www.astm.org/Standards/F963.htm  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  23 December 2019  
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/2019/TBT/USA/19_5794_00_e.pdf