G/TBT/N/USA/1642  
26 August 2020  
(20-5859) 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) [1669]  
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 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other  [X]:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Children's 
products; Furniture and parts thereof, n.e.s. (excl. seats and medical, surgical, dental or 
veterinary furniture) (HS 9403); Domestic safety (ICS 13.120), Test conditions and 
procedures in general (ICS 19.020), Equipment for children (ICS 97.190), Toys (ICS 
97.200.50)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Regulatory 
Flexibilit y Act Section 610 Review of the Testing and Labeling Regulations Pertaining to 
Product Certification of Children's Products, Including Reliance on Component Part Testing 
(4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notification of section 610 review  and request for comments - 
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) is conducting a review 
of the regulations for third party testing and certification to demonstrate compliance with 
safety standards for children's products, under secti on 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act (RFA). That section requires the CPSC to review within 10 years after their issuance 
regulations that have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities. The testing and component part regu lations were promulgated in 2011. The CPSC 
seeks comment to determine whether, consistent with the CPSC's statutory obligations, 
these regulations should be maintained without change, or modified to minimize the 
significant impact of the rules on a substan tial number of small entities.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
85 Federal Register (FR) 52078, 24 August 2020; Title 16 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Parts 1107 and 1109:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/c ontent/pkg/FR -2020-08-24/html/2020 -16441.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-08-24/pdf/2020 -16441.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/1642  
 
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  This notification of section 610 review and r equest for comments is identified by Docket 
Number CPSC -2020-0019.   The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=CPSC_FRDOC_0001  and provides access to 
primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also 
accessible from Regulations.gov  by searchi ng the Docket Number.   WTO Members and 
their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry 
Point. 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.  
The CPSC notice of proposed rulemaking notified in G/TBT/N/USA/548 , "Conditions and 
Requirements for Testing Component Parts of Consumer Products", and the CPSC Final 
Rule notified in G/TBT/N/USA/66 0, "Conditions and Requirements for Relying on 
Component Part Testing or Certification, or Another Party's Finished Product Testing or 
Certification, to Meet Testing and Certification Requirements", are identified by Docket 
Number CPSC -2010-0037. The Docke t Folder is available on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=CPSC -2010-0037and provides access to pri mary 
documents as well as comments received.  
The CPSC Final Rule notified in G/TBT/N/USA/549/Add.2 , "Testing and Labelling 
Pertaining to Product Certif ication Regarding Representative Samples for Periodic Testing 
of Children's Products", and the CPSC Notice of proposed rulemaking in 
G/TBT/N/USA/658 , "Testing and Labeling Pertaining to Product Certification  
Regarding Representative Samples for Periodic Testing of Children's  Products" are 
identified by Docket Number CPSC -2011-0082. The Docket Folder is available on 
Regulations.gov  at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=CPSC -2011-0082and 
provides access to primary documents as well as comments received.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  23 October 2020  
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_5149_00_e.pdf