G/TBT/N/USA/1901  
27 July 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) [1931]  
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 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Crib 
bumpers; Domestic safety (ICS code(s): 13.120); Equipment for children (ICS code(s): 
97.190)  
5. Title, numbe r of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ban of Crib 
Bumpers; (2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - On 16 May 2022, the President 
signed into law the Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 2021, requiring tha t crib bumpers, 
"regardless of the date of manufacture, shall be considered a banned hazardous product'' 
under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). Pursuant to this authority, CPSC is 
proposing to codify the ban on crib bumpers pursuant to the Safe Slee p for Babies Act, 
and under a separate document, published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, 
terminate the rulemaking on crib bumpers/liners under the Consumer Product Safety 
Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA).  
7. Objective and rationale, incl uding the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  87 Federal Register (FR) 44307, 26 July 2022; Title 16 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1309:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-07-26/html/2022 -15906.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-07-26/pdf/2022 -15906.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number CPSC -2022-0024. The 
Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CPSC_FRDOC_0001/document  and provides access 
to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulati ons.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 G/TBT/N/USA/1901  
 
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  Time on 25 August 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 Docke t on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
G/TBT/N/USA/1596 and G/TBT/N/USA/1596/Add.1  - Safety Standard for Crib 
Bumpers/Liners - Notice of proposed rulemaking and termination of rulemaking, identified 
by Docket Number CPSC -2020-0010. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  25 August 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_4961_00_e.pdf