G/TBT/N/USA/1996  
12 May 2023  
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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) [2027]  
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 indica ted 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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other  [X]: Creation of a new 16 CFR part 1272 that adopts the substance of the existing 
U.S. Department of Commerce rule for the marking of toy, look -alike, and imitation 
firearms  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. I CS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Toy look -
alike imitation firearms; Domestic safety (ICS code(s): 13.120); Toys (ICS code(s): 
97.200.50)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Marking of Toy, 
Look-Alike, and Imitation Firearms ; (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Direct final rule - The Federal Energy Management 
Improvement Act Update  transferred  the authority for regulating the marking of toy, look -
alike, and imitation firearms from the Department of Commerce to the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission. The Commission is issuing this direct final rule to adopt the 
Department of Commerce rule for th e marking of toy, look -alike, and imitation firearms, 
with non -substantive and conforming changes.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
88 Federal Register (FR) 30226, 11 May 2023; Title 16 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Part 1272:  
https://w ww.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-05-11/html/2023 -09999.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-05-11/pdf/2023 -09999.pdf  
This direct final rule is identified by Docket Number CPSC -2023-0021. The Docket Folder 
is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CPSC -2023-
0021/document  and provides 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 their stakeholders are ask ed to submit comments 
to the USA TBT Enquiry Point . Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from 
WTO Members and their stakeholders by 4pm Eastern Time  on 12 June 2023 will be 
shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if 
received within the comment period.  
A read -only copy of AMS STD 595A –17 is available for viewing until the direct final rule 
takes effect, at no cost, on SAE's website at: https://www.sae.org/standards/reading -
room. Once the rule takes effect, a read -only copy of the standard will continue to be 
available for viewing, at no cost, at the same web address. Interested parties can 
purchase a copy of SAE AMS STD 595A –17, Colors Use d in Government Procurement,  
approved February 10, 2017, from SAE International, 400 Commonwealth Dr., 
Warrendale, PA 15096; telephone (888) 875 –3976; www.sae.org . 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  26 June 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  26 June 2023; unless CPSC receives a significant 
adverse comment within 30 days of this notification. In accordance with the 
recommendation of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS), the 
Commission cons iders a significant adverse comment to be "one where the commenter 
explains why the rule would be inappropriate," including a showing that challenges "the 
rule's underlying premise or approach," or that the rule "would be ineffective or 
unacceptable withou t a change." 60 FR 43108, 43111 (18 August 1995). As noted, this 
rule adopts the existing Commerce regulation without making substantive changes, and 
thus any public comments should address only this specific action.  
10. Final date for comments:  12 June 2023  
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/2023/TBT/USA/23_09622_00_e.pdf