G/TBT/N/USA/681/Add.6  
 
21 September 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  21 September 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title:  Safety Standard for Infant Swings  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[ ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[ ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[X] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
The rule is effective on 1 January 2023, unless CPSC receives a significant adverse 
comment by 20 October 2022. If CPSC receives such a comment, it will publish a 
document in the Federal Register, withdrawing this direct final rule before its effective 
date. The incorporation by reference of the publication listed in this rule is approved  by 
the Director of the Federal Register as of 1 January 2023.  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-09-20/html/2022 -20246.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-09-20/pdf/2022 -20246.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/modification/22_6420_00_e.
pdf 
New deadline for comments (if applicable):  20 October 2022  
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  TITLE: Safety Standard for Infant Swings  
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission  
ACTION: Direct final rule  
SUMMARY: In November 2012, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a 
consumer product safety standard for infant swings with modifications to make the standard more 
 
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  stringent under section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement  Act of 2008 (CPSIA). The 
standard incorporated by reference the 2012 voluntary standard for infant swings that was in effect 
at the time. The CPSIA sets forth a process for updating mandatory standards for durable infant or 
toddler products that are based  on a voluntary standard when the voluntary standards organization 
revises the standard, unless the Commission determines the revision does not improve the safety 
of the consumer product. Consistent with the CPSIA's update process, the Commission issued di rect 
final rules in June 2013, January 2021, and October 2021, each time to update the incorporation by 
reference for the mandatory standard to reflect ASTM's revision of the voluntary standard. In May 
2022, ASTM approved another revision to the voluntary standard for infant swings, ASTM F2088 -22. 
ASTM notified CPSC of this revision on 5 July 2022. Consistent with the CPSIA's process for updating 
mandatory standards for durable infant or toddler products that are based on a voluntary standard, 
when the voluntary standards organization revises the standard, this direct final rule updates the 
mandatory standard for infant swings to incorporate by reference ASTM's 2022 version of the 
voluntary standard. Information about ASTM International is available at 
https://www.astm.org/about/overview.html . 
DATES: The rule is effective on 1 January 2023, unless CPSC receives a significant adverse comment 
by 20 October 2022. If CPSC receives such a comment, it will publish a document in the Federal 
Register,  withdrawing this direct final rule before its effective date. The incorporation by reference 
of the publication listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 1 January 
2023.  
This direct final rule, the notice of availabilit y; request for comment notified as 
G/TBT/N/USA/681/Add.5  and previous direct final rules notified as G/TBT/N/USA/681/Add.2 , 
G/TBT/N/USA/681/Add.3  and G/TBT/N/USA/681/Add.4  are identified by Docket Number CPSC -
2013-0025. The Docket Folder is available at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CPSC -2013-
0025/document  and p rovides 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 asked to submit comments on the Direct Final Rule  to the 
USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 20 October 2022. Comments received by 
the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the 
regulat or and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment 
period.  
The notice of proposed rulemaking notified as G/TBT/N/USA/681  and the final rule notified as 
G/TBT/N/USA/681/Add.1  are identified by Docket Number CPSC -2012-0011. The Docket Folder is 
available at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CPSC -2012-0011/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.  
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