G/TBT/N/USA/538/Rev.1  
17 April 2024  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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 (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)  
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 [  ], 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):  Bassinets 
and cradles; Mattress supports (excl. spring interiors for seats); articles of be dding and 
similar furnishing, e.g. mattresses, quilts, eiderdowns, cushions, pouffes and pillows, 
fitted with springs or stuffed or internally filled with any material or of cellular rubber or 
plastics, whether or not covered (excl. pneumatic or water matt resses and blankets and 
covers) (HS code(s): 9404); Product and company certification. Conformity assessment 
(ICS code(s): 03.120.20); Domestic safety (ICS code(s): 13.120); Furniture (ICS 
code(s): 97.140); Equipment for children (ICS code(s): 97.190)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Safety Standard 
for Bassinets and Cradles; (40 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) - In 2013, the United 
States Consumer Product Safety Commis sion (Commission or CPSC) published a safety 
standard for bassinets and cradles (bassinets/cradles). By statute, after promulgating a 
mandatory rule, the Commission must periodically review and revise rules for durable 
infant or toddler products to ensure that they provide the highest level of safety for such 
products that is feasible. Accordingly, this proposed rule (NPR) would revise the existing 
rule for bassinets/cradles to ensure that it addresses identified hazards and that these 
sleep products for yo ung infants provide the highest level of safety feasible. The 
Commission is issuing this NPR to adopt ASTM F2194 -22 with modifications. It is also 
proposing to align the ru le's warnings with ASTM F2194 -22 but not to include warnings 
related solely to compact bassinets. The NPR proposes to require warnings on all bassinets 
within the scope of the rule.  G/TBT/N/USA/538/Rev.1  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where  
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety   
8. Relevant documents:   
89 Federal Register (FR) 27246, 16 April 2024; Title 16  Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Parts 1112 and 1218: 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-04-16/html/2024 -07706.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-04-16/pdf/2024 -07706.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking and previous actions notified under the symbol 
G/TBT/N/USA/538  is identified by Docket Number CPSC -2010-0028. The Docket Folder is 
available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CPSC -2010-
0028/document  and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as 
comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searc hing 
the Docket Number. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO 
Members and their stakeholders by 4pm Eastern Time  on 17 June 2024 will be shared 
with the CPSC and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if rece ived 
within the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  17 June 2024  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/24_02651_00_e.pdf