G/TBT/N/USA/2067  
20 November 2023  
(23-7781) 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):  State of 
California  
2. Agency responsible:   
Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), State 
of California (CalEPA) [2099]  
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 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [X], 7.2 [X] , 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Laundry 
detergents; Quality (ICS code(s): 03.120); Products of the chemical industry (ICS 
code(s): 71.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Laundry 
Detergents Containing Nonylphenol Ethoxylates; (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - California's Safer Consumer Products (SCP)  
regulations were adopted i n October 2013 to meet the statutory requirements outlined in 
HSC sections 25252 and 25253. The regulations outline a science -based process for 
evaluating Chemicals of Concern in consumer products and safer alternatives by: 
Establishing a list of Candidate  Chemicals and specifying criteria by which these may be 
designated Chemicals of Concern; Establishing a process to identify and prioritize product 
and Candidate Chemical combinations that may be listed as Priority Products; Requiring 
manufacturers of a pr oduct listed as a Priority Product to notify DTSC within 60 days of 
the listing regulation's effective date; Requiring manufacturers of a Priority Product to 
determine how best to reduce exposures to the Chemical(s) of Concern in the product; 
Allowing DTSC  to identify and require implementation of Regulatory Responses following 
completion of an Alternatives Analysis, if needed; and Creating a process for persons to 
petition DTSC to add chemicals to the Candidate Chemicals list, add or remove Candidate 
Chemi cals lists in their entirety, or to add or remove a product -chemical combination from 
the Priority Products List. DTSC proposes to amend section 69511 and add section 
69511.8 to Article 11 of the SCP regulations. The proposed action will add laundry 
deterg ents containing nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs) as a Priority Product to the Priority 
Products List. This listing applies to any product that is placed into commerce in California 
that contains NPEs, and that may be marketed, sold, or offered for sale as a chemical 
substance to clean or remove soil or unwanted deposits from laundered clothes and textile 
products, such as sheets and tablecloths. This includes, but is not limited to, laundry 
detergents of any form, including granules, liquids, powders, tabs, c rystals, or pods, that G/TBT/N/USA/2067  
 
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  are used in washing machines, for 4 hand washing, or as part of a laundry system. 
Detergents intended for use as a pre -soak or pre -spotter, or with fabric or color protection 
properties, are also included.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
Laundry Detergents Containing Nonylphenol Ethoxylates as a Priority Product: 
https://dtsc.ca.gov/npe -in-laundry -detergents/  
Title 22 Code of California Regulat ions Sections 69511, 69511.8  
WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point . Comments received by th e USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and 
their stakeholders by 4pm Eastern  Time on 31 December 2023 will be shared with the 
Department of Toxic Substances Control (CalEPA).  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  31 December 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_13493_00_e.pdf