G/TBT/N/USA/1043/Add.4  
 
7 September 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  7 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 Bouncer Seats  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[X] Comment period changed - date:  6 October 2022  
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 6 September 2022  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 19 December 2022  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-09-06/htm l/2022 -19179.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-09-06/pdf/2022 -19179.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/final_measure/22_6014_00_
e.pdf 
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant sym bol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  TITLE: Safety Standard for Infant Bouncer Seats  
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission  
ACTION: Direct final rule 
SUMMARY: In September 2017, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or 
Commission) published a consumer product safety standard for infant bouncer seats under section 
104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). The st andard incorporated 
by reference the ASTM voluntary standard for infant bouncer seats that had been adopted earlier in 
2017 and was in effect at the time. ASTM updated the mandatory standard for infant bouncer seats 
in 2019 and again in 2022. Consistent wi th the CPSIA's process for updating mandatory standards 
for durable infant or toddler products that are based on a voluntary standard, when the voluntary 
 
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  standards organization revises the standard, this direct final rule updates the mandatory standard 
for infant bouncer seats to incorporate by reference ASTM's 2022 version of the voluntary standard. 
Access to information about the voluntary standard, ASTM F2167 -22 Standard Consumer Safety 
Specification for Infant Bouncer Seats, is available from ASTM Inter national at 
https://www.astm.org/f2167 -22.html.  
DATES: The rule is effective on 19 December 2022, unless CPSC receives a significant adverse 
comment by 6 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 19 December 2022.  
This direct final rule and previous ac tions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1043  are identified 
by Docket Number CPSC -2015-0028. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CPSC -2015-0028/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 asked 
to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 6 October 
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 Docket  on Regulations.gov if 
received within the comment period.  
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