G/TBT/N/NZL/96  
21 January  2020 
(20-0555) 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:  NEW ZEALAND   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)  
Trading Standards  
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 shal l be indicated if different from above:   
Standards New Zealand  
Ph +64 4 498 5990  
wto@standards.co.nz   
www.standards.govt.nz  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10. 1 [X], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
HS Section  XX - Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles ; 94 Furniture; bedding, mattresses, 
mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, 
not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name -plates and the 
like; prefabricated buildings.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Unsafe Goods 
(Inclined Infant Sleep Products) Notice 2019. (3 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The unsafe goods notice prohibits the import and supply of 
certain inclined infant slee p products in New Zealand, as defined in the instrument. The 
decision to urgently introduce the unsafe goods notice  was based on evidence that came 
to light in 2019 that the products of concern have been implicated as causal   in the death 
of 73 infants ove rseas and that the products do not align with internationally recognised 
guidance for safe sleep for infants.  
An unsafe goods notice is an interim intervention to mitigate the risks of harm to New 
Zealand consumers from a particular product or class produc t. The  Unsafe Goods 
(Inclined Infant Sleep Products) Notice 2019 remains  in effect for 18 months from the 
date of publication in the New Zealand Gazette - i.e. from 19 December 2019 to 
19 July 2021. The Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs may, during these  
18 months revoke; amend; extend; make permanent; or replace the notice with product 
safety regulations.  
Trading Standards has committed to review the need for ongoing risk mitigation for the 
identified inclined infant sleep products and will include this work in its wider review of 
infant sleep products that is currently underway.  
Further information on the intervention and its rationale is available on the Trading 
Standards website .  G/TBT/N/NZL/96  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To mitigate the risks of infant death attributable to use of some inclined 
infant sleep products as defined in the notice - Unsafe Goods (Inclined Infant Sleep 
Products) Notice 2019 . Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Unsafe Goods (Inclined Infant Sleep Products) Notice 2019  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  19 December 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  19 December 2019  
10. Final date for comments:  20 April 2020  
Note: Trading Standards is undertaking a wider review of infant sleep environment 
products and comments received on the Unsafe Goods (Inclined Infant Sleep Products) 
Notice 2019  will be taken under consideration as part of this review. Notification of any 
proposed measures resulting from the review will follow.  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment  
Trading Standards  
15 Stout Street  
Wellington 6140  
New Zealand  
Text of the Unsafe Goods (Inclined Infant Sleep Products) Notice 2019 is available on 
the New Zealand Gazette website. https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2019 -go5825  
Further information is availa ble on the  Trading Standards website