G/TBT/N/USA/1964/Add.2  
 
22 September 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  22 September 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title:  Safety Standard and Notification Requirements for Button Cell or Coin Batteries and Consumer 
Products Containing Such Batteries  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[X] Comment period changed - date:  5 October 2023  
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 21 September 2023  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 23 October 2023; The direct final rule is 
effective 23 October 2023, unless the Commission receives a significant adverse 
comment by 5 October 2023. If the Commission receives such a comment, we will publish 
a document in the Federal Register withdrawing this direct final rule before its effective 
date. 
Compliance and enforcement dates: Third party testing and certification of children's 
products subject to t his rule is not required until on or after 20 December 2023. 
Consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries that are manufactured or 
imported after 23 October 2023, must comply with this direct final rule. However, in 
recognition of limited tes ting availability and for the avoidance of hardship, the 
Commission is granting a 180 -day transitional period of enforcement discretion from 21 
September 2023, through 19 March 2024.  
Incorporation by reference: The incorporation by reference of the publica tion listed in 
this rule is approved by the Director of the  
Federal Register as of 23 October 2023.  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
88 Federal Register (FR) 65274, 16 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 1112 and 
1263:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-09-21/html/2023 -20333.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-09-21/pdf/2023 -20333.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/final_measure/23_12567_00
_e.pdf  
[ ] Notified measure withdr awn or revoked - date:  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/USA/1964/Add.2  
 
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  Relevant symbol 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:  Direct final rule - In February 2023, as required by Reese's Law , the U.S. Consumer 
Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR)  to 
eliminate or adequately reduce the risk of injury from ingestion of button cell or coin batteries b y 
children six years old and younger. In the NPR the Commission preliminarily determined that no 
existing voluntary standard met the requirements in Reese's Law at that time. In this document, 
however, the Commission determines that one voluntary standard,  substantially revised since 
publication of the NPR, now meets the requirements in Reese's Law with respect to performance and 
labeling requirements for consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries. Reese's Law 
states that after a determinati on of sufficiency by the Commission, such a qualifying voluntary 
standard is treated as a consumer product safety rule. The Commission is publishing this 
determination, as required by Reese's Law, as well as a direct final rule to incorporate the voluntary  
standard by reference into our regulations. Consumer products subject to performance and labeling 
requirements in this direct final rule must be tested and certified as compliant with the direct final 
rule. 
Effective date: The direct final rule is effecti ve 23 October 2023, unless the Commission receives a 
significant adverse comment by 5 October 2023. If the Commission receives such a comment, we 
will publish a document in the Federal Register withdrawing this direct final rule before its effective 
date. 
Compliance and enforcement dates: Third party testing and certification of children's products  
subject to this rule is not required until on or after 20 December 2023. Consumer products containing 
button cell or coin batteries that are manufactured or imported after 23 October 2023, must comply 
with this direct final rule. However, in reco gnition of limited testing availability and for the avoidance 
of hardship, the Commission is granting a 180 -day transitional period of enforcement discretion from 
21 September 2023, through 19 March 2024.  
Incorporation by reference: The incorporation by re ference of the publication listed in this rule is 
approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 23 October 2023.  
16 CFR Part 1112 is accessible online at https:/ /www.ecfr.gov/current/title -16/chapter -
II/subchapter -B/part -1112. 16 CFR Part 1263 will be accessible at 
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/t itle-16/chapter -II/subchapter -B/part -1263. 
This direct final rule and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1964  are identified 
by Docket Number CPSC -2023-0004. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CPSC -2023-0004/ 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 on or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 5 October 
2023. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders 
will be shared with CPSC and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received 
within the relevant comment period.  
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