G/TBT/N/USA/1272/Rev.1/Add.2  
 
19 January 2024  
(24-0440) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  19 January 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title:  Safety Standard Mandating ASTM F963 for Toys  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[ ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[ ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[X] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
The rule is effective on 20 April 2024, unless CPSC receives a significant adverse 
comment by 20 February 2024. If CPSC receives such a significant adverse 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 t his rule is 
approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 20 April 2024.  
89 Federal Register (FR) 3344, 18 January 2024; Title 16 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Parts 1112 and 1250:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-01-18/html/2024 -00741.htm  
https://www.govinfo.g ov/content/pkg/FR -2024-01-18/pdf/2024 -00741.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/modificatio n/24_00639_00_e
.pdf 
New deadline for comments (if applicable):  20 February 2024  
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
 
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/1272/Rev.1/Add.2  
 
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  Description:  Direct final rule - Section 106 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act 
(CPSIA ) made ASTM F963 -07e1, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety, a 
mandatory consumer product safety standard. Section 106 also provides procedures for revisions to 
the ASTM F963 standard . In accordance with those procedures, the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission (CPSC or Commission) has allowed the revised standard, ASTM F963 -23, to become 
the mandatory toy standard. This direct final rule incorporates by ref erence ASTM F963 -23 and 
updates the existing notice of requirements (NOR) that provide the criteria and processes for 
Commission acceptance of accreditation of third -party conformity assessment bodies for testing to 
ASTM F963.  
The rule is effective on 20 A pril 2024, unless CPSC receives a significant adverse comment by 20 
February 2024. If CPSC receives such a significant adverse comment, it will publish a document in 
the Federal Register withdrawing this direct final rule before its effective date. The inc orporation by 
reference of the publication listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as 
of 20 April 2024.  
Title 16  Code of Federal Regulati ons (CFR) Parts 1112 and 1250 
This direct final rule and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1272  are identified 
by Dock et Number CPSC -2017-0010. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CPSC -2017-0010/document  and prov ides 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 th eir stakeholders are asked 
to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 20 February 
2024. Comme nts 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 comment period.  
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