G/TBT/N/USA/1902  
27 July 2022  
(22-5675) 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):   
2. Agency responsible:  Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) [1932]  
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 indicat ed if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Inclined 
sleepers for infants; Domestic safety (ICS code(s): 13.120); Equipment for children (ICS 
code(s): 97.190)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ban of Inclined 
Sleepers for Infants; (2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - On 16 May 2022, the President 
signed into law the Safe Sleep for  Babies Act of 2021 (SSBA), requiring that "inclined 
sleepers for infants, regardless of the date of manufacture, shall be considered a banned 
hazardous product" under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). Pursuant to this 
authority, the U.S. Consumer Pr oduct Safety Commission (CPSC, or Commission) is 
proposing to codify the ban on inclined sleepers for infants.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection;  Protection of 
human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 44309, 26 July 2022; Title 16 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Part 1310:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-07-26/html/2022 -15904.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-07-26/pdf/2022 -15904.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number CPSC -2022-0025. The 
Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CPSC_FRDOC_0001/document  and provides access 
to primary 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 G/TBT/N/USA/1902  
 
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  Time on 25 August 2022. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO 
Members and their s takeholders will be shared with the regulator and will also be 
submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  25 August 2022  
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/2022/TBT/USA/22_4962_00_e.pdf