USA/1043/Add.2
WTO/TBT
US Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
  • 97 - private und kommerzielle Hauswirtschaft, Unterhaltung, Sport
2019-10-07
2019-09-12

Infant bouncer seats.Equipment for children (ICS: 97.190)

Revisions to Safety Standard for Infant Bouncer Seats

In September 2017, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a consumer product safety standard for infant bouncer seats under section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). The standard incorporated by reference the ASTM voluntary standard that was in effect for infant bouncer seats at the time, with modified requirements for warning labels. ASTM has since revised the voluntary standard for infant bouncer seats. The CPSIA provides a process for when a voluntary standards organization updates a standard that the Commission incorporated by reference in a section 104 rule. Consistent with that process, this direct final rule revises the mandatory standard for infant bouncer seats to incorporate by reference the updated version of the ASTM standard. 

DATES: The rule is effective on 14 December 2019, unless CPSC receives a significant adverse comment by 7 October 2019. If CPSC receives such a comment, it will publish a notice in the Federal Register, withdrawing this direct final rule before its effective date. The incorporation by reference of the publication listed