Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - United States - Button cell or coin batteries - Addendum

NOTIFICATION

Addendum

The following communication, dated 13 April 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

 

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As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the CPSC requests comments on a proposed collection of information for Testing and Labeling of Non-Children's Products Containing or Designed to Use Button Cell or Coin Batteries and Labeling of Button Cell or Battery Packaging.

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-04-11/html/2023-07487.htm

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-04-11/pdf/2023-07487.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_8945_00_e.pdf

 

Description: On 9 February 2023, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) to establish testing and labeling requirements for consumer products that contain or are designed to use button cell or coin batteries, and for the labeling of button cell or coin battery packaging. The NPR estimated the burden associated with these requirements for children's products, but did not include an estimated burden for testing and labeling of non-children's products or for labeling button cell or coin battery packaging. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the CPSC requests comments on a proposed collection of information for Testing and Labeling of Non-Children's Products Containing or Designed to Use Button Cell or Coin Batteries and Labeling of Button Cell or Battery Packaging. CPSC will consider all comments received in response to this notice before requesting a control number for this collection of information from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of information by 12 June 2023.

This collection of information and the notice of proposed rulemaking 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 the NPR by or before 4pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on 13 March 2023, and on the collection of information by or before 4pm EDT on 12 June 2023. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders on the NPR and/or the notice of the collection of information will be shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket on Regulations.gov if received within the relevant comment period.

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