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Ref : EIC 111/2/21

8 February 2017

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 103/2017

US : Mandatory Toy Standard

The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission) has recently published in the Federal Register (FR) a direct final rule allowing the ASTM F963–16: "Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety", as developed by ASTM International, to become the mandatory toy standard.

DETAILS

2.According to Section 106 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), the Commission has allowed the update to ASTM F963, ASTM F963–16: "Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety", to become the mandatory toy standard. The previous version is ASTM F963-11.

3.The effective date of the direct final rule is 30 April 2017. If the Commission receives significant adverse comments　by 6 March 2017, it will withdraw the direct final rule before its effective date. Relevant FR notice is available at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-02-02/pdf/2017-02147.pdf.

ENQUIRIES

4.For enquiries concerning this circular, please contact Mr Lewis LAU at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Crystal YAN)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

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