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22 December 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  22 December 2020 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Australia . 
 
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Title: Australian mandatory safety and information standards - requirements for consumer goods 
containing button and coin cell batteries and button and coin cell batteries themselves.  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[X] Notified measure adopted - date: 21 December 2020  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 21 December 2020  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 22 June 2022  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
https://www.legislation.gov.au/ Details/F2020L01656  
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2020L01657  
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2020L01658  
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2020L01659  
Four new mandatory sta ndards have been introduced:  
Consumer Goods (Products Containing Button/Coin Batteries) Safety Standard 2020  
Consumer Goods (Products Containing Button/Coin Batteries) Information Standard 
2020 
Consumer Goods (Button/Coin Batteries) Safety Standard 2020  
Consumer Goods (Button/Coin Batteries) Information Standard 2020  
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[  ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/AUS/123/Add.1  
 
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  [X] Other: https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/michael -sukkar -2019/media -
releases/mandatory -improvement -button -battery -safety -save-lives 
https://www.accc.gov.au/media -release/accc -welcomes -safety -and-information -
standards -for-button -batteries  
Please see the media releases issued on 21 December by the Assistant Treasurer and 
the ACCC.  
 
Description:  The new standards take effect on 22 December 2020 and an 18 -month transition 
period applies from this date. Suppliers have until June 2022 to comply with the new requirements.  
The ACCC will make guidance material about the standards available in 2021 to m ake it easy for all 
businesses to understand their obligations and for consumers to know what they can expect when 
buying button battery products.  
For further information please see the Product Safety Australia website: 
https://www.productsafety.gov.au/standards/button -coin-batteries . 
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