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22 September 2023  
(23-6330) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  22 September 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  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 21 September 2023  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 21 September 2024  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
88 Federal Register (FR) 65296, 16 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1263:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-09-21/html/2023 -20334.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-09-21/pdf/2023 -20334.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/final_measure/23_12568_00
_e.pdf  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  Final rule - In February 2023, as required by Reese's Law , the U.S. Consumer Product 
Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR)  to establish 
performance and labeling requirements for consumer products containing button cell or coin 
batteries , and requirements for labeling of button cell or coin battery packages, to eliminate or 
adequately reduce the risk of injury from ingestion of button cell or coin batteries by children six 
years old and younger. Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal R egister (and notified in 
G/TBT/N/USA/1964/Add.2), the Commission is publishing a direct final rule to incorporate by 
reference a voluntary standard as the mandatory standard for consumer products containing button 
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
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  cell or coin batteries. The Commission iss ues this final rule to complete Reese's Law requirements 
for warning labels on the packaging of button cell or coin batteries. Button cell or coin battery 
packaging subject to this final rule must be certified as compliant with these warning label 
requirem ents. 
This rule is effective 21 September 2024. Button cell or coin battery packaging manufactured or 
imported after 21 September 2024, must comply with this final rule. 16 CFR Part 1263 will be 
accessible at https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title -16/chapter -II/subchapter -B/part -1263. 
This final rule and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1964  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.  
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