CPSC Issues Rule to Implement eFiling for Certificates of Compliance

On January 8, 2025, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued the Final Rule to revise the agency’s regulation for Certificates of Compliance (certificates).

The Final Rule aligns CPSC's current certificates rule with other CPSC rules on testing and certification, as well as implements, for importation of products and substances regulated by CPSC, electronic filing of certificates (eFiling) with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

The eFiling of certificate data will apply to all imported consumer products subject to a mandatory safety standard under CPSC jurisdiction, including de minimis shipments. Importers must electronically file data elements at the time of filing.

For all CPSC-regulated consumer products and substances subject to the Final Rule and required to be certified (except for products and substances imported into a foreign trade zone (FTZ) and subsequently entered for consumption or warehousing), the Final Rule becomes effective on July 8, 2026. For CPSC-regulated products and substances entered from an FTZ for consumption or warehousing, the Final Rule will become effective on January 8, 2027.

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Certificates of Compliance