U.S. CPSC Begins eFiling Voluntary Stage

On Nov. 14, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) began the eFiling voluntary stage. The CPSC will be sending invitations to importers who have been waitlisted over the coming months, conducting a phased rollout to ensure new participants receive quality support and guidance.

To be added to the waitlist to receive an invitation to establish a Business Account in the Product Registry, importers should email eFilingSupport@cpsc.gov with:

1. Company name.
2. Initial business account administrator’s name.
3. Initial business account administrator’s email.
4. Importer of record number(s).
5. Broker filer code(s).
6. Type of products imported.

eFiling during the voluntary phase is part of the CPSC’s initiative to enable importers of regulated consumer products to file electronically (eFile) with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) certain data elements from a certificate of compliance before the process becomes mandatory in or around 2025.

The CPSC has officially started the phased scheduling of the Voluntary Phase, considered to be the step before implementation of electronically filing. The purpose of eFiling is to upload certain data elements that are commonly found within Certificates of Compliance for products imported into the U.S. This information will then be used by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, alongside Customs Border Protection, to review products upon import to ensure compliance and safety.

eFiling will become a mandatory process to import products into the U.S. that are regulated by the CPSC. The voluntary phase is not mandatory, but eFiling will be required in or around 2025 upon CPSC final rule approval.

UL Solutions can assist you with the voluntary phase by becoming a trade partner and assisting in the upload of data. In addition, we are able to provide compliant testing requirements and issue General Conformity Certificates (GCC) or a Children's Product Certificate (CPC) as needed.

Source

eFiling – CPSC’s Modern Approach for Filing Certificate Data