PART 1110—CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2063, Secs. 3 and 102 of Pub. L. 110-314, 122 Stat. 3016, 3017 (2008), Pub. L. 112-28 (2011). Source: 90 FR 1843, Jan. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted. § 1110.1 Purpose and scope. This part specifies the entities that must issue certificates for finished products in accordance with section 14(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA), as amended, 15 U.S.C. 2063(a); specifies certificate content, form, and availability requirements that must be met to satisfy the requirements of section 14 of the CPSA; requires importers to file certificates electronically (eFile) with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for imported finished products that are required to be certified; and clarifies which provisions of this part apply to component part certificates. This part does not address the type or frequency of testing necessary to support a certificate. § 1110.3 Definitions. (a) The definitions of section 3 of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2052, and additional definitions in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), Pub. L. 110-314, apply to this part. (b) Additionally, the following definitions apply for purposes of this part: Automated Commercial Environment ACE) CBP Customs Certificate certificate of compliance Certifier Children's Product Certificate Commission CPSC Component part Component part certificate Consignee, eFile Electronic certificate Finished product Finished product certificate Finished product certifier General Certificate of Conformity Importer, de minimis Manufacturer Owner or purchaser, Private labeler Product Registry Third party conformity assessment body § 1110.5 Finished products required to be certified. Finished products subject to a consumer product safety rule under the CPSA, or similar rule, ban, standard, or regulation under any other law enforced by the Commission, which are imported for consumption or warehousing, or are distributed in commerce, must be accompanied by a finished product certificate. § 1110.7 Who must certify finished products. (a) Imports. (b) Domestic products. § 1110.9 Certificate language and format. (a) Language. (b) Format. (c) Electronic certificates. § 1110.11 Certificate content. (a) Content requirements. (1) Identify the finished product(s) covered by the certificate. Finished product certificates must contain at least one of the following unique identifiers: global trade item number (GTIN), model number, registered number, serial number, stock keeping number (SKU), universal product code (UPC), or alternate identifier, along with a sufficient description to match the finished product to the certificate. Finished product certificates may also include other identifiers, such as lot number, model style, and model color, that may assist with product identification. (2) State each consumer product safety rule under the CPSA, or similar rule, ban, standard, or regulation under any law enforced by the Commission, to which the finished product(s) are being certified. Finished product certificates must identify separately all applicable rules, bans, standards, or regulations. (3) Identify the finished product certifier that is certifying compliance of the finished product(s), as set forth in § 1110.7, including the party's name, street address, city, state or province, country or administrative region, electronic mail (email) address, and telephone number. (4) Identify and provide contact information (consisting, at a minimum, of the individual's name, street address, city, state or province, country or administrative region, email address, and telephone number) for the individual maintaining records listed in § 1110.17 on behalf of the finished product certifier. The individual can be a position title, provided that the position is always staffed and responsive to CPSC's requests. (5) Provide the date (month and year, at a minimum) and place (including a manufacturer name, street address, city, state or province, country or administrative region, email address, and telephone number) where the finished product(s) were manufactured, produced, or assembled. For manufacturing runs over a series of days, provide the initial date of manufacture (month and year, at a minimum). (6) Provide the most recent date and place(s) (including for each third party conformity assessment body or other party on whose testing the finished product certificate depends, the name, street address, city, state or province, country or administrative region, email address, and telephone number) where the finished product(s) were tested for compliance with the rule(s), ban(s), standard(s), or regulation(s) cited in § 1110.11(a)(4). (7) Provide the finished product certifier's attestation. For eFiled certificates required in § 1110.13(a)(1), attestations are included in the Product Registry and in CPSC's Partner Government Agency (PGA) Message Set CBP and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) Implementation Guide (including revisions thereto). Paper and electronic finished product certificates described in § 1110.9(b) and (c), and required in §§ 1110.13(a)(2), (b), and (c), must include the following attestation by the finished product certifier: I hereby certify that the finished product(s) covered by this certificate comply with the rules, bans, standards, and regulations stated herein, and that the information in this certificate is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief. I understand and acknowledge that it is a United States federal crime to knowingly and willfully make any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement, representation, or omission on this certificate. (b) Electronic access to records. (c) Statutory or regulatory testing exclusions: (d) Duplicative testing not required. § 1110.13 Certificate availability. (a) Accompanying certificates. (1) In the case of finished products that are manufactured outside the United States and are offered for importation into the United States for consumption or warehousing, including finished products offered for consumption or warehousing from a Foreign Trade Zone, or finished products eligible for the de minimis (2) In the case of finished products manufactured in the United States, the finished product certifier must issue the required certificate on or before the date the finished product is distributed in commerce and make the finished product certificate available for inspection immediately, meaning within 24 hours, upon request by CPSC. (b) Furnishing certificates. (c) Availability. § 1110.15 Legal responsibility of finished product certifiers. Finished product certifiers may, directly or through another entity, maintain an electronic certificate platform. Pursuant to part 1109 of this chapter, a finished product certifier may rely on another party to test or certify component parts or finished products. Also, for purposes of § 1110.13(a)(1), a finished product certifier may rely on another party to enter data into the Product Registry or to certify finished products on their behalf. The finished product certifier, identified in § 1110.7, remains legally responsible for the information in a finished product certificate, including its validity, accuracy, completeness, and availability. § 1110.17 Recordkeeping requirements. Finished product certifiers are required to maintain finished product certificates and the following records supporting such certificates for at least five years from the certificate creation date: (a) Records of test results on which a GCC is based, and records described in §§ 1109.5(g) and (j) of this chapter (where applicable). (b) Records of test results and other records on which a CPC is based, as required by § 1107.26, and § 1109.5(g) and (j) of this chapter (where applicable). (c) Records of test results and other records on which a component part certificate is based, as required by § 1109.5(g) and (j) of this chapter. § 1110.19 Component part certificates. Pursuant to part 1109 of this chapter, component part certificates are voluntary, but may be relied upon by a finished product certifier to issue a finished product certificate. Component part certificates must not be eFiled in ACE upon importation of a component part. Certifiers of component parts, and finished product certifiers that rely on component part certificates to issue a finished product certificate, must meet the requirements in part 1109 of this chapter. Component part certificates must meet the same form, content, recordkeeping, and availability requirements as finished product certificates, described in §§ 1110.9, 1110.11, 1110.13(c), 1110.15, and 1110.17.