Rules Requiring a General Certificate of Conformity (GCC)

Rules Requiring a General Certificate of Conformity (GCC) - General Use/Non-Children's Products

Manufacturers and importers of general use products (i.e., non-children’s products) for which consumer product safety rules apply, must certify in a General Certificate of Conformity (GCC) that their product(s) comply with all applicable rules. A manufacturer or importer of such a product must support its GCC with records from a test of each product or a reasonable testing program.

Below is a list of rules that require the issuance of a GCC. See our webpages on reasonable testing programs andGCCs for more information.

Note 1: The use of CPSC-accepted testing laboratories to conduct required testing is not a requirement for general use, or non-children’s, products. First party testing, or testing from any qualified laboratory or test facility, can support a GCC.

Note 2: Certain regulations contain product-specific requirements outlining a reasonable testing program and the responsible party in the supply chain specifically responsible for issuing the GCC. Consult the list of those regulations here: Rules Requiring Third-Party Testing.

This list is an overview summary provided for your convenience. However, parties must always comply with the underlying requirements in the applicable regulation(s).

Product Category	Legal Citation	Requirement Description
Architectural Glazing Materials	1201	Safety Standard for Architectural Glazing Materials
Matchbooks	1202	Safety Standard for Matchbooks
Bicycle Helmets	1203	Safety Standard for Bicycle Helmets – General Use
CB Antennas	1204	Safety Standard for Omnidirectional Citizens Band Base Station Antennas
Power Mowers	1205	Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers
Swimming Pool Slides	1207	Safety Standard for Swimming Pool Slides
Cellulose Insulation	1209	Interim Safety Standard for Cellulose Insulation
Cigarette Lighters	1210	Safety Standard for Cigarette Lighters
Garage Door Openers	1211	Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators
Multipurpose Lighters	1212	Safety Standard for Multipurpose Lighters
Bunk Beds	1213	Safety Standard for Entrapment Hazards in Bunk Beds – General Use
Refuse Bins	1301	Ban of Unstable Refuse Bins*
Paints and Similar Surface Coatings	1303	Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and Certain Consumer Products Bearing Lead-Containing Paint - General Use. Applies to consumer paints and paint used on certain movable non-metal furniture* products
Consumer Patching Compounds	1304	Ban of Consumer Patching Compounds Containing Respirable Free-Form Asbestos*
Artificial Emberizing Materials	1305	Ban of Artificial Emberizing Materials (Ash and Embers) Containing Respirable Free-Form Asbestos*
Lawn Darts	1306	Ban of Hazardous Lawn Darts*
ATVs	1420	Requirements for All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs)
Pool and Spa drain covers	1450	Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act Regulations
Portable Gas Containers	1460	Children’s Gasoline Burn Prevention Act Regulation (incorporating ASTM F2517-15, Standard Specification for Determination of Child Resistance of Portable Fuel Containers for Consumer Use)
Metal Candle wicks	1500.17(a)(13)	Ban of Candles with Metal-Cored Wicks*
Fireworks	1507	Fireworks Devices
Bicycles	1512	Requirements for Bicycles – General Use
Wearing Apparel	1610	Standard for the Flammability of Clothing Textiles – General Use *Read the Commission's Enforcement Discretion Policy
Vinyl Plastic Film	1611	Standard for the Flammability of Vinyl Plastic Film – General Use
Carpets and Rugs (Large)	1630	Standard for the Surface Flammability of Carpets And Rugs – General Use
Carpets and Rugs (Small)	1631	Standard for the Surface Flammability of Small Carpets and Rugs – General Use
Mattresses (Smoldering)	1632	Standard for the Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress Pads – General Use (includes twin size mattresses, mattress pads, and mattress sets)
Mattresses (Open Flame)	1633	Standard for the Flammability (Open Flame)of Mattress Sets – General Use
Special Packaging	1700	Poison Prevention Packaging
Refrigerator doors	1750	Standard for Devices to Permit the Opening of Household Refrigerator Doors from the Inside
Drywall	P.L. 112-266	Limitations on sulfur content in ASTM C1396-14a, “Standard Specification for Gypsum Board.”

*For certification of banned products, please consult the following Commission document for specific guidance about the class of products for which the Commission expects issuance of a GCC. The Commission has provided guidance regarding which bans require certification, recognizing that it may be difficult to distinguish between rules that ban an entire product category, leaving no products left to certify, and rules that ban a subset of the product category, and therefore, require certification. Some bans enforced by the Commission apply to multiple products or more than one product category. (See pp 28082 and 28090).

This overview was updated on Nov. 28, 2014 and is a tool that may be used in conjunction with consumer product safety rules. This overview is not intended to replace or supersede any sections of federal law. In the case of any discrepancies between this overview and federal law, federal law will supersede this overview.

Rules Requiring a General Certificate of Conformity (GCC)

Rules Requiring a General Certificate of Conformity (GCC) - General Use/Non-Children's Products

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