# 2024-30826: Certificates of Compliance

2024-30826, Certificates of Compliance, is a Federal Register rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-08, effective 2026-07-08 (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-30826
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-30826
- Title: Certificates of Compliance
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-08
- Effective: 2026-07-08
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## Summary

Starting July 8, 2026, importers, manufacturers, and private labelers of CPSC-regulated products must file their Certificates of Compliance electronically with U.S. Customs. This new rule makes the process smoother and matches other safety testing rules. Products entering from foreign trade zones have until January 8, 2027, to follow the new electronic filing system—helping keep products safe and paperwork easy!

## Abstract

In consultation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) issues this final rule (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, and implements, for importation of products and substances regulated by CPSC, electronic filing of certificates (eFiling) with CBP.

## Effects PRIA read

- Must eFile Certificates with CBP: cost, medium. If you import, manufacture, or private-label CPSC-regulated finished products that must be certified, you must eFile certificate data with U.S. Customs (CBP). This eFiling requirement becomes effective July 8, 2026 (and January 8, 2027 for products entered from foreign trade zones).
- De minimis Shipments Must Use ET86: cost, medium. Low-value (de minimis) shipments that contain CPSC-regulated finished products must use an ACE entry type capable of transmitting CPSC's PGA Message Set (currently ET86) so the certificate data can be sent to CBP and CPSC.
- International Mail Requires Pre-Arrival Registry Entry: cost, medium. For CPSC-regulated products imported by international mail, importers must enter certificate data into CPSC's Product Registry before the shipment arrives in the United States so CPSC staff can analyze the data and help target mail inspections.
- Product Registry Filing Options Provided: benefit, medium. CPSC's Product Registry lets certifiers submit certificate data via a Full or Reference PGA Message Set using a web UI, batch CSV upload, or an API. Brokers or designated third parties can submit data on behalf of a certifier.
- Five-Year Certificate Recordkeeping Rule: cost, low. Finished product certifiers must keep required testing and certification records for five years from the date of creation.
- Importer of Record Holds Legal Responsibility: cost, medium. The rule places legal responsibility for issuing finished product certificates on the Importer of Record (IOR) eligible to make entry under the Tariff Act; an authorized broker may identify the owner, purchaser, or consignee as the party responsible in the PGA Message Set.
- Component Part Certificates Voluntary: benefit, low. The Final Rule clarifies that component part certificates are voluntary and that the requirement to certify applies to finished products; each certificate must describe a single product.

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## Sources
- [2024-30826 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/08/2024-30826/certificates-of-compliance)
- [2024-30826 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-08/pdf/2024-30826.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-30826 (as of 2026-06-11).