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Children’s product compliance glossary
The documents
- CPC (Children’s Product Certificate): your certification that a children’s product meets the applicable rules.
- GCC (General Certificate of Conformity): the equivalent for non-children’s products subject to CPSC rules.
- Test report: the laboratory’s document proving what was tested and the results.
The rules and bodies
- CPSIA: the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, the 2008 law behind most of this.
- CPSC: the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the agency that enforces it.
- ASTM F963: the toy safety standard, mandatory via 16 CFR Part 1252.
- Tracking labels: CPSIA Section 103 marks on the product for traceability.
- eFiling: electronic filing of certificate data with Customs, live since July 2026.
Questions people ask
Which document do marketplaces actually ask for?
Usually the CPC and the test report together. Some categories ask for additional safety documents.
Is GCC the same as the Gulf Cooperation Council?
No: in product compliance, GCC means General Certificate of Conformity. The acronym collision causes real confusion in search results.
Where should a beginner start?
Read the children’s product certificate guide, then the CPSIA testing guide, then generate your first certificate for a real product.
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