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Which CPSC certificate do I need?

Pick your product type. We show the CPSC rules that likely apply, whether you need a General Certificate of Conformity (GCC) or a Children's Product Certificate (CPC), and whether a CPSC-accepted lab has to test it. Free, no sign-up.

Designed or intended primarily for children 12 or younger?

For example 9503.00. We only use the first 6 digits. Your broker handles the full classification.

Likely requirements for other infant sleep products (travel bassinets, in-bed sleepers, baby nests)

General information based on CPSC's published rule lists, not legal advice and not a compliance determination. Your lab, broker or attorney confirms what applies to your exact product.
This product type is a children's product by definition. Durable infant or toddler products (16 CFR 1130) are intended for children under 5. The children's product rules below apply whatever your answer. If your product is not made for babies or young children, it likely belongs in a different category.

Certificate type

Children's Product Certificate (CPC)

Children's products need a CPC based on testing by a CPSC-accepted third-party lab.

Third-party testing

Required

Use a CPSC-accepted lab and enter it as type ITL with its 4-digit lab ID.

Rules that apply to every product in this category

Also applies if…

  • Product has paint, ink, or a similar surface coating

    • 16 CFR part 1303Third-party testing for children's products

      Paints and similar surface coatings containing lead

Notes for this category

16 CFR 1236 covers any product marketed or intended for an infant up to 5 months to sleep in that is not already covered by the bassinet, crib, play yard, or bedside sleeper rules. Inclined sleepers with a sleep surface over 10 degrees for infants up to 1 year are banned (16 CFR 1310). Crib bumpers are banned (16 CFR 1309). Phthalates (16 CFR 1307) apply because a product designed to facilitate sleep of children 3 and younger is a 'child care article' under 16 CFR 1307.2(b); CPSC's Feb 2009 guidance gives a crib mattress as an example of a sleep product.

Other requirements (not certificate tests)

  • Product registration card (16 CFR 1130)
  • Tracking label (CPSIA section 103) on product and packaging
  • Bans: inclined sleepers (16 CFR 1310), crib bumpers (16 CFR 1309)

Next: build the certificate and get your three Registry IDs

CertPrepy turns your lab report into a CPC, checks it against the Registry's rules, and gives your broker the Certifier ID, Product ID and Version ID.

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Rule data last verified 2026-10-18 against CPSC's GCC rule list and third-party testing list and the eCFR (as of 2026-10-15). Pending review by a compliance consultant.