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CPSC citation code 1500.17(a)(13): Ban of Candles with Metal-Cored Wicks

Code 1500.17(a)(13) is the eFiling citation code CPSC assigns to 16 CFR 1500.17(a)(13) (Ban of Candles with Metal-Cored Wicks). You enter it exactly as shown when you certify a product to this rule, whether in the CPSC Product Registry, in a Product Registry bulk-upload CSV, or in a Full PGA Message Set filed by your customs broker.

Citation code	`1500.17(a)(13)`
Regulation	16 CFR 1500.17(a)(13): Ban of Candles with Metal-Cored Wicks (official text)
Certificate type(s) in CPSC's list	GCC (general-use products only)
Testing exclusions linked to this code	None in CPSC list

Testing and certification

On a GCC (general-use products): certification must be based on a test of each product or a reasonable testing program; third-party lab details are needed only if you rely on a third-party lab (CPSC GCC guidance).

Whichever certificate you issue must contain all seven elements of 16 CFR 1110.11: product ID, each applicable rule (including this one), certifier, records custodian, date and place of manufacture, date and place of testing, and the attestation. See CPC guidance / GCC guidance.

How to enter code 1500.17(a)(13)

Product Registry CSV (CSV Guide V3): put it in the Lab N Citation Codes column of the lab that tested it; separate several codes with a semicolon, e.g. 1500.17(a)(13); 1303. Do not add commas.
Product Registry web form: pick 1500.17(a)(13) from the citation drop-down.
Full PGA Message Set: your broker sends it in a PG60 record (one PG60 per citation).

Deadlines

July 8, 2026: eFiling mandatory for imported regulated products (formal and informal entries); new certificate content rules (16 CFR 1110.11) apply to domestic and imported products.
January 8, 2027: products entered for consumption or warehousing from a Foreign Trade Zone.
January 20, 2027: international mail shipments filed under CBP's new Entry Type 13.
There is no de minimis exemption for eFiling. Sources: Final Rule (90 FR 1800), CPSC mail guidance (Oct 2026).

These rules sit alongside ASTM F963 for toys: small parts for children under 3 (16 CFR 1501), electrically operated toys (1505), rattles (1510), pacifiers (1511), toy gun marking (1272) and specific product standards such as water beads and neck floats (1250).

1250.4 · 1250.5 · 1272 · 1500.86(a)(5) · 1500.86(a)(7) · 1500.86(a)(8) · 1501 · 1505 · 1510 · 1511

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Source: CPSC eFiling Citation and Testing Exclusion Codes (Dec 18, 2025).