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CPSC citation code 1272: Marking of Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation Firearms

Code 1272 is the eFiling citation code CPSC assigns to 16 CFR 1272 (Marking of Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation Firearms). 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 code1272
Regulation16 CFR 1272: Marking of Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation Firearms (official text)
Certificate type(s) in CPSC's listCPC and GCC
CPSC noteToy guns subject to ASTM F963 must be certified under both the toy standard and 16 CFR 1272
Testing exclusions linked to this codeNone in CPSC list

Testing and certification

  • On a CPC (children's products): certification must be based on testing by a CPSC-accepted third-party laboratory; in the Registry CSV that lab is entered as Lab Type ITL with its CPSC lab ID.
  • 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 1272

  • 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. 1272; 1303. Do not add commas.
  • Product Registry web form: pick 1272 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).

Related: Toy and children's article requirements under the FHSA and related rules

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 · 1500.17(a)(13) · 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).