# Audit Requirements for Third Party Conformity Assessment Bodies
> **US Consumer Product Safety Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2012-05-24 · Effective 2012-07-23 · 77 FR 31074
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-10922
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US Consumer Product Safety Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 31074
- **CFR reference:** 16 CFR 1112
- **Publication date:** 2012-05-24
- **Effective date:** 2012-07-23
- **Docket:** CPSC Docket No. CPSC-2009-0061
## Abstract

The Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC," "Commission," or "we") is issuing a final rule establishing requirements for the periodic audit of third party conformity assessment bodies as a condition of their continuing accreditation. The final rule implements a section of the Consumer Product Safety Act ("CPSA"), as amended by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 ("CPSIA").

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/05/24/2012-10922/audit-requirements-for-third-party-conformity-assessment-bodies)
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