It means Amazon thinks your product contains or uses a button cell or coin battery. Amazon wants a lab test report showing it meets UL 4200A, a General Certificate of Conformity (GCC), and photos of the model number and warnings. Miss the date on the notice and the listing may be suppressed.
| Amazon | The law (16 CFR part 1263) | |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 16 CFR part 1263 and UL 4200A | UL 4200A |
| Certificate | A GCC | A GCC from the importer, or a CPC for a children's product |
| Testing | A report from an ISO 17025-accredited lab, every result “Pass” or “Not applicable” | A test of each product or a reasonable testing program |
| Labels and photos | Photos of the model number, the warnings and the manual, from all sides | Warnings on the box, on the product where practical, and in the manual |
Source: Amazon Seller Central, Button cell and coin batteries (read 31 Oct 2026); 16 CFR part 1263; 15 U.S.C. 2063(a); CPSC, Button Cell and Coin Battery business guidance
A seller posted one on Amazon's forums on May 28, 2026. It says “you must provide documents related to Consumer Button Cell Battery,” gives a due date, and warns that the ASIN may be suppressed if they don't arrive. It asks for a test report, a GCC, and product images showing the required labeling.
Amazon's rule covers any product that contains or is designed to use one of these batteries, “even if the batteries are not sold directly with the product.” Its examples include remote controls, watches, calculators, flameless candles, fitness devices, kitchen scales and musical greeting cards.
That follows the federal rule, 16 CFR part 1263. It covers a battery that's built in, replaceable, in the box or sold separately. And it counts any single cell that's wider than it is tall.
Amazon's page lists three things for a product that uses these batteries. A test report from a lab accredited to ISO 17025, showing the product meets 16 CFR part 1263 and UL 4200A. A GCC. And photos of the model number, the warnings on the product and its box, and the manual.
Every test result has to read “Pass” or “Not applicable.” A fail or a blank isn't accepted. The photos have to show the same product that was tested, from all sides. The listing also needs the model number and the battery type.
For a replaceable battery, the compartment has to take a tool, or two separate hand movements at once, to open. It must not let the battery out in use-and-abuse testing. And there are warnings for the box, the product where practical, and the manual.
The importer certifies this on a GCC, which by law can rest on a test of each product or a reasonable testing program. CPSC says the certificate has to cite “16 CFR § 1263.3”. The ISO 17025 lab is Amazon's own rule on top of that.
Say you sell a watch with a coin cell. The GCC cites 16 CFR 1263.3, the lab report covers UL 4200A, and the photos show the warnings on the watch box.
Part 1263 itself leaves out two cases. A toy for children under 14 that meets the battery rules in the federal toy standard. And zinc-air cells, the kind used in hearing aids. A children's product that isn't a toy is still covered, and its certificate is a Children's Product Certificate (CPC), not a GCC.
If Amazon has the product wrong, its page points to the same place for documents and appeals: “Submit compliance information or an appeal.”
Amazon may ask again. The seller who posted in May 2026 had the same watch approved in May 2024. Amazon's page says it can ask for more information “at any time.”
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