16 CFR 1110.13: Certificate availability.

(a) Accompanying certificates. A finished product certificate must accompany each finished product or finished product shipment required to be certified pursuant to § 1110.5. Each finished product certificate must describe only one product.

(1) In the case of finished products that are manufactured outside the United States and are offered for importation into the United States for consumption or warehousing, including finished products offered for consumption or warehousing from a Foreign Trade Zone, or finished products eligible for the de minimis duty exemption under 19 U.S.C. 1321(a)(2)(C), the finished product certifier must eFile the finished product certificate data elements required in § 1110.11 at the time of filing the entry, or the time of filing the entry and entry summary, if both are filed together, in ACE as provided in CPSC's PGA Message Set CATAIR Implementation Guide (including revisions thereto). In the case of finished products that are manufactured outside of the United States and imported by mail, the finished product certifier must enter the finished product certificate data elements required in § 1110.11 into CPSC's Product Registry before arrival of the product or substance in the United States.

(2) In the case of finished products manufactured in the United States, the finished product certifier must issue the required certificate on or before the date the finished product is distributed in commerce and make the finished product certificate available for inspection immediately, meaning within 24 hours, upon request by CPSC.

(b) Furnishing certificates. A finished product certifier must furnish the required finished product certificate to each distributor or retailer of the finished product.

(c) Availability. Finished product certifiers must make finished product certificates available for inspection immediately, meaning within 24 hours, upon request by CPSC or CBP.