CPSC 'Alpha' ACE e-Filing Pilot to End Dec. 31

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is ending its joint “alpha” pilot with CBP to test filing of its partner government agency (PGA) message set in ACE, it said (here). The pilot, which gave filers the option to either transmit PGA message set data elements individually or transmit a single unique identifier referencing a registry, was successful, it said. “Participants primarily chose to file data using the Product Registry and Reference PGA Message Set, although we anticipate that several participants will file using the Full PGA Message Set before the pilot concludes,” CPSC said. CPSC will now turn to reviewing lessons learned and developing its “beta” phase pilot. A CPSC official has said the “beta” pilot will open in 2017 to about 100 participants (see 1606090020). The “alpha” pilot will end on Dec. 31. After that date, filers will no longer be allowed to transmit CPSC data in ACE, and “CBP will undertake efforts to reject or prevent” such filing.