# Federal Register 2026-22213 — effective 2026-12-29 — Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators — Consumer Product Safety Commission

For Federal Register 2026-22213, effective date is 2026-12-29; agency is Consumer Product Safety Commission; published is 2026-10-30; cfr parts amended is 16 CFR 1211, recorded from its source on 2026-11-02; source re-checked 2026-11-06.

- **FR document number:** 2026-22213 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Rule:** Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Agency:** Consumer Product Safety Commission _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date:** 2026-12-29 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **DATES, as printed:** The rule is effective on December 29, 2026, unless we receive significant adverse comments by November 30, 2026. If we receive a timely significant adverse comment, we will publish a notification in the Federal Register, withdrawing this direct final rule before its effective date. The incorporation by reference of certain material listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of December 29, 2026. The incorporation by reference of certain other material listed in this rule was approved by the Director as of May 9, 2016. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR parts amended:** 16 CFR 1211 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Published:** 2026-10-30 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

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## Source

- https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents.json?per_page=1000&order=oldest&conditions%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=RULE&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Bgte%5D=2026-08-31&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Blte%5D=2026-12-31&fields%5B%5D=document_number&fields%5B%5D=title&fields%5B%5D=agency_names&fields%5B%5D=effective_on&fields%5B%5D=dates&fields%5B%5D=cfr_references&fields%5B%5D=publication_date&fields%5B%5D=html_url

Last verified: 2026-11-06. Review by: 2026-11-16.
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