Personal flotation devices (PFDs)

If you list products on our store, you must comply with all federal, provincial, territorial, and local laws and our policies applicable to those products and product listings, including this policy.

Personal flotation devices covered by this policy

Personal flotation devices (PFDs), are garments or devices that provide the person wearing them with a specific amount of buoyancy while in the water. PFDs covered by this policy are:

Lifejackets

A lifejacket is a garment or device that, when worn correctly, will maintain the user in a face-up flotation position, without additional action with various levels of performance and is suitable for open waters. Infant devices have head and neck support, and are designed to flip the infant face up in the water.

Buoyancy aids

A buoyancy aid is a garment or device that, when worn correctly, will provide support without significant face up turning ability and therefore may require action by the user to position the face clear of the water.

Special purpose devices

A special purpose device has performance equivalent to a lifejacket or buoyancy aid, but has modifications related to specific applications for use. These modifications may require additional action by the user between putting on the device and providing flotation (for example, wakeboard or kayak vests), or may only be suitable for certain activities or user groups (for example, airplane passengers).

The following product types are not covered by this policy: wearable swimming aids (for example, water wings), buoyancy control devices and buoyancy compensators (for example, equipment used by scuba divers), one-piece survival suits (for example, an immersion suit), wet suits, and dry suits.

Our policy for personal flotation devices

Amazon requires that all PFDs have been tested to and comply with the specific regulation and standard requirements listed below:

Required information

We may request this information from you at any time, so we recommend that you have it easily accessible:

• Your company name (if applicable) and seller ID
• Your contact information: email address and phone number
• A list of all PFDs that you list
• Images of the product and product packaging, as applicable, for all PFDs that you list. Images must include all sides of the product and product packaging for our review
• Product images AND test reports as evidence of compliance with all warning and label requirements listed in ISO 12402-5, as applicable
  • Warning language is required to be in English and French
  • Images of the required placard (label) with the proper identification icons are required for each PFD listed.
  • Test reports as evidence of compliance.
    • PFDs will not be listed without these images and test reports.
• Any product instructions and manuals for all PFDs that you list
• Test reports from UL Canada confirming each product was tested and has passed the applicable requirements listed above

Some labs provide special Amazon rates for testing. To find more information about these providers, visit the Service Provider Network.

How to submit information

If you receive a request from us for compliance documents, complete the following steps to submit the requested information:

1. In Seller Central, select the Performance tab and choose Account Health.
2. Under Manage your compliance in the bottom right corner, click Product Compliance Requests.
3. To add compliance or appeal for a single product, click Add/Appeal Compliance. To add compliance or appeal for multiple products, select each product on the left hand side of the product and click Action Selected Products at the top of the product requirement table to make a selection about how you would like to submit documents and information.
4. Provide compliance documents and information in the Provide Documents section, or provide appeal information and documents in the Appeal Request section.
5. Click Submit for Approval to send your submission for review by Amazon.

Policy violations

If you do not provide the required information by the applicable deadline, we may take the following actions:

• Remove the relevant product listings
• Suspend your ability to add new products, your listing privileges, or both
• Withhold any payments due to you

We reserve the right to take any further actions that may be necessary in our sole discretion.

Additional resources

• Amazon services business solutions agreement
• Remove inventory overview
• Fix stranded inventory

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