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|                                                  | G/TBT/N/USA/184** |
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|                                                  | 5 April 2006      |
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| **Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade**     | Original: English |
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NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with
Article 10.6.

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| ** | **Member to Agreement     |   |                                 |
| 1. | notifying:** [UNITED      |   |                                 |
| ** | STATES]{.underline}       |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **If applicable, name of  |   |                                 |
|    | local government involved |   |                                 |
|    | (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):** |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Agency responsible:**   |   |                                 |
| 2. | Federal Aviation          |   |                                 |
| ** | Administration (FAA)      |   |                                 |
|    | (191)                     |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **Name and address        |   |                                 |
|    | (including telephone and  |   |                                 |
|    | fax numbers, e-mail and   |   |                                 |
|    | web-site addresses, if    |   |                                 |
|    | available) of** **agency  |   |                                 |
|    | or authority designated   |   |                                 |
|    | to handle comments        |   |                                 |
|    | regarding the             |   |                                 |
|    | notification shall be     |   |                                 |
|    | indicated if different    |   |                                 |
|    | from above:**             |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Notified under Article  |   |                                 |
| 3. | 2.9.2 \[** **X** **\],    |   |                                 |
| ** | 2.10.1 \[ **  **\], 5.6.2 |   |                                 |
|    | \[ **  **\], 5.7.1        |   |                                 |
|    | \[ **  **\], other:**     |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Products covered (HS or |   |                                 |
| 4. | CCCN where applicable,    |   |                                 |
| ** | otherwise national tariff |   |                                 |
|    | heading. ICS numbers may  |   |                                 |
|    | be provided in addition,  |   |                                 |
|    | where applicable):**      |   |                                 |
|    | Thermal acoustic          |   |                                 |
|    | insulation on airplanes   |   |                                 |
|    | (HS Chapter: 8802, 8803;  |   |                                 |
|    | ICS: 49)                  |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Title, number of pages  |   |                                 |
| 5. | and language(s) of the    |   |                                 |
| ** | notified document:** Fire |   |                                 |
|    | Penetration Resistance of |   |                                 |
|    | Thermal Acoustic          |   |                                 |
|    | Insulation Installed on   |   |                                 |
|    | Transport Category        |   |                                 |
|    | Airplanes (6 pages, in    |   |                                 |
|    | English).                 |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Description of          |   |                                 |
| 6. | content:**                |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
|    | The FAA proposes to       |   |                                 |
|    | extend, by 12 months, the |   |                                 |
|    | date for operators to     |   |                                 |
|    | comply with the fire      |   |                                 |
|    | penetration resistance    |   |                                 |
|    | requirements of           |   |                                 |
|    | thermal/acoustic          |   |                                 |
|    | insulation used in        |   |                                 |
|    | transport category        |   |                                 |
|    | airplanes manufactured    |   |                                 |
|    | after 2 September 2007.   |   |                                 |
|    | This extension is from 2  |   |                                 |
|    | September 2007 to 2       |   |                                 |
|    | September 2008. This      |   |                                 |
|    | action is necessary to    |   |                                 |
|    | allow airframe            |   |                                 |
|    | manufacturers enough      |   |                                 |
|    | time, after getting an    |   |                                 |
|    | acceptable certification  |   |                                 |
|    | test facility, to select  |   |                                 |
|    | and certificate           |   |                                 |
|    | appropriate               |   |                                 |
|    | installations.            |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | Additional information is |   |                                 |
|    | in original notice of     |   |                                 |
|    | proposed rulemaking dated |   |                                 |
|    | 20 September 2000:        |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | <http://frwebgate.a       |   |                                 |
|    | ccess.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/get |   |                                 |
|    | doc.cgi?dbname=2000_regis |   |                                 |
|    | ter&docid=00-23550-filed> |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Objective and           |   |                                 |
| 7. | rationale, including the  |   |                                 |
| ** | nature of urgent problems |   |                                 |
|    | where applicable:**       |   |                                 |
|    | Protection of human       |   |                                 |
|    | health                    |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Relevant documents:**   |   |                                 |
| 8. | 71 Federal Register (FR)  |   |                                 |
| ** | 16677 3 April 2006; Title |   |                                 |
|    | 14 Code of Federal        |   |                                 |
|    | Regulations (CFR) Part    |   |                                 |
|    | 121. Will appear in the   |   |                                 |
|    | Federal Register when     |   |                                 |
|    | adopted.                  |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Proposed date of        |   | To be determined.               |
| 9. | adoption:**               |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **Proposed date of entry  |   |                                 |
|    | into force:**             |   |                                 |
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| *  | **Final date for          |   |                                 |
| *1 | comments:** 2 June 2006   |   |                                 |
| 0. |                           |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
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| *  | **Texts available from:   |   |                                 |
| *1 | National enquiry point    |   |                                 |
| 1. | \[** **X** **\] or        |   |                                 |
| ** | address, telephone and    |   |                                 |
|    | fax numbers, e-mail and   |   |                                 |
|    | web-site addresses, if    |   |                                 |
|    | available of the other    |   |                                 |
|    | body:**                   |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **Full Texts are Now      |   |                                 |
|    | Available on the Internet |   |                                 |
|    | at URLs:**                |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | <http://a257.g.akama      |   |                                 |
|    | itech.net/7/257/2422/01ja |   |                                 |
|    | n20061800/edocket.access. |   |                                 |
|    | gpo.gov/2006/E6-4791.htm> |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | <http://a257.g.akamaitec  |   |                                 |
|    | h.net/7/257/2422/01jan200 |   |                                 |
|    | 61800/edocket.access.gpo. |   |                                 |
|    | gov/2006/pdf/E6-4791.pdf> |   |                                 |
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