G/TBT/N/USA/1603  
17 April 2020  
(20-3053) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) [1633]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated i f different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Single -
occupant, oblique seats equipped with pretensioner restraint systems (HS 8803 - Parts of 
goods of heading 8 801 or 8802) ; Mechanical testing (ICS 19.060), Aircraft and space 
vehicles in general (ICS 49.020), Passenger and cabin equipment (ICS 49.095)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Special 
Conditions: The Boeing Company Model  777-300ER Series Airplanes; Dynamic Test 
Requirements for Single -Occupant Oblique Seats With Pretensioner Restraint Systems 
(3 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed special conditions - This action proposes 
special conditions  for Boeing Model 777 - 300ER series airplanes. These airplanes will have 
a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in 
the airworthiness standards for transport category airplanes. This design feature is single -
occupant, oblique seats equipped with pretensioner restraint systems. The applicable 
airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this 
design feature. These proposed special conditions contain the additional safety st andards 
that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that 
established by the existing airworthiness standards.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 85 Federal Register (FR) 12227, 2 March 2020; Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 25:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-03-02/html/2020 -04179.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-03-02/pdf/2020 -04179.pdf  
The docket folder on Regulations.gov provides access to primary documents for this 
rulemaking as well as comments received: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FAA -
2019-0840. G/TBT/N/USA/1603  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  16 April 2020  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/ 20_2752_00_e.pdf