G/TBT/N/USA/1806  
18 November 2021  
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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 AMERICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) [1835]  
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 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other  [X]:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Airbus 
Defense and Space S.A., C212 -CC/-CD/-CE/-CF/-DF/-DE airplanes; Other cells and 
batteries (ICS 29.220.99), On -board e quipment and instruments (ICS 49.090), Passenger 
and cabin equipment (ICS 49.095)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Special 
Conditions: Airbus Defense and Space S.A., C212 -CC/-CD/-CE/-CF/-DF/-DE Airplanes; 
Rechargeable Li thium Battery Installations (3 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Final special conditions; request for comments - These special 
conditions are issued for the Airbus Defense and  Space S.A. (Airbus) Model C212 -CC/-
CD/-CE/-CF/-DF/-DE airplanes.  This airplane, as modified by Airbus Defense and Space, 
Inc., 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 the emerg ency lighting  installation that contain rechargeable lithium 
batteries. The  applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate 
or appropriate safety standards for this  design feature. These special conditions contain 
the additional safety  standar ds 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:   
86 Federal Register (FR) 64063, 17 November 2021; Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 25:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-11-17/html/2021 -25006.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-11-17/pdf/2021 -25006.pdf  
This final special conditions; request for comments is identified by Docket Number FAA -
2021-1045. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA -2021-1045/document  and provides access to G/TBT/N/USA/1806  
 
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  primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders 
are asked to submit comments to the  USA TBT Enquiry Point . Comments received by the 
USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their st akeholders will be shared with the 
regulator and will also be submitted to the  Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within 
the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  17 November 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  17 November 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  3 January 2022  
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/2021/TBT/USA/21_7210_00_e.pdf