G/TBT/N/USA/1797  
2 November 2021  
(21-8312) 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 AMERICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) [1826]  
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):  Boeing 
model 777 -9; operation without normal electrical power; Aircraft and space vehicles in 
general (ICS 49.020), Aerospa ce electric equipment and systems (ICS 49.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Special 
Conditions: Boeing Commercial Airplanes Model 777 -9 Airplane; Operation Without 
Normal Electrical Power (3 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Final special conditions; request for comments - These special 
conditions are issued for the Boeing Commercial  Airplanes (Boeing) Model 777 -9 series 
airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared t o the 
state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transport category 
airplanes. This design feature is electrical and electronic systems that perform critical 
functions, the loss of which could be catastrophic to the airplane. The app licable 
airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this 
design feature. These special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the 
Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety eq uivalent 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) 54588, 4 October 2021; Title 14 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 25:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-10-04/html/2021 -21540.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-10-04/pdf/2021 -21540.pdf  
This final special conditions; request for comment is identified by Docket Number FAA -
2021-0894. The Docket Fold er is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA -2021-0894/document  and provides access to 
primary documents as well as comments received. Doc uments are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders G/TBT/N/USA/1797  
 
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  are asked to submit comments to the  USA TBT Enquiry Poin t. Comments received by the 
USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the 
regulator and will also be submitted to the  Docket  on Re gulations.gov if received within 
the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  4 October 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  4 October 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  18 November 2021  
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_6951_00_e.pdf