G/TBT/N/USA/1975  
17 March 2023  
(23-1967) 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) [2006]  
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 if 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 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Type 
certificate amendment process for transport category aircraft; Quality (ICS code(s): 
03.120); Air transport ( ICS code(s): 03.220.50); Aircraft and space vehicles in general 
(ICS code(s): 49.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Policy 
Statement Regarding Submission of Outline of New and Changed Systems at the 
Beginning of  the Type Certificate Amendment Process for Transport Category Aircraft; (1 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notification of availability; request for comments - As required 
by the Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act , a draft policy statement would 
revise FAA procedures in order to require applicants for amendments to type certificates 
(TCs) for transport category aircraft  to disclose, in a single document at the beginning of 
the certification process, all new systems and intended changes to existing systems 
known to the applicant.  
7. Objective an d rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment; Quality 
requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
88 Federal Register (FR) 13071, 2 March 2023; Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Parts 21, 25, and 29:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-03-02/html/2023 -04233.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-03-02/pdf/2023 -04233.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/1975  
 
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  Draft Policy Statement Regarding Submission of Outline of New and Changed Systems at 
the Beginning of the Type Certificate Amendment Process for Transport Category Aircraft; 
Correction published 7 March 2023:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-03-07/html/2023 -04658.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-03-07/pdf/2023 -04658.pdf  
This notification of availability; request for comments is identified by Docket Number FAA -
2023-0515. The Docket Folder is available at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA -
2023-0515/document  and provides access to 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  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 3 April 2023. Comments received 
by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared 
with the r egulator and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received 
within the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  3 April 2023  
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/2023/TBT/USA/23_2091_00_e.pdf