G/TBT/N/USA/1952  
9 December 2022  
(22-9202) 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) [1983]  
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 [X], 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):  Aviation 
system safety assessment; Quality (ICS code(s): 03.120); Domestic safety (ICS code(s): 
13.120); Aircraft and space vehicles in general (ICS code(s): 49.020); Aerospace electric 
equipment and systems (ICS code(s): 49.060); On -board equipment and instruments 
(ICS code(s): 49.090); Cargo equipment (ICS code(s): 49.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  System Safety 
Assessments; (31 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - The FAA proposes to amend 
certain airworthiness regulations to standardize the criteria for conducting safety 
assessme nts for systems, including flight controls and powerplants, installed on transport 
category airplanes . With this action, the FAA seeks to reduce risk associated with airplane 
accidents and incidents that have occurred in service, and reduce risk associated with 
new technology in flight control systems. The intended effect of th is proposed action is to 
improve aviation safety by making system safety assessment (SSA) certification 
requirements more comprehensive and consistent.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of hum an health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 75424, 8 December 2022; Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 25:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-12-08/html/2022 -26369.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-12-08/pdf/2022 -26369.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number FAA -2022-1544. The 
Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at G/TBT/N/USA/1952  
 
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  https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA -2022-1544/document  and provides access to 
primary and supporting 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 8 March 2023. 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 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:  8 March 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/2022/TBT/USA/22_8404_00_e.pdf