G/TBT/N/USA/1878  
16 June 2022  
(22-4687) 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) [1908]  
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):  Airplane 
fuel efficiency; Quality (ICS code(s): 03.120); Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 
13.020); Fuels (IC S code(s): 75.160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Airplane Fuel 
Efficiency Certification; (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - This action proposes fuel 
efficiency requir ements for certification of certain airplanes. These certification 
requirements would implement the emissions standards adopted by the Environmental 
Protection Agency, allowing manufacturers to certificate their aircraft for fuel efficiency in 
the United S tates, and fulfilling the statutory obligations of the FAA under the Clean Air 
Act. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 36076, 15 June 2022; Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Parts 21, 38, 121, and 125:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-06-15/html/2 022-11556.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-06-15/pdf/2022 -11556.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number FAA -2022-0241. The 
Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA -2022-0241/document  and provides access to 
primary documents as well as comments received. Docum ents 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 G/TBT/N/USA/1878  
 
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  Time on 15 August 2022. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WT O 
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 dat e of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  15 August 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/2022/TBT/USA/22_4146_00_e.pdf