G/TBT/N/USA/1895  
15 July 2022  
(22-5414) 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) [1925]  
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 [  ], 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):  Operations 
manuals; Technical product documentation (ICS code(s): 01.110); Documents in 
administration, commerce a nd industry (ICS code(s): 01.140.30); Aircraft and space 
vehicles in general (ICS code(s): 49.020); On -board equipment and instruments (ICS 
code(s): 49.090)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Updating Manual 
Requirements T o Accommodate Technology; (9 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - The FAA proposes to update 
its manual requirements to reflect industry use of electronic and paper manuals. The 
amendments would apply to fraction al ownership operations; domestic, flag, and 
supplemental operations; rules governing the operations of U.S. -registered civil airplanes 
which have a seating configuration of 20 or more passengers or a maximum payload 
capacity of 6,000 pounds or more when c ommon carriage is not involved; and commuter 
and on -demand operations. The proposed action would require manuals accessed in paper 
format to display the date of last revision on each page, and require manuals accessed in 
electronic format to display the da te of last revision in a manner in which a person can 
immediately ascertain it. This action would also revise the requirement for program 
managers or certificate holders to carry appropriate parts of the manual aboard airplanes 
during operations. This prop osed rule would instead require program managers or 
certificate holders ensure the appropriate parts of the manual are accessible to flight, 
ground, and maintenance personnel when such personnel are performing their assigned 
duties. Lastly, the proposed ru le would update outdated language that refers to accessing 
information in manuals kept in microfiche. The FAA proposes to remove this outdated 
language and simply require that all manual information and instructions be displayed 
clearly and be retrievable in the English language.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  G/TBT/N/USA/1895  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 42109, 14 July 2022; Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Parts 91, 121, 125, and 135:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-07-14/html/2022 -14814.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-07-14/pdf/2022 -14814.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number FAA -2022-0912. The 
Docket Folder is available on Regulatio ns.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA -2022-0912/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 petitions for reconsideration to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or 
before 4pm Eastern Time  on 12 September 2022. 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:  12 September 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_4693_00_e.pdf