G/TBT/N/USA/1828  
27 January 2022  
(22-0672) 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) [1857]  
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):  
Rechargeable lithium batteries installed in the Emergency Exit Light (EEL) power supply 
on certain Peregrine transport cate gory airplanes; Galvanic cells and batteries (ICS 
29.220), Aircraft and space vehicles in general (ICS 49.020), On -board equipment and 
instruments (ICS 49.090)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Peregrine; 
Installed Rechar geable Lithium Batteries (3 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Final special conditions; request for comments - These special 
conditions are issued for a supplemental type certificate to install rechargeable lithium 
batteries in the Emergency  Exit Light (EEL) power supply on certain transport category 
airplanes. These airplanes, as modified by Peregrine, will have a novel or unusual   design 
feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness 
standards for transport  category airplanes. This design feature is the installation of an 
EEL power supply that contains rechargeable lithium batteries. The applicable 
airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards 
for  this design feature. The se special conditions contain the additional  safety standards 
that the Administrator considers necessary to  establish a level of safety equivalent to that 
established by the  existing airworthiness standards.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the natur e of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 3921, 26 January 2022; Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 25:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-01-26/html/2022 -01443.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-01-26/pdf/2022 -01443.pdf  
This final special conditions; request for comments is identified by Docket Number  FAA-
2022-0056. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov G/TBT/N/USA/1828  
 
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  at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA -2022-0056/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 14 March 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:  14 March 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_0992_00_e.pdf