G/TBT/N/USA/1709  
1 April 2021  
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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) [1738]  
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):  Airbus 
Model A321neo ACF airplane; single -occupant oblique (side -facing) seats with 3 -point 
restraints; Test condi tions and procedures in general (ICS 19.020), Passenger and cabin 
equipment (ICS 49.095)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Special 
Conditions: Airbus Model A321neo ACF Airplane; Dynamic Test Requirements for Single -
Occupa nt Oblique (Side -Facing) Seats With 3 -Point Restraints (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Final special conditions - These special conditions are issued for 
the Airbus Model A321neo Cabin Flex (ACF) airplane. This airplane will have a nove l or 
unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the 
airworthiness standards for transport -category airplanes. This design feature is single -
occupant oblique seats with 3 - point restraints. The applicable airworthiness reg ulations 
do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this design feature. These 
special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers 
necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that establis hed by the existing 
airworthiness standards.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
86 Federal Register (FR) 14234, 16 March 2021; Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 25:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-03-15/html/202 1-05307.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-03-15/pdf/2021 -05307.pdf  
This final special conditions; request for comments is identified by Docket Nu mber FAA -
2020-0817. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA -2020-0817/document  and provides access to 
primary and supporting docum ents as well as comments received. Documents are also G/TBT/N/USA/1709  
 
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  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 . 
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:  15 March 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  15 March 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  29 April 2021  
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/cr nattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_2421_00_e.pdf