G/TBT/N/USA/1714  
6 April 2021  
(21-2824) 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) [1743]  
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):  Boeing 
Model 777 -9 airplane; structure -mounted airbags; Aircraft and space vehicles in general 
(ICS 49.020), Passenger and cabin equipment (ICS 49.095)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Special 
Conditions: Boeing Commercial Airplanes Model 777 -9 Airplanes; Structure -Mounted 
Airbags (3 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Final spe cial conditions - These special conditions are issued for 
the Boeing Commercial Airplanes (Boeing) Model 777 -9 airplane. This airplane will have 
a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned 
in the airworthiness stan dards for transport - category airplanes. This design feature is 
structure -mounted airbags designed to limit occupant forward excursion in the event of 
an emergency landing. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate 
or appropriate saf ety 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 established 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) 14229, 15 March 2021; Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 25:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-03-15/html/202 1-05308.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-03-15/pdf/2021 -05308.pdf  
This final special conditions is identified by Docket Number FAA -2019-1055. Th e Docket 
Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA -2019-
1055/document  and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. 
Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number.  G/TBT/N/USA/1714  
 
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  Special Conditions: Boeing Commercial Airplanes Model 777 -9 Airplanes; Structure -
Mounted Airbags; Notice of proposed sp ecial conditions published 22 July 2020:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-07-22/html/2020 -15506.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-07-22/pdf/2020 -15506.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  15 March 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  14 April 2021 ; To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  None 
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/2021/TBT/USA/21_2462_00_e.pdf