G/TBT/N/USA/1803  
18 November 2021  
(21-8702) 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) [1832]  
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):  
Bombardier model BD -100-1A10 airplane; electronic system security protection; 
Aerospace electric equipment and systems (ICS  49.060), On -board equipment and 
instruments (ICS 49.090)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Special 
Conditions: Honeywell, Bombardier Model BD -100-1A10 Airplane; Electronic System 
Security Protection From Unauthorized Ext ernal Access (2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Final special conditions; request for comments - These special 
conditions are issued for the Bombardier Model  BD-100-1A10 airplane. This airplane, as 
modified by Honeywell, 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 a system  that provides wireless data 
download capability from the engi ne electronic control unit to Honeywell cloud -based 
storage. The  applicable airworthiness regulations 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 established by the existing airworthiness standards.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or s afety 
8. Relevant documents:  86 Federal Register (FR) 59839, 29 October 2021; Title 14 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 25:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-10-29/html/2021 -23552.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-10-29/pdf/2021 -23552.pdf  
This final special conditions; request for comments is identified by Docket Number FAA -
2021-0906. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA -2021-0906/document  and provides access to 
primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from G/TBT/N/USA/1803  
 
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  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 st akeholders 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:  29 October 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  29 October 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  13 December 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/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_7204_00_e.pdf