G/TBT/N/USA/1710  
1 April 2021  
(21-2775) 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) [1739]  
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: Rockwell Collins, Bombardier Model BD -100-1A10 Airplane; Electronic -
System Security Protection From Unauthori zed External 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 Rockwell Collins, 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 allows connection to 
airplane electronic s ystems and networks, and access from aircraft external to the 
previously isolated internal airplane electronic assets. The applicable airworthiness 
regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this design 
feature. These special c onditions 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) 14237, 15 March 2021; Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 25:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-03-15/html/202 1-05294.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-03-15/pdf/2021 -05294.pdf  
This final special conditions; request for comments is identified by Docket Nu mber FAA -
2020-1206. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at G/TBT/N/USA/1710  
 
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  https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA -2020-1206/document  and provides access to 
primary document s 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 . 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/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_2422_00_e.pdf