G/TBT/N/USA/1726  
29 April 2021  
(21-3654) 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) [1556]  
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 
helicopters model H160B; all engines operating power rating; Aerospace engines and 
propulsion systems (ICS 49.050), On-board equipment and instruments (ICS 49.090)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Special 
Conditions: Airbus Helicopters Model H160B Helicopter; Use of 30 -Minute All Engines 
Operating Power Rating (3 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Final special conditions; request for comments - These special 
conditions are issued for the Airbus Helicopters (Airbus) Model H160B helicopter. This 
model helicopter will have a novel or unusual design feature associated with a  30-minute 
all engines operating (AEO) power rating. 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 Adminis trator 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) 20264, 19 April 2021; Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 29:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-04-19/html/2021 -07978.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-04-19/pdf/2021 -07978.pdf  
This final special conditions; request for comments is identified by Docket Number 
FAA-2021-0241. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA -2021-0241/docume nt and provides access to 
primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also 
accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number.  G/TBT/N/USA/1726  
 
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  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 s takeholders will be shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to the 
Docket  on Regulations.gov  if recei ved within the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  4 May 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  19 May 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_3092_00_e.pdf