G/TBT/N/USA/1713  
6 April 2021  
(21-2823) 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) [1742]  
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 CL -600-2B16 (604 variant) airplane; seats with pretensioner restraint 
systems; 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: B/E Aerospace, Bombardier Model CL -600-2B16 (604 Variant) Airplane; Seats 
With Pretensioner Restra int Systems (2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Final special conditions - These special conditions are issued for 
the Bombardier Inc. (Bombardier) Model CL -600-2B16 (604 variant) airplane. This 
airplane, as modified by B/E Aerospace, 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 seats with a 3 -point shoulder harness 
incorporating a pretensioner restraint system. 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 lev el 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  G/TBT/N/USA/1713  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
86 Federal Register (FR) 14231, 15 March 2021; Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 25:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-03-15/html/2021 -05290.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-03-15/pdf/2021 -05290.pdf  
This final special conditions is identified by Docket Number FAA -2020-0404. The Docket 
Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA -2020-
0404/document  and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. 
Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number.  
Special Conditions: B/E Aerospace, Bombardier Model CL -600-2B16 (604 Variant) 
Airplane; Seats With Pretensioner Restrai nt Systems; Notice of proposed special 
conditions published 4 September 2020:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-09-04/html/2020 -18309.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-09-04/pdf/2020 -18309.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  15 March 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  15 March 2021  
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_2461_00_e.pdf