G/TBT/N/USA/1992  
9 May 2023  
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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) [2024]  
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 if 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 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Radio 
altimeter tolerant aircraft; Quality (ICS code(s): 03.120); Radiocommunications (ICS 
code(s): 33.060); Elect romagnetic compatibility (EMC) (ICS code(s): 33.100); Aircraft 
and space vehicles in general (ICS code(s): 49.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed Policy 
Statement; Demonstration of Radio Altimeter Tolerant Air craft; (2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notification of availability; request for comments - This 
document announces the availability of a draft Policy Statement PS -AIR-600-39-01, 
Demonstration of Radio Altimeter Tolerant Aircraft. The F AA invites public comment on 
PS-AIR-600-39-01. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
88 Federal Register (FR) 29554, 8 May 2023; Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Part 21:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-05-08/html/2023 -09622.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-05-08/pdf/2023 -09622.pdf  
This notification of availability; request for comments is identified by Docket Number FAA -
2023-0938. The Docket Folder is available on Regu lations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA -2023-0938/document  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. 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 G/TBT/N/USA/1992  
 
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  stakeholders by 4pm Eastern Time  on 7 June 2023 will be shared with the regulator and 
will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment 
period.  
Airworthiness Directives; Transpor t and Commuter Category Airplanes; Notice of 
proposed rulemaking published 11 January 2023 proposing to supersede AD 2021 –23–
12, identified by Docket Number FAA-2022-1647. 
Airworthiness Directives; Various Helicopters; Notice of proposed rulemaking published 
12 April 2023 proposing to supersede AD 2021 –23–13, identifie d by Docket Number FAA-
2023-0668. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  7 June 2023  
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/2023/TBT/USA/23_09550_00_e.pdf