G/TBT/N/USA/1571  
5 February 2020  
(20-0898) 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 AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) [1598]  
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):  Small 
unmanned aircraft systems; Other aircraft (for example, helicopters, airplanes); spacecraft 
(including satel lites) and suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles (HS 8802); Aircraft and 
space vehicles in general (ICS 49.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Type Certification 
of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of policy; request for comments - The Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA) is announcing and requesting comments on its policy for the type 
certification of certain Unmanned Aircraft Systems as a special class of aircra ft under our 
regulations.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  National security requirements; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
•  85 Federal Register (FR) 5905, 3 February 2020; Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 21:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-02-03/html/2020 -01877.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-02-03/pdf/2020 -01877.pdf  
•  Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems; Final Rule 
published 28 June 2016:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2016-06-28/html/2016 -15079.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2016-06-28/pdf/2016 -15079.pdf  
•  G/TBT/N/USA/1457  - Advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) published 
13 February 2019 , Safe and Secure Operations of Small Unmanned Aircraft 
Systems; the docket folder on Regulations.gov provides access to primary and 
supporting documents for this rulemaking as well as the comments received: 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FAA -2018-1086 
•  G/TBT/N/USA/1558  - Notice of proposed rulemaking published 31 December 2019, 
Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft Systems  G/TBT/N/USA/1571  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  4 March 2020  
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/2020/TBT/USA/20_0947_00_e.pdf