G/TBT/N/USA/1503  
16 July 2019  
(19-4725) 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) [1528]  
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 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, othe rwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Interior 
compartments, transport category airplanes; - Other parts of airplanes or helicopters 
(HS 880330); Quality (ICS 03.120), Accident and disaster control (ICS 13.200), Other 
standards related to protection against fire (ICS 13.220.99), Aircraft and space vehicles 
in general (ICS 49.020), Structure and structure elements (ICS 49.045), Passenger and 
cabin equipment (ICS 49.095), Cargo equipment (ICS 49.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Interior Parts 
and Components Fire Protection for Transport Category Airplanes (23 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The FAA is proposing to amend certain airworthiness 
regulations for fire protection of interior compartments on transport category airplanes. 
This proposal would convert those flammability regulations from detailed, prescriptive 
requirements into simpler,  performance -based standards. This proposal would divide 
these standards into two categories: Those designed to protect the airplane and its 
occupants from the hazards of in -flight fires, and those designed to protect the airplane 
and its occupants from th e hazards caused by post - crash fires. In addition, this proposal 
would remove test methods from the regulations and allow applicants, in certain cases, 
to demonstrate compliance either without conducting tests or by providing independent 
substantiation of  the flammability characteristics of a proposed material. This action is 
necessary to eliminate unnecessary testing, increase standardization, and improve safety. 
This proposal includes conforming changes to parts 27, 29, 91, 121, 125, and 135.  
7. Objecti ve and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/USA/1503  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• 84 Federal Register (FR) 31747, 3 July 2019; Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 25, 27, 29, 91, 121, 125, and 135:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-07-03/html/2019 -13646.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-07-03/pdf/2019 -13646.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  1 October 2019  
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/2019/TBT/USA/19_3972_00_e.pdf