G/TBT/N/USA/1101  
 
13 April 2016  
(16-2091)  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 Admini stration (FAA) [1119] 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable): Airplanes; Aircraft and 
space vehicles in ge neral (ICS 49.020) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Revision of 
Airworthiness Standards for Normal, Utility, Acrobatic, and Commuter Category Airplanes (78 pages, in English).  
6. Description of content: The FAA proposes to amend its airworthiness standards for 
normal, utility, acrobatic, and commuter category airplanes by removing current 
prescriptive design requirements and replacing them with performance-based 
airworthiness standards. The proposed standa rds would also replace the current weight 
and propulsion divisions in small airplane re gulations with performance- and risk-based 
divisions for airplanes with a maximum seating capacity of 19 passengers or less and a 
maximum take-off weight of 19,000 pounds or le ss. The proposed airworthiness standards 
are based on, and would maintain, the level of safety of the current small airplane regulations. Finally, the FAA proposes to adopt additional airworthiness standards to 
address certification for flight in icing conditions, enhanced stall characteristics, and 
minimum control speed to prevent departure from controlled flight for multiengine airplanes. This notice of proposed rulema king addresses the Congressional mandate set 
forth in the Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Protection of Human health or Safety 
8. Relevant documents:  81 Federal Register (FR) 13451, 14 March 2016; Title 14 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 21, 23 and 35.  Will appear in the Federal Register when 
adopted. 
Notice of Public Meeting will be issued as Add.1 Revision of Airworthiness Standards for 
Normal, Utility, Acrobatic, and Commuter Category Airplanes; Notice of Public Meeting 
(7 April 2016): 
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- 2016-04-07/html/2016-07943.htm  
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/F R-2016-04-07/pdf /2016-07943.pdf    G/TBT/N/USA/1101 
 
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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: 13 May 2016 
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/crnattachm ents/2016/TBT/USA/16_1490_00_e.pdf