G/TBT/N/USA/1708  
1 April 2021  
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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) [1737]  
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):  Model 
737-800 airplane; structure -mounted airbags; On -board equipment and instruments (ICS 
49.090), Passenger and cabin equ ipment (ICS 49.095)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Special 
Conditions: Haeco Cabin Solutions, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Model 737 -800 
Airplane; Structure -Mounted Airbags (3 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of con tent:  Notice of proposed special conditions - This action proposes 
special conditions for the Boeing Commercial Airplanes (Boeing) Model 737 -800 airplane. 
This airplane, as modified by Haeco Cabin Solutions (Haeco), will have a novel or unusual 
design feat ure when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness 
standards for transport category airplanes. This design feature is structure -mounted 
airbags designed to protect each occupant from serious head injury in the event of an 
emergenc y landing. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or 
appropriate safety standards for this design feature. These proposed special conditions 
contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to 
establish a level 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  
8. Relevant documents:   
86 Federal Register (FR) 14387, 16 March 2021; Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 25:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-03-16/html/202 1-05331.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-03-16/pdf/2021 -05331.pdf  
This notice of proposed special conditions is identified by Docket Number FAA -2021-0228. 
The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA -2021-0228/document  provides access to G/TBT/N/USA/1708  
 
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  primary and supporting docume nts 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 
stakeholders will be shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket  
on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  15 April 2021  
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_2420_00_e.pdf