G/TBT/N/USA/1669  
6 November 2020  
(20-7902) 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 Administration (FAA) [1697]  
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 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Rechargeable lithium batteries; Galvanic cells and batteries (ICS 29.220), Aircraft and 
space vehicles in general (ICS 49.020), On -board equipment and instruments 
(ICS 49.090)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Special 
Conditions: Chicago Jet Group, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900 Airplane; 
Rechargeable Lithium Batteries (3 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Final special conditions; request for comments - These special 
conditions are issued for the Dassault Aviation (Dassault) Model Falcon 900 airplane. This 
airplane, as modified by Chicago Jet Group, will have a novel or unusual design f eature 
when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for 
transport category airplanes. This design feature is Midcontinent Instrument TS835 
Standby Batteries that contain rechargeable lithium batteries. The applicable 
airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this 
design feature. These 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  G/TBT/N/USA/1669  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• 85 Federal Register (FR) 67436, 23 October 2020; Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 25:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-10-23/html/2020 -22618.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-10-23/pdf/2020 -22618.pdf  
This final special conditions ; request for comments is identified by Docket Number FAA -
2020-0927. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www .regulations.gov/docket?D=FAA -2020-0927 and provides access to primary 
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 st akeholders 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:  7 December 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_6825_00_e.pdf