G/TBT/N/USA/2092  
26 January 2024  
(24-0613) 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) [2123]  
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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Aircraft 
safety; Quality (ICS code(s): 03.120); Aircraft and space vehicles in gener al (ICS code(s): 
49.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Disclosure of 
Safety Critical Information; (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - This proposed rule would 
implement  certain mandates in the Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act 
of 2020  by requiring applicants for, and holders of, new and  amended transport category 
airplane  type certificates to submit, and subsequently continue to disclose, certain safety 
critical information to the FAA. The proposed rule would also require all applicants for type 
certificates, including new, amended, and supplemental type certificates, to submit a 
proposed certification plan to the FAA.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urge nt problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
89 Federal Register (FR) 4841, 25 January 2024; Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 21 : 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-01-25/html/2024 -01485.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-01-25/pdf/2024 -01485.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number FAA -2024-0159. The 
Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA -2024-0159/document  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 G/TBT/N/USA/2092  
 
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  are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern  
Time on 25 March 2024. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO 
Members and their stakeholders will be shared with CPSC 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:  25 March 2024  
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/2024/TBT/USA/24_00762_00_e.pdf