G/TBT/N/USA/1933  
20 October 2022  
(22-7874) 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) [1964]  
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 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other  [X]: Covers airworthiness criteria that the FAA finds to be appropriate and 
applicable for UA design, based on the intended operational concepts for the UA as 
identified by the applicant.  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tar iff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Insitu Inc. 
ScanEagle3 unmanned aircraft; Aircraft and space vehicles in general (ICS code(s): 
49.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Airworthine ss 
Criteria: Special Class Airworthiness Criteria for the Insitu Inc. ScanEagle3 Unmanned 
Aircraft; (7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed airworthiness criteria - The FAA announces 
the availability of and requests comments on proposed airworthiness criteria for the Insitu 
Inc. Model ScanEagle3 unmanned aircraft (UA). This document proposes the 
airworthiness criteria that the FAA finds to be appropriate and applicable for the UA 
design.  
Since 2019, the USA has notified various actions concerning Unmanned Aircraft . 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 60338, 5 October 2022; Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 21:  
https:// www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-10-05/html/2022 -21571.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-10-05/pdf/2022 -21571.pdf  
This notice of proposed airworthiness criteria is identified by Docket Number FAA -2022-
0533. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at G/TBT/N/USA/1933  
 
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  https://www.regulations.gov/docket/F AA-2022-0533/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 
are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern 
Time on 4 November 2022. 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:  4 November 2022  
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/2022/TBT/USA/22_7093_00_e.pdf