U.S. Department 

of Transportation 

Federal Aviation 

Administration 

August 7, 2015 

Mr. Ricardo Lavall Hollerbach 

Airworthiness Director 

Embraer 

Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 2.170 

12227-901 -Sao Jose dos Campos- SP 

Brasil 

Dear Mr. Hollerbach: 

Transport Airplane Directorate 

1601 Lind Ave, SW. 

Renton , Washington 98057-3356 

Exemption No. 10557 A 

Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2011-1240 

This letter is to inform you that we have amended exemption no. I 0557. lt explains the 

basis for our decision and describes its effect. 

The Basis for Our Decision 

By letter GCF -0333/2015 dated March 24, 2015, you petitioned the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), on behalf of Embraer, for an amendment to exemption no. 10557. 

That exemption, from§ 25.791(a) ofTitle 14, Code of Federal Regulations, provides 

relief from the requirements of passenger information signs and placards. 

Your recent petition for an amended exemption requests adding Embraer Model EMB545 airplanes to the original exemption. The FAA notes that the Embraer Model EMB545 airplane is a derivative of the Model EMB-550 airplane. These airplanes are 

configured as business jets intended for private use, and which are not for hire, not for 

common carnage. 

Your petition includes no request for substantive change in the conditions, and reasons 

relative to public interest and safety, that were the basis for granting the original 

exemption. 

Embraer requests that this amendment apply to future similarly non-compliant derivatives 

ofthe current Embraer EMB-550 airplane (including, but not limited to, EMB-545). The 

FAA grants exemptions only to defined airplane-model designs. Likewise, the FAA must 

evaluate each airplane model to determine if the exemption is appropriate for the design 

of a given airplane model. The only currently defined Model EMB-550 derivate airplane 

is the Model EMB-545 airplane. Therefore, this amendment addresses only the Embraer 

Model EMB-545 airplane as a derivative ofthe Model EMB-550 airplane. 
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Federal Register Publication 

The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the 

petition in the Federal Register for public comment because the requested amendment to 

the exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would 

be detrimental to Embraer EMB-545 delivery schedules. 

Our Decision 

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of exemption no. I 0557 

remains valid with respect to this amendment and is in the public interest. 

As Embraer notes, in pertinent part, in their amendment petition: 

Embraer has analyzed Exemption I 0557 and this was also considered applicable 

to similarly non-compliant derivatives of the current Embraer Model EMB-550 

airplane (including, but not limited to EMB-545) once the same interior design, 

all the arguments and compensating factors are considered the same. 

The Effect of Our Decision 

Under the authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 40113 and 44701 , which the FAA 

Administrator has delegated to me, I grant Embraer an amendment to exemption no. 

10557 to include the Embraer Model EMB-545 airplane. 

All other conditions and limitations of exemption no. 10557 remain the same. This letter 

must be attached to, and is a part of, exemption no. 10557. 

Sincerely, 

Michael Kaszycki 

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate 

Aircraft Certification Service