Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - United States - Aviation system safety assessment

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6

 

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Notifying Member: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) [1983]

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

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Aviation system safety assessment; Quality (ICS code(s): 03.120); Domestic safety (ICS code(s): 13.120); Aircraft and space vehicles in general (ICS code(s): 49.020); Aerospace electric equipment and systems (ICS code(s): 49.060); On-board equipment and instruments (ICS code(s): 49.090); Cargo equipment (ICS code(s): 49.120)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: System Safety Assessments; (31 page(s), in English)

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Description of content: Notice of proposed rulemaking - The FAA proposes to amend certain airworthiness regulations to standardize the criteria for conducting safety assessments for systems, including flight controls and powerplants, installed on transport category airplanes. With this action, the FAA seeks to reduce risk associated with airplane accidents and incidents that have occurred in service, and reduce risk associated with new technology in flight control systems. The intended effect of this proposed action is to improve aviation safety by making system safety assessment (SSA) certification requirements more comprehensive and consistent.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Protection of human health or safety

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Relevant documents:

87 Federal Register (FR) 75424, 8 December 2022; Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 25:

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-12-08/html/2022-26369.htm

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-12-08/pdf/2022-26369.pdf

This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number FAA-2022-1544. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2022-1544/document and provides access to primary and supporting 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 8 March 2023. 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.

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined

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Final date for comments: 8 March 2023

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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_8404_00_e.pdf