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6 October 2020  
(20-6816) 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) [1677]  
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 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other  [X]:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Normal 
category airplanes; Aircraft and space vehicles in general (ICS 49.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) o f the notified document:  Accepted Means 
of Compliance; Airworthiness Standards: Normal Category Airplanes (5 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  Notification of availability - This document announces the 
availability of means of compliance to the applicable airworthiness standards for normal 
category airplanes. The Administrator finds these means of compliance to be an 
acceptable means, but not the only means, of showing compliance to the applicable 
airworthiness standards for normal category a irplanes and that they provide an 
appropriate level of safety.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 85 Federal Register (FR) 59400, 22 September 2020; Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 23:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-09-22/html/2020 -17911.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-09-22/pdf/2020 -17911.pdf  
This notification of availability is identified by Docket Number FAA -2020-0798. The Docket 
Folder is available  at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FAA -2020-0798 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 
stakeholders will be shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket  
on Regulations.gov  if received within the comment period.  G/TBT/N/USA/1649  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  22 September 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  22 September 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  None 
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.o rg/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/20_5962_00_e.pdf  
 