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9 January 2020  
(20-0202) 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 AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) [1587]  
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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicab le): Unmanned 
aircraft systems; Other aircraft (for example, helicopters, airplanes); spacecraft 
(including satellites) and suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles (HS 8802); Aircraft 
and space vehicles in general (ICS 49.020), On -board equipment and ins truments 
(ICS 49.090)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Remote 
Identification of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (87 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - This action would require the 
remote identification of unmanned aircraft systems. The remote identification of 
unmanned aircraft systems in the airspace of the United States would address safety, 
national security, and law enforcement concerns regarding the further integration of these 
aircraft into the airspace of the United States while also enabling greater operational 
capabilities.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  National security requirements; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 84 Federal Register (FR) 72438, 31 December 2019; Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Parts  1, 47, 48, 89, 91, and 107:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-12-31/html/2019 -28100.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-12-31/pdf/2019 -28100.pdf  
• Supportin g and Related Material available on Regulations.gov at: 
https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=25&so=DESC&sb=commentD
ueDate&po=0&dct=SR%2BO&D=FAA -2019-1100 
• G/TBT/N/USA/1457  issued 3 April 2019, Safe and Secure Operations of Small 
Unmanned Aircraft Systems AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) published 
13 February 2019  G/TBT/N/USA/1558  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  2 March 2020  
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/2020/TBT/USA/20_0280_00_e.pdf  
 