[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR21.29]

[Page 122]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 21--CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCTS AND PARTS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B--Type Certificates
 
Sec. 21.29  Issue of type certificate: import products.

    (a) A type certificate may be issued for a product that is 
manufactured in a foreign country with which the United States has an 
agreement for the acceptance of these products for export and import and 
that is to be imported into the United States if--
    (1) The country in which the product was manufactured certifies that 
the product has been examined, tested, and found to meet--
    (i) The applicable aircraft noise, fuel venting and exhaust 
emissions requirements of this subchapter as designated in Sec. 21.17, 
or the applicable aircraft noise, fuel venting and exhaust emissions 
requirements of the country in which the product was manufactured, and 
any other requirements the Administrator may prescribe to provide noise, 
fuel venting and exhaust emission levels no greater than those provided 
by the applicable aircraft noise, fuel venting, and exhaust emission 
requirements of this subchapter as designated in Sec. 21.17; and
    (ii) The applicable airworthiness requirements of this subchapter as 
designated in Sec. 21.17, or the applicable airworthiness requirements 
of the country in which the product was manufactured and any other 
requirements the Administrator may prescribe to provide a level of 
safety equivalent to that provided by the applicable airworthiness 
requirements of this subchapter as designated in Sec. 21.17;
    (2) The applicant has submitted the technical data, concerning 
aircraft noise and airworthiness, respecting the product required by the 
Administrator; and
    (3) The manuals, placards, listings, and instrument markings 
required by the applicable airworthiness (and noise, where applicable) 
requirements are presented in the English language.
    (b) A product type certificated under this section is considered to 
be type certificated under the noise standards of part 36, and the fuel 
venting and exhaust emission standards of part 34, of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations where compliance therewith is certified under 
paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section, and under the airworthiness 
standards of that part of the Federal Aviation Regulations with which 
compliance is certified under paragraph (a)(1)(ii) of this section or to 
which an equivalent level of safety is certified under paragraph 
(a)(1)(ii) of this section.

[Amdt. 21-27, 34 FR 18363, Nov. 18, 1969, as amended by Amdt. 21-68, 55 
FR 32860, Aug. 10, 1990; 55 FR 37287, Sept. 10, 1990]