[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR21.29]



[Page 126]

 

                     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]