An FAA notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) would revise a regulation that currently imposes a duplicative paperwork requirement on foreign applicants for type certificates of import products.

Since 2009, the FAA has required an applicant for a type certificate, including an amended or supplemental type certificate, to show and certify compliance with all applicable requirements by submitting to the FAA two different compliance documents: A “compliance listing” to document the means of compliance with applicable standards; and a corresponding “statement of compliance” from the applicant certifying that all the requirements in the certification basis have been complied with.

In both cases, these documents certify that the import product meets applicable FAA requirements for “aircraft noise, fuel venting, exhaust emissions, and airworthiness.” Therefore, the agency has determined, “These compliance documents are duplicative and redundant to the certifying statement that the FAA already requires from the foreign civil aviation authority of the country or jurisdiction having responsibility for the design approval holder of the product.”

Under the NPRM, the agency would no longer require both the compliance listing or the accompanying statement of compliance from the foreign applicant. Comments are due by April 23.