Fees for Certification Services and Approvals Performed Outside the United States

This rulemaking: Updates existing fees for airman and repair station certification services to reflect current cost levels for such services performed outside the United States (U.S.); Establishes a schedule of fees where no fee currently exists for all tests, authorizations, certificates, permits, or ratings relating to any airman certification or repair station certification performed outside the U.S.; Establishes the methodology for computing user fees and a timetable for periodic updates of fees; and Establishes additional methods of collecting those fees. This regulation is necessary to allow the FAA to fully recover the costs it incurs in performing airman certification and repair station certification services outside the U.S. and to bring current airman fees charges in line with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and other international treaties. The intended effect of this action is to offset the costs of providing airman and repair station certification services outside the U.S. Recovering these costs will allow the FAA to continue to provide airman and repair station certification services outside the U.S., thereby facilitating the FAA's effort to assure ready acceptance of U.S. aeronautical exports overseas.