The FAA will determine whether a safety element is eligible for and may be issued a safety approval. We will base our determination on performance-based criteria, against which we may assess the effect on public health and safety and on safety of property, in the following hierarchy:
FAA or other appropriate Federal regulations.
Government-developed or adopted standards.
Industry consensus performance-based criteria or standard.
Applicant-developed criteria. Applicant-developed criteria are performance standards customized by the manufacturer that intends to produce the system, system component, or part. The applicant-developed criteria must define—
Design and minimum performance;
Quality assurance system requirements;
Production acceptance test specifications; and
Continued operational safety monitoring system characteristics.
The applicant must allow the FAA to make its proposed safety approval criteria available to the public as part of the approval process.