---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 21.331"
title: "14"
number: "21.331"
heading: "Issuance of export airworthiness approvals for aircraft engines, propellers, and articles."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/21.331"
---

# §21.331. Issuance of export airworthiness approvals for aircraft engines, propellers, and articles.

- (a) A person may obtain from the FAA an export airworthiness approval to export a new aircraft engine, propeller, or article that is manufactured under this part if it conforms to its approved design and is in a condition for safe operation.
- (b) A new aircraft engine, propeller, or article need not meet a requirement of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section if—
  - (1) The importing country or jurisdiction accepts, in a form and manner acceptable to the FAA, a deviation from that requirement; and
  - (2) The export airworthiness approval lists as an exception any difference between the aircraft engine, propeller, or article to be exported and its approved design.
- (c) A person may obtain from the FAA an export airworthiness approval to export a used aircraft engine, propeller, or article if it conforms to its approved design and is in a condition for safe operation.
- (d) **A used aircraft engine or propeller need not meet a requirement of paragraph (c) of this section if—**
  - (1) The importing country or jurisdiction accepts, in a form and manner acceptable to the FAA, a deviation from that requirement; and
  - (2) The export airworthiness approval lists as an exception any difference between the used aircraft engine or propeller to be exported and its approved design.

## Notes

### Source

Source: Docket No. FAA-2006-25877, Amdt. 21-92, 74 FR 53391, Oct. 16, 2009, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7572; 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40105, 40113, 44701-44702, 44704, 44707, 44709, 44711, 44713, 44715, 45303.