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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 25: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 25.4

FAR 25.407 Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section says the Buy American statute is waived for civil aircraft and related articles that meet the Trade Agreements Act's substantial transformation test and come from countries party to the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft. It matters to contractors because purchases of such aircraft and articles from those listed countries are not subject to the Buy American restriction.

Applies to: Civil aircraft and related articles from listed Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft countries

Key terms: Buy American statute · substantial transformation test · Trade Agreements Act · Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft · civil aircraft and related articles

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

Under the authority of Section 303 of the Trade Agreements Act, the U.S. Trade Representative has waived the Buy American statute for civil aircraft and related articles that meet the substantial transformation test of the Trade Agreements Act, from countries that are parties to the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft. Those countries are Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao China, Malta, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), and the United Kingdom.

Sections that refer to it

← 25.406 Israeli Trade Act. · 25.408 Procedures. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 25

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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