Philippine exporters and relevant stakeholders are strongly encouraged to review and comment on the listed proposed technical regulations that may affect our exports to the issuing economies.

The latest bulletin lists a total of 107 notifications covering various sectors such as agriculture; aircraft and space vehicle engineering; chemical technology; civil engineering; construction materials and buildings; domestic and commercial engineering/equipment; electrical engineering; energy and heat transfer engineering; environment health protection and safety; fluid systems and components for general use; food technology; healthcare technology; information technology; mechanical systems; paint; petroleum and related technologies; road vehicles engineering; rubber and plastic industries; shipbuilding and marine structures; and telecommunications, audio, and video engineering. The respective issuing economies and the final date of comments are provided below:

Agriculture

1. Products intended for animal feed, Brazil, deadline not indicated
2. Plant toxins in foodstuffs, Turkiye, 06 August 2024
3. Planting and propagating plant material, Albania, 07 August 2014
4. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, Ukraine, 04 August 2024
5. Single-use electronic cigarettes, United Kingdom, 13 August 2024
6. Tobacco products and related products and for regulation of e-cigarette flavours, Slovenia, 11 August 2024
7. Tobacco-free nicotine pouches, United Arab Emirates, 09 August 2024

Aircraft and Space Vehicle Engineering

1. Powered-lift, United States, 12 August 2024
2. Aeronautical communications equipment, Malaysia, 09 August 2024

Chemical Technology

1. Cosmetic products – Addendum, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, deadline not indicated
2. Sanitizing products – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
3. Portable ethanol devices, Republic of Korea, 13 August 2024
4. Substitute refrigerants; commercial and industrial refrigeration; commercial refrigerating appliances and commercial ice machines – Addendum, United States, deadline  not indicated
5. Inorganic chemicals – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
6. Biocidal products – Addendum, United Kingdom, deadline not indicated

Civil Engineering

1. Asphalt cements, diluted asphalts and asphalt emulsions, Ecuador, 05 August 2024

Construction Materials and Buildings

1. Air conditioning appliances for household and similar use, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 10 August 2024
2. Building products, New Zealand, 07 August 2024

Domestic and Commercial Engineering/Equipment

1. Toy safety, Ecuador, 03 August 2024
2. Brush cutter and grass trimmer, Chile, 13 August 2024
3. Knapsack atomizers (Fumigator) powered by an internal combustion engine powered by liquid fuels, Chile, 13 August 2024
4. Pushchairs and prams, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, 13 August 2024
5. Residential refrigerators, refrigerat or freezers, and freezers – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
6. Amplifiers in home entertainment products – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated

Electrical Engineering

1. Portable power bank – Addendum, Thailand, deadline not indicated
2. Luminaires for emergency lighting, The State of Kuwait, 03 August 2024
3. Low-voltage three-phase induction motors, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, 03 August 2024
4. Electrical installations of high tension, Chile, 13 August 2024
5. Low voltage switch gears and control gears – Addendum, India, deadline  not indicated
6. Lights and street lighting – Addendum, Colombia, deadline indicated
7. Substitute refrigerants; commercial and industrial refrigeration; commercial refrigerating appliances and commercial ice machines – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
8. Baby walking frames, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, 10 August 2024
9. Toothbrushes, Ecuador, 09 August 2024

Energy and Heat Transfer Engineering

1. Substitute refrigerants; commercial and industrial refrigeration; commercial refrigerating appliances and commercial ice machines – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
2. Refrigerating appliances for household and similar use minimum energy performance, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 10 August 2024
3. Equipment for air conditioning, refrigeration and heat production containing substances stable in the atmosphere as refrigerant, Switzerland, 10 August 2024

Environment Health Protection and Safety

1. Food exempt from market registration, cosmetics, hygiene products and sanitizing products – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
2. Medical devices subject to administrative destruction – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
3. Portable fire extinguishers and extinguishing agents, Ecuador, 02 August 2024
4. Plants, plant products – Addendum, United States, 30 July 2024
5. Hygiene products, Republic of Korea, 13 August 2024
6. Substitute refrigerants; commercial and industrial refrigeration; commercial refrigerating appliances and commercial ice machines – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
7. Products of explosives: amonit explosive, Vietnam, 13 August 2024
8. Industrial explosive materials: electric detonator, Vietnam, 13 August 2024
9. Industrial explosive materials: primer for industrial explosives, Vietnam, 13 August 2024
10. Products of explosives: emulsion explosives, Vietnam, 13 August 2024
11. Industrial explosive materials: ANFO explosives, Vietnam, 13 August 2024
12. Industrial explosive materials: delay electric detonator, Vietnam, 13 August 2024
13. Products of explosives: plain detonator number, Vietnam, 13 August 2024
14. Products of explosives: delay fuse, Vietnam, 13 August 2024
15. Products of explosives: water resistance detonating cords, Vietnam, 13 August 2024
16. Explosion-proof soft starters with voltage up to 6 kV used in underground mine, Vietnam, 13 August 2024

Fluid Systems and Components for General Use

1. Pressure equipment, Ukraine, 04 August 2024
2. Pressure-reducing valves, Ecuador, 09 August 2024

Food Technology

1. Dairy products, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, 06 August 2024
2. Vitamin D fortification of yogurt and kefir – Addendum, Canada, deadline not indicated
3. Organic products, European Union, 05 August 2024
4. Mycotoxins in foodstuffs – Revision, Turkey, 05 August 2024
5. Wheat – Addendum, Egypt, 05 August 2024
6. Foods that do not contain gluten, Peru, 04 August 2024
7. Food exempt from market registration, cosmetics, hygiene products and sanitizing products – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
8. Olive oil, European Union, 03 August 2024
9. Food, Myanmar, 20 March 2024
10. Food fortification regulation with industrially processed micronutrients, Mozambique, 10 August 2024
11. Food – Addendum, Myanmar, deadline not indicated

Healthcare Technology

1. Biosimilars – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
2. Medical devices subject to administrative destruction – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
3. Biological products – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
4. Health surveillance, Brazil, 09 August 2024
5. Health control, Brazil, 11 August 2024
6. Mercury and non-encapsulated amalgam, Brazil, 13 August 2024
7. Dental equipment, Egypt, 13 August 2024
8. Cosmetic products, Ukraine, 13 August 2024
9. Medicines, Ukraine, 13 August 2024
10. Pharmaceutical products for the diagnosis and/or treatment of rare or orphan diseases, Peru, 12 August 2024
11. Dental equipment – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
12. Dental equipment – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated

Information Technology

1. Portable power bank – Addendum, Thailand, deadline not indicated

Mechanical Systems

1. Cross recessed screws, India, deadline not indicated

Paint

1. Paints and varnishes, Ecuador, 03 August 2024

Petroleum and Related Technologies

1. Motor vehicles that use hydrogen as a fuel source – Addendum, United States, 17 July 2024
2. Brake fluid for hydraulic systems, Ecuador, 05 August 2024
3. Automotive gasoline, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 04 August 2024
4. Automotive gas oil, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 04 August 2024
5. Illuminating kerosene, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 04 August 2024
6. Industrial diesel oil, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 04 August 2024
7. Petroleum and petroleum products, Uganda, 12 August 2024
8. Barium, calcium, magnesium, and zinc in unused lubricating oils by atomic absorption spectrometry, Uganda, 12 August 2024
9. Sulfur in petroleum products by wavelength dispersive Xray fluorescence spectrometry, Uganda, 12 August 2024
10. Liquid petroleum products, Uganda, 12 August 2024
11. Corrosiveness to copper from petroleum products by copper, Uganda, 12 August 2024
12. Pour point of petroleum products, Uganda, 12 August 2024
13. Engine coolant for chloride ion by high-performance ion chromatography, Uganda, 11 August 2024
14. Petroleum products by potentiometric perchloric acid titration, Uganda, 11 August 2024
15. Petroleum and petroleum products, Uganda, 10 August 2024

Road Vehicles Engineering

1. Child restraint system, Republic of Korea, 06 August 2024
2. Electric vehicle supply equipment, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, 04 August 2024
3. Safety glass for motor vehicles, Ecuador, 13 August 2024
4. Motor vehicles, tractors, cycles and other land vehicles; and its parts and accessories Addendum, Mexico, deadline not indicated
5. Multipollutant emissions standards for model years 2027 and later light-duty and medium-duty vehicles – Corrigendum, United States, deadline not indicated

Rubber and Plastic Industries

1. Plastic bags, Kingdom of Bahrain, 05 August 2024
2. Biodegradable plastic tableware and/or flatware, Peru, 11 August 2024

Shipbuilding and Marine Structures

1. Marine engineering – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
2. Maritime radiocommunications equipment, Malaysia, 09 August 2024

Telecommunications, Audio, and Video Engineering

1. Technical standard for short-range devices, Chile, 10 August 2024
2. Aeronautical communications equipment, Malaysia, 09 August 2024
3. Maritime radiocommunications equipment, Malaysia, 09 August 2024

Please submit your comments to the DTI Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS) thru email at bps@dti.gov.ph and copy the DTI Export Marketing Bureau (exports@dti.gov.ph). The BPS serves as the Philippines’ National Enquiry Point (NEP) and the National Notification Authority (NNA) for the WTO-TBT Agreement.