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 53 notifications covering various sectors such chemical technology; domestic and commercial equipment; electrical engineering; food technology; metallurgy; packaging and distribution of goods; petroleum food technology; petroleum and related technologies; protection against fires; road vehicles engineering; telecommunications, audio, and video engineering. The respective issuing economies and the final date of comments are provided below: 

Chemical Technology 

1. Hazardous materials – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 

Construction Materials and Buildings 

1. Plywood – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
2. Bitumen sheets for roof waterproofing – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 

Domestic and Commercial Equipment 

1. Household and similar electrical appliances – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
2. Pool controls – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
3. Air conditioners – Addendum, Costa Rica, deadline not indicated 
4. Air conditioners – Addendum, Costa Rica, deadline not indicated 
5. Appliance efficiency – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 

Electrical Engineering 

1. Surge protective devices connected to low-voltage power systems – Addendum, Israel, deadline not indicated 

Food Technology 

1. Poultry meat and poultry processed products, Armenia, 19 April 2024 
2. Beverages, fermented acetic, wines and wine and grapes derived products – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
3. Whey and acid whey, in liquid, concentrated and powder forms – Corrigendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
4. Whey and acid whey, in liquid, concentrated and powder forms – Revision, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
5. Cephalopod mollusc products – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
6. Microbiological standards of food, Brazil, 24 April 2024 

Healthcare Technology 

1. Medicinal products, Australia, 02 May 2024 
2. Medical electrical equipment : infant transport incubator equipment – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
3. Dentistry operating lights, Egypt, 02 May 2024 
4. Veterinary medicinal products, United Kingdom, deadline not applicable 
5. Tampons for menstruation – Addendum, Israel, deadline not indicated 
6. Shitei Yakubutsu, Japan, deadline not indicated 
7. Medicaments – Addendum, Mexico, deadline not indicated 

Metallurgy 

1. Steel for the reinforcement of concrete : cold-reduced steel wires for the manufacture of welded fabrics, Israel, 02 May 2024 
2. Taconite iron ore processing emissions – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 

Packaging and distribution of goods 

1. Beverage containers – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 

Petroleum Food Technology 

1. Beverage containers – Addendum, United States, deadline not  indicated 

Petroleum and related technologies 

1. Gas cylinders : acetylene cylinders, Egypt, 02 May 2024 
2. Gas cylinders : precautionary labels, Egypt, 02 May 2024 
3. Large capacity air conditioners, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 02 May 2024 
4. Industrial gas cylinders, Tanzania, 03 May 2024 
5. Biogas, United States, deadline not applicable 
6. Fuel supply : petroleum licensees, Eswatini, 13 April 2024 
7. Petroleum retail outlets, Eswatini, 13 April 2024 

Protection against fires 

1. Fire protection : foam proportioning equipment, Egypt, 02 May 2024 
2. Fire protection : low expansion foam equipment, Egypt, 02 May 2024 
3. Fire-fighting : foam fire extinguishing systems, Egypt, 02 May 2024 
4. Fire-fighting : foam fire extinguishing systems, Egypt, 02 May 2024 
5. Fire protection : vehicle mounted compressed air foam systems, Egypt, 02 May 2024 
6. Fire-fighting : condensed aerosol fire extinguishing systems, Egypt, 02 May 2024 
7. Fire test procedures for divisional elements that are typically used in oil, gas and petrochemical industries, Egypt, 02 May 2024 
8. Fire-resistance of building materials and elements : pipe penetration and cable transit sealing systems, Egypt, 02 May 2024 
9. Fire protection : smoke and heat control systems, Egypt, 02 May 2024 
10. Fire protection : natural smoke and heat exhaust ventilators, Egypt, 02 May 2024 
11. Fire protection : powered smoke and heat exhaust ventilators, Egypt, 02 May 2024 
12. Fire protection : natural smoke and heat exhaust ventilators, Egypt, 02 May 2024 
13. Fire protection : powered smoke exhaust systems, Egypt, 02 May 2024 
14. Fire protection : smoke control dampers, Egypt, 02 May 2024 
15. Fire protection : smoke and heat control systems, Egypt, 02 May 2024 
16. Fire protection : power output devices, Egypt, 02 May 2024 

Road vehicles engineering 

1. Child restraint devices for motor vehicles, Israel, 02 May 2024 

Telecommunications, audio, and video engineering 

1. Radiocommunications equipment used frequency 5.925-6.425 Ghz – Addendum, Thailand, deadline not indicated 
2. Broadband and mobile services, wireless telecommunications – Corrigendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
3. Full power television and class A television stations – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 

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.