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 150 notifications covering various sectors such as agriculture, chemical technology, construction materials and building, domestic and, commercial equipment/entertainment/sport, energy and heat transfer engineering, electrical engineering, environment health protection and safety, food technology, health care technology, information technology, manufacturing engineering, packaging and distribution of goods, road vehicles engineering, rubber and plastic industries, telecommunications, audio, and video engineering and textile and leather technology. The respective issuing economies and the final date of comments are provided below:

Agriculture

1. Animal multiplication material, Brazil, deadline not indicated
2. Treated seed, New Zealand, 9 October 2024
3. Insecticidal aerosol – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
4. Pesticides – Metribuzin, European Union, 22 September 2024
5. Animal feed - Rhodes and natural grass hay, Tanzania, 1 October 2024
6. Animal feed-Alfalfa (lucerne) hay, Tanzania, 1 October 2024
7. Dried insect products for compounded animal feeds, Tanzania, 1 October 2024
8. Food for human consumption through adherence to good animal feeding practice at the farm level and good, Tanzania, 1 October 2024
9. Compounded goat and sheep feed, Tanzania, 1 October 2024
10. Edible insects for food and feed, Tanzania, 30 September 2024
11. Finished Alcohol and Tobacco Products – Revision, Dominican Republic, 29 September 2024
12. Pesticides - Indoxacarb – Addendum, United Kingdom, deadline not indicated
13. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding – Addendum, Ukraine, deadline not indicated

Chemical Technology

1. Biocidal products, European Union, 24 September 2024
2. H Acid, India, 24 September 2024
3. K Acid, India, 24 September 2024
4. Vinyl Sulphone, India, 24 September 2024
5. Chemical substances: poly (oxyethylene) =alkyl phenyl ether, Japan, 16 September 2024
6. Toxic chemicals in consumer products – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
7. Chemical substances, Japan, 15 September 2024
8. Production process of all types of foam: dichlorofluoromethane, Thailand, deadline not indicated
9. Pure ammonium nitrate for explosives – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
10. Biocidal products, European Union, 30 September 2024
11. Aerosol duster products, United States, 30 September 2024
12. H Acid – Addendum, India, deadline not indicated
13. Chemical substances – Addendum, Japan, deadline not indicated
14. Chemical substances, Republic of Korea, 29 September 2024
15. Chemical substances, United States, 23 October 2024
16. Pesticides – Tritosulfuron, European Union, 28 September 2024
17. N,Ndimethylacetamide (DMAC) and 1- ethylpyrrolidin-2-one (NEP), European Union, 28 September 2024
18. Chemical products – Addendum, Ukraine, deadline not indicated
19. Household fabric softeners – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
20. Baby toilet soap – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not  indicated
21. Liquid glass cleaner – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
22. Cosmetic products – Addendum, Ukraine, deadline not indicated
23. Shitei Yakubutsu, Japan, deadline not indicated
24. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances – Addendum, United States, 30 August 2024

Construction Materials and Building

1. Passenger lifts and service lifts – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
2. Vertical core, hollow clay blocks which are manufacture d from clay, shale, fire clay or mixtures thereof, Trinidad and Tobago, 28 September 2024

Domestic and Commercial Equipment/Entertainment/Sport

1. Infant sleep products – Addendum, Australia, deadline not indicated
2. Electrical clothes dryers, Kingdom of Bahrain, 24 September 2024
3. Water heaters, pool heaters – Addendum, United States, 22 August 2024
4. Spring mattress Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
5. Infant bath seats – Addendum, United States, 01 August 2024
6. Domestic appliances that use gas as fuel, Brazil, 10 September 2024
7. Appliance efficiency – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated

Energy and Heat Transfer Engineering

1. Photovoltaic installations connected to distribution networks, Chile, 21 September 2024
2. Minimum allowable values of energy efficiency and energy efficiency grades for AC-DC and AC-AC power supplies, China, 30 September 2024
3. Energy efficiency and energy efficiency grades for gas cooking appliances, China, 30 September 2024
4. Energy efficiency – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
5. Nuclear power plant components – Corrigendum, United States, deadline not indicated
6. Energy efficiency – Corrigendum, Unites States, deadline not indicated

Electrical Engineering

1. Single-capped fluorescent lamps, Israel, 22 September 2024
2. Double-capped fluorescent lamps, Israel, 22 September 2024
3. Self-ballasted fluorescent lamps, Israel, 22 September 2024
4. Battery energy storage systems in electrical installations, Chile, 21 September 2024
5. Residential generators and energy storage systems, Chile, 21 September 2024
6. Electrical products – Addendum, Israel, deadline not indicated
7. Woven apparel for blouses, shirts and dresses, Kenya, 20 September 2024

Environment Health Protection and Safety

1. Environment Health Protection and Safety, Malaysia, deadline not indicated
2. Emergency response: occupational safety Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
3. Determination of CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of heavy-duty vehicles, European Union, 20 September 2024
4. Requirement of gas monitors and alarms, China, 30 September 2024
5. Single use plastics, Jamaica, 30 August 2024
6. Single use plastics, Jamaica, 30 August 2024
7. Facilities for exploratory drilling sites for CO2 storage, Japan, 29 September 2024
8. Stationary lithium battery storage appliances, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, 29 September 2024
9. Nitrous oxide (also known as nitrogen protoxide, dinitrogen oxide and dinitrogen monoxide), France, 27 September 2024
10. Toxic substances, United States, 23 September 2024
11. Air quality in generalc – Addendum, United States, 30 August 2024

Food Technology

1. Adhesives for labels on food packaging and containers, Peru, 24 September 2024
2. Raw macadamia nuts in shell – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
3. Fresh fruits and vegetables, Canada, 20 October 2024
4. Labelling of prepackaged foods – Addendum, Thailand, deadline not indicated
5. Edible coconut oil – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
6. Crude and semi refined palm oil – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
7. Native bee honey, New Zealand, 20 September 2024
8. Alcoholic beverages, Thailand, 22 September 2024
9. Cashew flour – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
10. Peanut/groundnut flour from the varieties of Arachis hypogaea L. – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
11. Prepackaged and prepared foods – Addendum, Canada, deadline not indicated
12. Labelling requirements for prepackaged foods – Addendum, China, deadline not indicated
13. All wine products – Addendum, Uruguay, deadline not indicated
14. Native bee honey, Australia, 20 September 2024
15. Fortified foods, beverages with added vitamins and/or minerals, hydroelectrolytic supplements, Argentina, 28 August 2024
16. Wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products – Addendum, European Union, deadline not indicated
17. Fresh durian (Durio spp.) – Addendum, Thailand, deadline not indicated
18. Semen from cattle, buffaloes, goats and sheep – Corrigendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
19. Wheat flour (Triticum aestivum L.), United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, The State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, 13 September 2024
20. Older Infants and young children food, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, The State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, 13 September 2024
21. Semen from cattle, buffaloes, goats and sheep, Brazil, deadline not indicated
22. Sugar, Ukraine, 1 October 2024
23. Coffee grinders, grain mills, Chili, 30 September 2024
24. Dairy and its products which are refrigerated – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
25. Ethyl acetate content in fruit wine, India, 29 September 2024
26. Methanol in rice wine products – Addendum, Cambodia, 30 August 2024
27. Edible fats and oils – Addendum, Thailand, deadline not indicated
28. Fish oils – Addendum, Thailand, deadline not indicated
29. Genetically modified foods and foods derived from new breeding techniques (NBTs), Australia, 28 September 2024
30. Methanol in rice wine products, Cambodia, 29 August 2024
31. Genetically modified foods and foods derived from new breeding techniques (NBTs), New Zealand, 28 September 2024
32. Fruits chips and crisps – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
33. Fruit and vegetable ketchup – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
34. Fruits and vegetable chutney – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
35. Jams, jellies and marmalades, Thailand, 8 October 2024
36. Fresh cornelian cherry, Uganda, 8 October 2024
37. Fresh annonas, Uganda, 8 October 2024
38. Fresh berry fruits, Uganda, 8 October 2024
39. Fresh strawberries, Uganda, 8 October 2024
40. Fresh apricots, Uganda, 8 October 2024
41. 47 substances listed, United States, deadline not indicated
42. Canned tomato – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
43. Tomato juice – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
44. Chilli sauce – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
45. Foods for special dietary uses, Japan, 7 October 2024
46. Tomato sauce and ketchup – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
47. Food supplements: calcidiol monohydrate, European Union, 6 October 2024
48. Frozen fish and fresh fish, Republic of Korea, 6 October 2024

Health Care Technology

1. Leaflets in digital format – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
2. Medicinal gases, Brazil, 16 September 2024
3. Drugs and medical devices – Addendum, Canada, deadline not indicated
4. Radiation: requirements for development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices, China, 30 September 2024
5. Pharmaceutical products containing new chemical entities – Addendum, Équateur, deadline not indicated
6. Manufacture medical devices, Mexique, 30 September 2024
7. Medical diagnostic equipment – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated

Information Technology

1. Cybersecurity labeling for internet of things – Addendum, United States, 03 September 2024
2. Cybersecurit y labeling for internet of things – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated

Manufacturing Engineering

1. Hand-held motor-operated electric tools, Israel, 24 September 2024

Packaging and Distribution of Goods

1. Regenerated cellulose film to be used in contact with food, Uruguay, 21 September 2024
2. Cellulosic materials, packaging and equipment to be used in contact with food, Uruguay, 21 September 2024
3. Food packaging – Addendum, Indonesia, deadline not indicated

Road Vehicles Engineering

1. Vehicle safety standards: seating systems, United States, 16 September 2024
2. Motor vehicles – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
3. Fuel consumption limits for passenger cars, China, 30 September 2024
4. Motor vehicles-windshield demisting and defrosting systems technical specification, China, 30 September 2024
5. On-board accident emergency call system, China, 30 September 2024
6. Light sources for power-driven vehicles and their trailers, China, 30 September 2024
7. Fuel economy standards for passenger cars and light trucks for model years 2027 - 2032 and fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans for model years 2030-2035-Corrigendum, United States, deadline not indicated

Rubber and Plastic Industries

1. Wet wipes containing plastic, United Kingdom, 21 September 2024

Telecommunications, Audio, and Video Engineering

1. Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment, Israel, 22 September 2024
2. Specific absorbtion rates for mobile phone – Addendum, Vietnam, deadline not indicated
3. Limit value of absorbed power density from the radio equipment operating in close proximity to the human body (frequency over 6GHz), Japan, 15 September 2024
4. Cellular mobile telephone and access terminal station, Brazil, 19 September 2024
5. Short-range devices (radio equipment), European Union, 30 September 2024
6. Personal communicati ons service equipment operating in the bands 1850 - 1915 Mhz and 1930 - 1995 Mhz – Addendum, Canada, deadline not indicated
7. Mobile phone, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, 8 October 2024
8. Allocation of spectrum for non-federal space launch operations ; federal earth stations communicati ng with nonfederal fixed satellite service space stations; and federal space station use of the 399. 9- 400.05 MHz band – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated

Textile and Leather Technology

1. Textiles: chemicals content requirements in textile products, Jordan, 30 August 2024
2. Geosynthetics - Synthetic polymer rope gabions for coastal and waterways protection, India, 29 September 2024
3. Textiles - Flat woven webbing slings made of man-made fibres for general services, India, 29 September 2024
4. Ropes and cordages, India, 29 September 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.