The latest bulletin lists a total of 79 notifications covering various sectors such as agriculture, aircraft and space vehicle engineering, chemical technology, civil engineering, clothing industries, construction materials and buildings, domestic and commercial engineering/equipment, electronics, energy and heat transfer engineering, environment health protection and safety, food technology, glass and ceramics industries, healthcare technology, manufacturing engineering, paint and color industries, petroleum and related technologies, 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. Disposable vaping products, New Zealand, 27 October 2024
2. Health warnings and messages to be used on displays and displays of smoking products derived from tobacco, Brazil, 16 October 2024
3. Health warnings and messages to be used on the packaging of smoking products derived from tobacco, Brazil, 16 October 2024
4. Tractors, China, 26 October 2024
5. Cigars, China, 26 October 2024
6. Feed additives Ammonium chloride, China, 26 October 2024
7. Feed additive Chromium nicotinate, China, 26 October 2024
8. Feed additive Bile acids, China, 26 October 2024
9. Pesticides Chlorothalonil, Costa Rica, deadline not indicated
10. Fertilising products of organic origin and certain inorganic fertilising products, Norway, 03 November 2024
11. Knapsack sprayers – Addendum, Indonesia, deadline not indicated

Aircraft and Space Vehicle Engineering

1. Aviation system safety - Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
2. Aircraft no smoking signs, United States, 23 September 2024

Chemical Technology

1. Cosmetic products - Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
2. Zinc oxide Addendum, Indonesia, deadline not indicated
3. Chemical substances, Peru, 27 October 2024
4. Dinotefuran: biocidal products, European Union, 26 October 2024
5. Cosmetics, Republic of Korea, 02 November 2024
6. Cleaning products and the like and on the biodegradabil ity of anionic surfactants, Brazil, 04 November 2024
7. Sodium tripolyphosphate – Addendum, Indonesia, deadline not indicated
8. Aluminium sulphate – Addendum, Indonesia, deadline not indicated

Civil Engineering

1. Solar luminaires for road and street lighting, Chile, 12 October 2024
2. Solar luminaires (solar area floodlights) for public lighting, Chile, 12 October 2024

Clothing Industries

1. Safety shoes – Addendum, Indonesia, deadline not indicated

Construction Materials and Buildings

1. Light pollution of luminaires and/or floodlights for outdoor lighting - Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated
2. Construction waterproof coatings, China, 26 October 2024
3. Building construction machinery and equipment, China, 26 October 2024
4. Noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors, Ukraine, 25 October 2024

Domestic and Commercial Engineering/Equipment

1. Low-pressure gas stove – Addendum, Indonesia, deadline not indicated
2. Refrigerators and freezers - Addendum, Costa Rica, deadline not indicated
3. Refrigerators and freezers – Addendum, Costa Rica, deadline not indicated
4. Commercial refrigeration equipment - Addendum, United States, 27 September 2024
5. Children's products, China, 26 October 2024
6. Child care articles, China, 26 October 2024
7. Children's rideon and activity articles, China, 26 October 2024
8. Outdoor bodybuilding equipment, China, 26 October 2024
9. Freezers and refrigerator freezers for household use, Chile, 25 October 2024
10. Cooking utensils (cookware) from metal as well as tableware and cooking utensils from stainless steel, Indonesia, 01 November 2024

Electronics

1. Electronic displays, including TVs, monitors and digital information displays – Addendum, Ukraine, deadline not indicated

Energy and Heat Transfer Engineering

1. Nuclear power plants, United States, 27 September 2024
2. Refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment, China, 26 October 2024
3. Solar luminaires for road and street lighting, Chile, 12 October 2024
4. Solar luminaires (solar area floodlights) for public lighting, Chile, 12 October 2024
5. Nuclear power plant engineering – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated

Environment Health Protection and Safety

1. Protective helmets to be worn by all riders and passengers of motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, three or four-wheeled offroad motorcycles and other similar motorized two or three-wheeled vehicles, Chile, 29 October 2024

Food Technology

1. Foods: 2- methyloxolane (2-MeOx) as an extraction solvent processing aid, Australia, 24 October 2024
2. Labeling of feeding-stuffs for pet animals, Ukraine, 29 October 2024
3. Act on labelling and advertising of foods, Republic of Korea, 28 October 2024
4. Sugar – Addendum, Ukraine, deadline not indicated
5. Meat, poultry and their products – Addendum, Malaysia, deadline not indicated
6. 2- Methyloxolan e as a processing aid, New Zealand, 24 October 2024
7. Y - Aminobutyric Acid produced by microbial fermentation as a food ingredient, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, 26 October 2024
8. Organic de-alcoholised wine (not exceeding 0.5 % vol.), European Union, 02 November 2024
9. Dairy compounds – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
10. Regulation on cellulosic materials, packaging and equipment intended to come into contact with food, Brazil, 21 October 2024

Glass and Ceramics Industries

1. Glass for ship and marine, China, 26 October 2024

Healthcare Technology

1. Pharmaceutical establishments and medical device establishments – Addendum, Ecuador, 03 November 2024
2. Nicotine replacement therapies – Addendum, Canada, deadline not indicated
3. In vitro diagnostic medical devices, European Union, 01 November 2024
4. Regulation on safety of pharmaceuticals, Republic of Korea, 01 November 2024

Manufacturing engineering

1. Grinders, disk-type sanders and disk-type polishers, Chile, 07 October 2024

Paint and Color Industries

1. Architectural coatings, China, 26 October 2024
2. Industrial coatings, China, 26 October 2024

Petroleum and Related Technologies

1. Petroleum and natural gas systems - Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
2. Fuels – Revision, United States, 15 October 2024
3. Gasoline engine oils, China, 26 October 2024
4. Unused mineral insulating oils, China, 26 October 2024
5. Diesel engine oils, China, 26 October 2024

Road Vehicles Engineering

1. First-class motorized bicycles, Japan, 29 October 2024

Rubber and Plastic Industries

1. Reusable plastic tableware and/or flatware, Peru, 28 October 2024
2. Aircraft tyres, China, 26 October 2024
3. Automobile tyres, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, 26 October 2024

Telecommunications, Audio, and Video Engineering

1. Allocation of spectrum for nonfederal space launch operations; federal earth stations communicating with nonfederal fixed satellite service space stations; and federal space station use of the 399. 9400.05 MHz band – Corrigendum, United States, deadline not indicated
2. Wireless device, Israel, 28 October 2024
3. Digital terrestrial television broadcast service receiver, Malaysia, 27 October 2024
4. Flexible or solid conductor data transmission cable - Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
5. Flexible or solid conductor data transmission cable - Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated

Textile and Leather Technology

1. Leather and fur, China, 26 October 2024
2. Carpets, carpet underlays and adhesives, and specifies limits and test methods for hazardous substances in polyvinyl chloride flooring, China, 26 October 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.