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 141 notifications covering various sectors such as agriculture; chemical technology; civil engineering; construction materials and buildings; domestic and commercial equipment; electrical engineering; environment health; protection and safety; fluid systems and components for general use; food technology; healthcare technology; packaging and distribution of goods; paint and colour industries; paper technology; 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. Animal and vegetal products, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
2. Pesticides - Mancozeb – Addendum, United Kingdom, deadline not indicated 
3. Feed Additives -α- galactosidase, China, 21 July 2024 
4. Pesticide samples intended for experimentation, Chile, 24 July 2024 
5. Fertilizers: marking, presentation and declarations, Egypt, 29 July 2024 
6. Import wild fauna, Chile, deadline not indicated 
7. Blended tobacco for cigarettes – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
8. Fertilizers: vinasse – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
9. Fertilizers and soil conditioners: chitosan – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 

Chemical Technology 

1. Chemical substances, Republic of Korea, 22 July 2024 
2. Chemical substances, including mixtures, either manufactured or in their natural state, United Kingdom, deadline not indicated 
3. Hazardous materials, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, The State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, 20 July 2024 
4. Chemicals – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
5. Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, United States, deadline not indicated 
6. Biocidal products, European Union, 30 July 2024 
7. Sodium chloride: 3-analytical reagent – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
8. Labelling of detergents and cleaning products – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
9. Dangerous substances, Switzerland, 26 July 2024 
10. Clay targets containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, European Union, 26 July 2024 

Civil Engineering 

1. Concrete sleepers and bearers – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
2. Concrete sleepers and bearers: prestressed monoblock sleepers – Addendum, Egypt, deadline indicated 
3. Concrete sleepers and bearers: twin-block reinforced sleepers – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
4. Concrete sleepers and bearers: special elements – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
5. Concrete sleepers and bearers: design – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
6. Prestressed bearers for switches and crossings with a maximum length of 8.5 m – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 

Construction Materials and Buildings 

1. Safety accessory products for gas-burning appliances, China, deadline not indicated 
2. Concrete sleepers and bearers – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
3. Concrete sleepers and bearers: prestressed monoblock sleepers – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
4. Concrete sleepers and bearers: twin-block reinforced sleepers – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
5. Concrete sleepers and bearers: special elements – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
6. Concrete sleepers and bearers: design – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
7. Prestressed bearers for switches and crossings with a maximum length of 8.5m – Addendum, deadline not indicated 
8. Gas meters, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, 27 July 2024 

Domestic and Commercial Equipment 

1. Bathing aids for child care, Israel, 21 July 2024 
2. Bathtubs, stands and non standalone bathing aids for child care, Israel, 21 July 2024 
3. Cribs, Israel, 21 July 2024 
4. Household and similar electrical appliances: tumble dryers, Israel, 21 July 2024 
5. Power-operated lifting platforms, Israel, 20 July 2024 
6. Infant swings – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
7. Children's bedguards for domestic use – Addendum, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, deadline not indicated 
8. Household and similar electrical appliances: refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers and freezers – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
9. Household, commercial and similar electrical appliances, India, 27 July 2024 
10. Clay targets containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, European Union, 26 July 2024 

Electrical Engineering 

1. Automotive products – Revision, Philippines, 27 June 2024 
2. Electronic control gear for LED Modules: independent type, built-in type, integral type, Thailand, 25 June 2024 
3. Switches for household and similar fixed electrical installations, Thailand, 25 June 2024 
4. Distribution transformers – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
5. General service lamps – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 

Environment Health Protection and Safety  

1. Industrial chemicals – Addendum, Australia, deadline not indicated 
2. Products subject to sanitary-epidemiological cal supervision, Russian Federation, 30 July 2024 
3. Vehicle emissions – Revision, United States, 14 June 2024 
4. Constructing smart transportation facilities, Egypt, 29 July 2024 
5. Electrical appliances for heating liquids, Thailand, 29 July 2024 
6. Heavy-duty engine and vehicle, United States, 24 June 2024 
7. Hazardous materials – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
8. Satellite orbital debris mitigation – Addendum, United States, 12 July 2024 
9. Automotive products – Revision, Philippines, 27 June 2024 
10. School transportation vehicles – Revision, United States, 28 August 2024 
11. Dangerous substances, Switzerland, 26 July 2024 
12. Point type heat fire detectors, China, 22 July 2024 
13. Manual fire call points, China, 22 July 2024 
14. Energy conservation program: air-cooled commercial package air conditioners and heat pumps, United States, 09 September 2024 
15. Climb auto system against fall, China, 21 July 2024 
16. Fire alarm receiving and dispatching system, China, 21 July 2024 
17. Self-contained smoke alarms using scattered light or transmitted light, collection and transmission device, China, 21 July 2024 
18. Household and similar electrical appliances: tumble dryers, Israel, 21 July 2024 
19. Chemicals – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
20. Circulator pumps – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
21. Energy conservation program: test procedures for air-cooled, evaporatively-cooled, and water-cooled commercial package air conditioners and heat pumps – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
22. Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, United States, deadline not indicated 
23. Hazardous air pollutants for the synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry and group I & II polymers and resins industry – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
24. Renewable energy regulations – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
25. Petroleum and natural gas systems – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
26. Explosives, desensitized explosives, liquid propellant, China, 13 July 2024 
27. Hazardous substances: perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
28. Methylene chloride – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
29. Greenhouse gas emissions – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
30. Hazardous materials – Corrigendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
31. Air quality in general – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
32. Electric irons – Revision, Thailand, 25 June 2024 
33. Chrysotile asbestos – Corrigendum, Unites States, deadline not indicated 
34. Residential dishwashers – Addendum, United States, 12 August 2024 
35. Residential dishwashers – Revision, United States, 12 August 2024 
36. Non-volatile particulate matter from aircraft engines, United States, 24 June 2024 
37. Organic products, Albania, 23 June 2024 
38. Wet wipes containing plastic, United Kingdom, 23 June 2024 
39. Poison prevention packaging requirements – Addendum, United States, deadline  not indicated, United States, deadline not indicated 
40. General service lamps – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
41. Heavy-duty highway vehicles – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 

Fluid Systems and Components for General Use 

1. Energy conservation program: air-cooled commercial package air conditioners and heat pumps, United States, 9 September 2024 
2. Circulator pumps – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
3. Energy conservation program : test procedures for aircooled, evaporatively-cooled, and water-cooled commercial package air conditioners and heat pumps – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 

Food Technology 

1. Nutrition and health claims made on foods, European Union, 23 July 2024 
2. Health food, food supplement, dietary supplement – Addendum, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, deadline not indicated 
3. Prepackaged foods – Addendum, Honduras, 17 June 2024 
4. Grains of common maize (Zea mays L.), Kenya, 20 July 2024 
5. Nixtamalizati on of maize grains, Kenya, 20 July 2024 
6. Meat and names associated with products of animal origin – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 
7. Kombucha, Tanzania, 30 July 2024 
8. Prepackaged fruits or vegetables packaged in non-retail containers, Canada, 26 June 2024 
9. Fermented milks, Egypt, 29 July 2024 
10. Organic production – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
11. Color additive - Addendum, United States, 27 June 2024 
12. Packaging, coatings, utensils, lids and metallic equipment in contact with food – Corrigendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
13. Labelling of prepackaged food stuffs, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, The State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, 26 July 2024 

Healthcare Technology 

1. Medicines in general – Addendum, Ecuador, deadline not indicated 
2. Drug distributors and drug retail outlets – Revision, Philippines, 15 June 2024 
3. Clinical trials with medicines, Brazil, 4 July 2024 
4. New animal drugs labeling – Addendum, United States, 9 August 2024 
5. Medicinal gases – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
6. Medical electrical equipment – Revision, Israel, 21 July 2024 
7. Medicinal products, Russian Federation, 16 June 2024 
8. Ultrasound cyclodestructive device – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
9. Power-operated lifting platforms, Israel, 20 July 2024 
10. Therapeutic goods, Australia, 30 July 2024 
11. Clinical trials, Philippines, 15 June 2024 
12. Medications in general and biological medications, Ecuador, 29 July 2024 
13. Dentistry: operator's stool – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
14. Dentistry, stationary dental units and dental patient chairs: general requirements – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
15. Dentistry, stationary dental units and dental patient chairs: air, water, suction and wastewater systems – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 

Packaging and Distribution of Goods 

1. Reusable plastic bags, Peru, 29 July 2024 

Paint and Colour Industries 

1. Dangerous substances, Switzerland, 26 July 2024 

Paper Technology 

1. Automatic cigarette tobacco rolling papers, Egypt, 29 July 2024 

Petroleum and Related Technologies 

1. Aviation turbine fuel, Israel, 26 July 2024 

Road Vehicles Engineering 

1. Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark ignition or compression ignition internal combustion engines, Canada, 19 July 2024 
2. Three-wheeled motor vehicles – Addendum, Ecuador, deadline not indicated 
3. Automotive products – Revision, Philippines, 27 June 2024 
4. School transportation vehicles – Revision, United States, 28 August 2024 
5. Engine oils for motor vehicles, Malaysia, 26 July 2024 
6. Electric-powered vehicles – Corrigendum, United States, deadline not indicated 

Rubber and Plastic Industries 

1. Tyres Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
2. Automotive products – Revision, Philippines, 27 June 2024 
3. Dangerous substances, Switzerland, 26 July 2024 

Telecommunications, Audio, and Video Engineering 

1. Licence-exempt radio apparatus operating in the frequency bands 54 - 72 MHz, 76 - 88 MHz, 174 - 216 MHz, 470 - 608 MHz and 657 -663 MHz, Canada, 2 August 2024 
2. Market supervision program, Brazil, 25 July 2024 
3. Digital radio transmitter, Thailand, 15 July 2024 
4. Digital radio receiver, Thailand, 15 July 2024 
5. Femtocell and residential Femtocell – Addendum, Brazil, 6 August 2024 
6. Frequency bands 116- 123 GHz, 174.8-182 GHz, 185- 190 GHz and 244-246 GHz – Addendum, Canada, deadline not indicated 
7. Specific absorption rates for mobile phone, Vietnam, 26 July 2024 

Textile and Leather Technology 

1. Textile goods, Japan, 20 July 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.