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 55 notifications covering various sectors such as agriculture, aircraft, chemical technology, civil engineering, domestic and commercial, electrical engineering, energy and heat transfer engineering, environment, food technology, healthcare technology, packaging, petroleum, road vehicles and telecommunications. The respective issuing economies and the final date of comments are provided below:

Agriculture

1. Single-use Vapes, United Kingdom, 09 September 2024
2. Agricultural compounds and veterinary medicines – Addendum, New Zealand, deadline not indicated
3. Herbal products, Thailand, 09 September 2024
4. Procedures for registration, control and inspection of animal semen sexing laboratories, Brazil, deadline not indicated
5. Palm syrup, Chile, 08 September 2024
6. Pesticides - Famoxadone – Addendum, United Kingdom, deadline not indicated
7. Herbal products, Thailand, 08 September 2024
8. Herbal products, Thailand, 08 September 2024

Aircraft

1. Special class rotorcraft, United States, 09 September 2024

Chemical Technology

1. Chemical analysis of engine coolant for chloride ion by high-performance ion chromatography (HPIC), Uganda, 08 September 2024
2. Hazardous air pollutants for the synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry and group I & II polymers and resins industry Corrigendum, United States, deadline  not indicated
3. Hazardous air pollutants for the synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry and group I & II polymers and resins industry – Corrigendum, United States, deadline not indicated
4. Fluorocarbons, Japan, 06 September 2024

Civil Engineering

1. Concrete under-sleeper pads, Mexico, 09 September 2024

Domestic and Commercial

1. Baby carriages – Addendum, Brazil, 08 September 2024
2. Permanent anchor devices and safety hooks, European Union, 10 September 2024
3. Consumer products, electrical appliances and materials, and gas/liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) equipment and appliances – Addendum, Japan, deadline not indicated
4. Refrigerating appliances – Addendum, Philippines, deadline not indicated
5. Energy saving devices (ESD)/low voltage saving devices (LVSD) – Addendum, Philippines, deadline not indicated
6. Display monitors – Addendum, Philippines, deadline not indicated
7. Clothes washing machines – Addendum, Philippines, deadline not indicated
8. Air conditioners – Addendum, Philippines, deadline not indicated
9. Television sets – Addendum, Philippines, deadline not indicated
10. Spring mattresses – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated

Electrical Engineering

1. Lighting products – Addendum, Philippines, deadline not indicated

Energy and Heat Transfer Engineering

1. Energy and heat transfer engineering – Addendum, Philippines, deadline not indicated

Environment

1. Hazardous Substances, Thailand, deadline not indicated
2. Hazardous Substances, Thailand, 08 September 2024
3. Hazardous substances, Thailand, 08 September 2024
4. Hazardous air pollutants for the synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry and group I & II polymers and resins industry Corrigendum, United States, deadline not indicated
5. Hazardous air pollutants for the synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry and group I & II polymers and resins industry – Corrigendum, United States, deadline not indicated
6. Greenhouse gas emissions – Corrigendum, Unites States, deadline not indicated

Food Technology

1. Prepackaged meat products and cheeses and curds, Brazil, deadline not indicated
2. Food labelling – Addendum, China, deadline not indicated
3. Alcoholic beverages, Sweden, 9 September 2024
4. Dairy and its products which are refrigerated – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated

Healthcare Technology

1. Medicines in general and biological products – Addendum, Ecuador, deadline not indicated
2. Medical products, Russian Federation, 03 August 2024
3. Medical products, Russian Federation, 07 August 2024
4. Medicinal products, Republic of Korea
5. Regulation on the registration of drug substance, Republic of Korea, 08 September 2024
6. Pharmaceuticals, Republic of Korea, 08 September 2024

Packaging

1. Aerosol dispensers – Addendum, Ukraine, deadline not indicated
2. Plastic packaging materials, Jamaica, deadline not indicated
3. Plastic packaging materials, Jamaica, deadline not indicated

Petroleum

1. Consumer products, electrical appliances and materials, and gas/liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) equipment and appliances – Addendum, Japan, deadline not indicated
2. Natural gas tankers, Kindom of Saudi Arabia, 06 September 2024

Road Vehicles

1. Electric bicycles – Addendum, China, deadline not indicated
2. Electric vehicles – Revision, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
3. Test device for human occupant restrain – Addendum, United States

Telecommunications

1. Interactive screen product for educational use – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
2. FM radio transmitter – Addendum, Thailand, deadline not indicated
3. Testing laboratories to test/assess to Canadian requirements for telecommunications terminal equipment, radio apparatus and broadcasting equipment standards – Addendum, Canada, deadline not indicated
4. Radio apparatus – Addendum, Canada, deadline  not indicated
5. Telecommunications, United States, 03 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.