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 105 notifications covering various sectors such as domestic and commercial equipment, electrical engineering, environment, health protection, safety, fuels, food technology, metallurgy, telecommunications, video and audio, paints, and health care technology, the respective issuing economies and the final date of comments are provided below:  

Chemical technology 

1. Industrial chemicals – Addendum, Australia, Not Indicated 
2. Organic and bio-dynamic products, Australia, 24 February 2023 
3. Cosmetic products – Addendum, Bolivia, Not Indicated 
4. Vinyl chloride monomer in PVC packages and in the packaged product – Addendum, Israel, Not Indicated 
5. Detergent grade : zeolite – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
6. Household laundry detergent bars – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
7. Certain chemical substances – Corrigendum, United States, Not Indicated 
8. Hydrofluorocarbons, United States, 30 January 2023 
9. Chemical industry : n-Methylpyrrolidone, United States, 30 January 2023 

Construction materials and building 

1. Cement: composition, specifications and conformity criteria for common cements – Addendum, Egypt, Not Indicated 
2. Cement: assessment and verification of constancy of performance – Addendum, Egypt, Not Indicated 
3. Glass wool insulating material, Japan, 17 February 2023 
4. Multipurpose ladders, New Zealand, Not Indicated 

Domestic and commercial equipment 

1. Residential, commercial and industrial energy-using products – Addendum, Canada, Not Indicated 
2. Electricity consumption of several domestic and professional appliances – Addendum, Switzerland, Not Indicated 

Electrical engineering 

1. Fixed general purpose luminaires – Addendum, Israel, Not Indicated 

Equipment for children 

1. Child care articles: bath tubs, stands and non-standalone bathing aids – Addendum, Egypt, Not Indicated 
2. Child care articles: bathing aids – Addendum, Egypt, Not Indicated 

Equipment for entertainment 

1. Toys – Addendum, Egypt, Not Indicated 
2. Finger paints – Addendum, Israel, Not Indicated 
3. Toys – Addendum, Israel, Not Indicated 
4. Safe play environment for children : playground hazards, Kenya, 14 February 2023 
5. Safe play environment for children : parts of the playground, Kenya, 14 February 2023 
6. Safe play environment for children: maintaining a playground, Kenya, 14 February 2023 
7. Play yards – Addendum, United States, Not Indicated 

Fluid systems and components for general use 

1. Transportable gas cylinders : identification marking for medical gases – Addendum, Israel, Not Indicated 
2. Steel pipes – Addendum, Israel, Not Indicated 
3. Refillable seamless steel gas cylinders and tubes – Addendum, Israel, Not Indicated 
4. Design, construction and testing of refillable seamless steel gas cylinders and tubes : quenched and tempered steel cylinders and tubes with tensile strength greater than or equal to 1 100 MPa, Israel, Not Indicated 
5. Gas cylinders : normalized steel cylinders and tubes – Addendum, Israel, Not Indicated 
6. Air-cooled, three-phase, small commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment - Addendum, United States, Not Indicated 

Food technology 

1. Milled rice of the varieties grown from rice grains, (Oryza spp.), Burundi, 17 February 2023 
2. Textured soya protein products, Burundi, 17 February 2023 
3. Soya protein,  Burundi, 17 February 2023 
4. Soya milk, Burundi, 17 February 2023 
5. Bread, Burundi, 17 February 2023 
6. Barley for brewing, Burundi, 17 February 2023 
7. Tableware : stainless steel cutlery and silver plated utensils – Addendum, Egypt, Not Indicated 
8. Meat, poultry and their products, milk and dairy products - Addendum, Egypt, Not Indicated 
9. Breastmilk subititutes, Mozambique, 16 February 2023 
10. Curry powder – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
11. Spices and condiments : ginger – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
12. Spices and condiments : turmeric – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
13. Tea masala – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
14. Jams, jellies and marmalades – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
15. Canned corned beef – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
16. Beef grades and cuts – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
17. Dressed poultry – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
18. Meat sausages – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
19. Packaged meat products – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
20. Natural vanilla extract products – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
21. Cinnamon – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
22. Garlic paste – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
23. Baby corn – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
24. Eggplant – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
25. Fresh pears – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
26. Dried seaweed – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
27. Powdered sardines – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
28. Mayonnaise – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
29. Ginger paste – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
30. Coriander seeds – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
31. Vanilla – Revision, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
32. Baobab fruit powder – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
33. Dried Lemongrass leaves – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
34. Dehydrated soup, canned soups and broths – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
35. Energy drink – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
36. Rice flour – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
37. Breakfast cereals – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
38. Oat grains – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
39. Soy sauce – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
40. Cassava maize composite flour – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
41. Cassava millet composite flour – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
42. Dried cassava pellets – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
43. Stingless bee honey – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
44. Cashew butter – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
45. Edible tallow – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
46. Edible almond oil – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
47. Sugarcane juice – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
48. Apple juice – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
49. Guava juice – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
50. Guava juice – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
51. Dried tomatoes of varieties Solanum lycopersicum L. - Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
52. Processed edible cultivated edible mushrooms – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
53. Milk and cream products and yogurt products – Addendum, United States, Not Indicated 
54. Milk Cream Imitation Products – Addendum, El Salvador, Not Indicated 

Furniture 

1. Mattresses, mattress pads, divans and bed bases – Addendum, Israel, Not Indicated 
2. Baby cribs – Addendum, United States, Not Indicated 

Health care technology 

1. Medicines – Addendum, Brazil, Not Indicated 
2. Labelling of medicines – Addendum, Brazil, Not Indicated 
3. Large-volume parenteral solutions, solutions for irrigation, dialysis, plasma expanders and small-volume parenteral solutions - Addendum, Brazil, Not Indicated 
4. Warning phrases for substances and or therapeutic classes in leaflets and packaging of medicines – Addendum, Brazil, Not Indicated 
5. Medicine leaflets - Addendum, Brazil, Not Indicated 
6. Drugs and medical devices, Canada, 27 March 2023 
7. Intravascular catheters, supplied in the sterile condition and intended for single use, for any application – Addendum, Egypt, Not Indicated 
8. Central venous catheters supplied in the sterile condition, and intended for single use – Addendum, Egypt, Not Indicated 
9. Balloon dilatation catheters supplied in the sterile condition, and intended for single use – Addendum, Egypt, Not Indicated 
10. Shitei Yakubutsu, Japan, Not Appicable 

Packaging and distribution of goods 

1. Plastic shopping sacks, Egypt, 17 February 2023 
2. Control-command and signalling subsystems of the rail system, European Union, 18 February 2023 
3. Sisal bags – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 
4. A-Twill jute bags – Addendum, Tanzania, Not Indicated 

Protection against fire 

1. Concentrates fire extinguishers – Addendum, Israel, Not Indicated 
2. Fire extinguishing media : foam concentrates – Addendum, Israel, Not Indicated 

Railway engineering 

1. Railway products, European Union, 19 February 2023 

Road Vehicles Engineering 

1. Vehicles and others – Addendum, Uruguay, 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.