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; aircraft and space vehicle engineering; chemical technology; construction materials and building; domestic and commercial engineering/equipment; electrical engineering; electronics, entertainment/sports; environment health protection and safety; equipment children; fluid systems and components for general use; food technology; health protection/safety; healthcare technology; management and quality; metallurgy; metrology and measurement; packaging and distribution of goods; paper technology; petroleum and related technologies; road vehicles engineering; rubber and plastic industries;  services; telecommunications, audio, and video engineering; textile and leather technology; and wood technology. The respective issuing economies and the final date of comments are provided below: 

Agriculture 

1. fied products derived from them – Addendum, United States of America, deadline not indicated 
2. Seeds of rice, corn, wheat, barley, tartary buckwheat, sweet buckwheat, oat, sorghum, millet, and broomcorn seeds, China, 11 April 2024 
3. Agricultural seeds labels and instructions for use, China, 11 April 2024 
4. Seeds of rape, sunflower, peanuts, sesame, and oil flax, China, 11 April 2024 
5. Electric animal-stunning equipment, Egypt, 14 April 2024 
6. Pesticides – Indoxacarb, United Kingdom, 14 April 2024 
7. Pesticides – Famoxadone, United Kingdom, 14 April 2024 
8. Organic products of plant origin, organic processed foods and organic livestock products – Addendum, Japan, deadline not indicated 
9. Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
10. Fresh chilli pepper – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
11. Confinement of farm animals and sale of specified products derived from them – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
12. Cattle and buffaloes – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
13. Plant species authorized for the preparation of teas and for use as spices – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
14. Pesticides - Residues – Metconazole, European Union, 26 April 2024 
15. Pesticides - Residues - Acibenzolar-Smethyl, European Union, 29 April 2024 
16. Plant protection products and agrochemicals – Revision, Ukraine, 26 April 2024 
17. Pet food labeling – Addendum, United States, 27 April 2024 
18. Portable handheld grass mowers, Viet Nam, 26 April 2024 
19. Combine harvesters, Viet Nam, 27 April 2024 

Aircraft and Space Vehicle Engineering 

1. Satellite orbital debris mitigation – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 

Chemical Technology 

1. Poisonous and deleterious substances, Japan, 21 April 2024 
2. Cosmetic products – Addendum, New Zealand, deadline not indicated 
3. Toxic substances control – Addendum, United States of America, deadline not indicated 
4. Instant hand sanitizers – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
5. Oven cleaner and grease remover – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
6. Carpet and upholstery shampoo – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
7. Acidic liquid toilet cleansers – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
8. Herbal soaps, Rwanda, 26 April 2024 
9. Pet shampoo, Rwanda, 26 April 2024 
10. Hazard classification, precautionary labeling and packaging of chemical products – Revision, Ukraine, 26 April 2024 

Construction Materials and Buildings 

1. Machinery, instrumentation and electrical engineering, Armenia, 07 April 2024 
2. Structures and parts of structures – Addendum, Brazil, 25 April 2024 
3. Terrazzo floor tiles – Addendum, Israel, deadline not indicated 
4. Natural stone slabs, Israel, 28 April 2024 

Domestic and Commercial Engineering/Equipment 

1. Energy efficiency indicators and levels management committee for the period 2024 – 2026, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
2. Dishwashers – Addendum, Israel, deadline not indicated 
3. Refrigerators and freezers, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
4. Portable electric heaters, Canada, 19 May 2024 
5. Household refrigerating appliances, Israel, 27 April 2024 
6. Household refrigerating appliances, Israel, 28 April 2024 
7. Specified electrical appliances and materials – Addendum, Japan, deadline not indicated 
8. Electrical appliances, Republic of Korea, 26 April 2024 
9. Ethanol gel for cooking and other burning appliances, Rwanda, 26 April 2024 

Electrical Engineering 

1. Low Voltage Electrical Products – Addendum, Argentina, deadline not indicated 
2. Plugs and socketoutlets for single phase up to 16A – Corrigendum, Israel, deadline not indicated 

Electronics 

1. Products containing lasers – Addendum, Thailand, deadline not indicated 
2. Products containing lasers – Addendum, Thailand, deadline not indicated 

Entertainment/Sports 

1. Equipment and software used in gaming activities, Rwanda, 26 April 2024 

Environment Health Protection and Safety  

1. Automatic Sprinkler system: glass separation sprinklers, China, 11 April 2024 
2. Fire suction hose, China, 11 April 2024 
3. Remote monitoring system of urban fire protection: user information transmission device, China, 12 February 2024 
4. Point-type smoke detectors, China, 11 April 2024 
5. Fire alarm control units, China, 11 April 2024 
6. Fire emergency lighting and evacuate indicating system, China, 11 April 2024 
7. Portable X-ray security inspection equipment, China, 11 April 2024 
8. Fire hose, China, 11 April 2024 
9. Outdoor fire hydrant, China, 11 April 2024  
10. Siamese connection, China, 11 April 2024 
11. Exhaust pollutants from locomotive and its engines, China, 11 April 2024  
12. Industrial products for mercury-added electrical and electronic equipment, Thailand, 11 April 2024 
13. Protective helmet for motorcyclists – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
14. Vehicle safety, transport processes, food safety, building and construction safety, construction materials safety, module approach to conformity assessment procedures, electromagnetic compatibility – Revision, Kyrgyz Republic, 08 April 2024 

Equipment for children 

1. Wheeled pushchairs, child conveyances, and prams, Israel, 19 April 2024 
2. Children's drinking equipment, Israel, 28 April 2024 

Fluid Systems and Components for General Use 

1. Welded aluminum-alloy, carbonand stainless steel gas cylinders, Egypt, 14 April 2024 
2. Rotational moulded polyethylene water storage tanks – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

Food Technology 

1. Labelling requirements for prepackaged foods, China, 11 April 2024 
2. Fortified wheat flour prepared from common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) or club wheat (Triticum compactum Host), or their mixtures, Malawi, 14 April 2024 
3. Baker's yeast, Malawi, 15 April 2024 
4. Cassava wheat composite flour – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
5. Food grade cassava starch – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
6. Herbal tea – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
7. Fresh and frozen whole fin fish – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
8. Frozen fish sticks (fish fingers), fish portions and fish fillets – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
9. Frozen fish fillets – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
10. Fresh lemon – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
11. Fresh tangerine – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
12. Fresh mushroom – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
13. Fresh papaya – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
14. Pig meat – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
15. Curry powder – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not specified 
16. Whipping cream – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not specified 
17. Dried meat – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not specified 
18. Ovine (lamb) meat carcases and cuts – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not specified 
19. Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grains, United Arab Emirates, 19 April 2024 
20. Nutritional labelling data, United Arab Emirates, 19 April 2024 
21. Cumin, United Arab Emirates, 11 April 2024 
22. Cake, Malawi, 22 April 2024 
23. Prepackaged food products – Addendum, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, deadline not indicated 
24. Plastic materials and articles intended for contact with foodstuffs – Corrigendum, Ukraine, deadline not indicated 
25. Mayonnaise, salad cream, salad dressing, salad oil dressing, South Africa, 19 April 2024 
26. Bacon – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
27. Food and packaging – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
28. Food and packaging – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
29. Silicones used in materials, packaging, coatings and equipment intended to come into contact with food, Brazil, 04 May 2024 
30. Silicones used in materials, packaging, coatings and equipment intended to come into contact with food, Brazil, 04 May 2024 
31. Labelling standards for foods, Republic of Korea, 20 April 2024 

Health Protection Safety 

1. Equipment working under pressure, whether fire-heated or non-fireheated – Addendum, Argentina, deadline not indicated 

Healthcare Technology 

1. Medical devices to detect human immunodefici ency virus (HIV) – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 
2. Finished pharmaceutic al products, Chile, 12 April 2024 
3. Automated washerdisinfector, China, 11 April 2024 
4. Medical electrical equipment : infant incubators – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
5. Metallic skeletal pins and wires for use in bone surgery, Egypt, 14 April 2024 
6. Medical devices, Republic of Korea, 15 April 2024 
7. Medical cotton swabs – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
8. Handpropelled wheelchairs, Israel, 20 April 2024 
9. Single-use rubber gloves: sterile surgical glove, Israel, 20 April 2024 
10. Medical electrical equipment : high frequency surgical equipment and high frequency surgical accessories, Israel, 29 April 2024 
11. Medical electrical equipment : short-wave therapy equipment, Israel, 29 April 2024 
12. Medical electrical equipment : microwave therapy equipment, Israel, 29 April 2024 
13. Medicinal products, Russian Federation, 16 March 2024 

Management and Quality 

1. Products and commodities subject to mandatory standards and classified to the regulatory import groups 2 and 3, Israel, 14 April 2024 

Metallurgy 

1. Steel wire ropes – Addendum, Argentina, deadline not indicated 

Metrology and measurement 

1. Electronic weighing instruments, China , 11 April 2024 
2. Scale Model Approval – Addendum, Plurinational State of Bolivia, deadline not indicated 

Packaging and distribution of goods 

1. Multi-wall paper sacks for packaging of cement – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
2. Flexible aluminium tubes for product packaging – Addendum, Argentina, deadline indicated 
3. Aerosol dispensers, Ukraine, 26 April 2024 

Paper technology 

1. Facial tissue paper – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
2. Paper serviettes/napkins – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 
3. Books and sheets of paper intended for scholastic and related uses – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated 

Petroleum and related technologies 

Steel pipe for pipeline transportation systems, Egypt, 14 April 2024 

Canned liquefied petroleum gas products and portable gas stove products, Thailand, 13 April 2024 

Portable fuel containers – Addendum, United States, 23 February 2024 

Gasoline for Spark-Ignition Engines, Grade A-1 Diesel Oil, Grade B-1 Diesel Oil, Grade B-2 Diesel Oil, Kerosene, No. 5 Fuel Oil, and No. 6 Fuel Oil, Chile, 19 March 2024 

Fuel efficiency requirements for certification of certain airplanes – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 

Road vehicles engineering 

1. Vehicle efficiency, Australia, 30 April 2024 
2. Electric Vehicle coolant, China, 11 April 2024 
3. Motorcycle batteries, Egypt, 14 April 2024 
4. Inlet air cleaning equipment for internal combustion engines and compressor, Egypt, 14 April 2024 
5. Heavy-duty engine and vehicle omnibus regulation – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
6. Motor vehicles with regard to their intelligent speed assistance system, driver drowsiness and attention warning system, event data recorder, alcohol interlock installation facilitation and advanced driver distraction warning system, European Union, 22 March 2024 
7. Electrically power assisted cycles – Addendum, Israel, deadline not indicated 
8. Electric Vehicle Powertrain – Corrigendum, Uruguay, 19 March 2024 
9. Child restraint systems: side impact protection, United States, 22 May 2024 
10. Vehicles and their equipment and use, Denmark, 10 May 2024 
11. Aluminium number plates, Eswatini, 13 April 2024 
12. Motorised personal mobility devices : power assisted pedal cycles, Hong Kong, China, 26 April 2024 

Rubber and Plastic Industries 

1. Medical gloves, China, 11 April 2024 
2. Fire hoses, European Union, 22 March 2024 

Services 

1. Shipbuilding and marine structures, United States, 22 April 2024 

Telecommunications, audio, and video engineering 

1. Short message service for public warning, China, 11 April 2024 
2. Radio apparatus, Canada, 03 May 2024 
3. User equipment in cellular land mobile service using Global System for Mobile CommunicationsRailway (GSM-R) technology – Addendum, Thailand, deadline not indicated 
4. Cellular land mobile service using Global System for Mobile CommunicationsRailway (GSM-R) technology – Addendum, Thailand, deadline not indicated 
5. Interactive screen product for educational use, Brazil, 05 May 2024 
6. Personal communications service equipment operating in the bands 1850 - 1915 Mhz and 1930 - 1995 Mhz, Canada, 07 Mary 2024 
7. Broadband and mobile services, wireless tele communications – Revision, United States, 26 April 2024 

Textile and leather technology 

1. Textile Products and footwear – Addendum, Argentina, 11 April 2024 
2. Textiles or footwear products – Addendum, Argentina, deadline not indicated 

Wood technology 

1. Wooden and bamboo toothpicks, Rwanda, 26 April 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.