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 175 notifications covering various sectors such as agriculture, chemical technology, clothing industry, constructions, domestic and commercial equipment, electric engineering, energy and heat transfer engineering, environment,  food technology, fluid systems, health care technology, manufacturing engineering, metallurgy, packaging, road vehicles engineering, rubber and plastic industries and telecommunications. The respective issuing economies and the final date of comments are provided below:

Agriculture

1. Household and similar electrical appliances – Corrigendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
2. Hydrogen cyanamide – Addendum, New Zealand, deadline not indicated
3. Vaporized nicotine and non-nicotine products – Addendum, Philippines, deadline not indicated
4. Feed additives, Russian Federation, 06 August 2024
5. Hand-held and transportable motor-operated electric tools, Ecuador, 17 August 2024
6. E-cigarettes, Lithuania, deadline not indicated
7. Seeds and planting material, Ukraine, 27 August 2024
8. Pesticides – Residues, Canada, 23 August 2024
9. Hemp, Costa Rica, 23 August 2024
10. Tobacco and related products and their unit packets, Finland, 23 August 2024
11. Tobacco and similar products, Finland, 23 August 2024
12. Livestock feeds and feed ingredients – Addendum, Canada, deadline not indicated
13. Mosquito repellent: skin applied – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
14. Skin applied mosquito repellent: sprays and roll-ons – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
15. Skin applied mosquito repellent – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
16. Compounded poultry feed – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
17. Compounded pig feed – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
18. Compounded cattle feeds – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
19. Compounded fish feed: tilapia and catfish feeds – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
20. Compounded dairy goat feed – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda,

Chemical Technology

1. Chemical substance: poly (oxyethylene), Japan, 20 August 2024
2. Cosmetics, China, 18 August 2024
3. Pharmacists ordinance – Addendum, Israel, deadline not indicated
4. Biocidal products: silver zinc zeolite, European Union, 17 August 202
5. N-methylpyrrolidone, United States, 29 July 2024
6. Seeds and planting material, Ukraine, 27 August 2024
7. Pesticides – Residues, Canada, 23 August 2024
8. Hemp, Costa Rica, 23 August 2024
9. Tobacco and related products and their unit packets, Finland, 23 August 2024
10. Tobacco and similar products, Finland, 23 August 2024
11. Sulfate ion in water, Uganda, 02 September 202
12. Aluminum pumps with engine coolants, Uganda, 02 September 2024
13. Nail polish remover – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
14. Copper/chromium/arsenic composition for the preservation of timber – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
15. Wood preservatives and treated timber for analysis – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
16. Cosmetics – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
17. Henna powder – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, not indicated
18. Hair oils – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
19. Engine coolants, Uganda, 01 September 2024
20. Formulated products, technical products and premixes of a chemical nature, Brazil, deadline not indicated
21. Substance that can easily produce narcotics through chemical changes, Japan, 29 July 2024
22. Certain hydrofluorocarbons in stationary refrigeration, chillers, aerosols-propellants, and foam end-uses – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated

Clothing Industry

1. Textile products, footwear – Addendum, Ukraine, deadline not indicated

Constructions

1. Building/construction products: Accessibility and usability for people with reduced mobility or orientation ability in buildings, Sweden, 03 October 2024
2. Construction products: load-bearing capacity, stability and durability of construction works, Sweden, 02 October 2024
3. Building/construction products: protection against noise, Sweden, 02 October 2024
4. Construction works, Sweden, 02 October 2024
5. Building/construction products: Accessibility and usability for people with reduced mobility or orientation ability in buildings, Sweden, 02 October 2024
6. Construction works, Sweden, 30 September 2024

Domestic and Commercial Equipment

1. Spring mattresses – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
2. Tacit approval for the public acts of release of Inmetro´s responsibility – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
3. Cookers, hobs, cooktops, induction hobs and electric ovens for domestic use – Addendum, Costa Rica, deadline not indicated
4. Bassinets and cradles – Addendum, United States, 01 August 2024
5. Engineered stone slabs, panels, and benchtops, Australia, 31 December 2024
6. Mandatory energy labelling, Singapore, 25 August 2024
7. Stainless steel utensils for food – Revision, Thailand, 24 August 2024
8. Stoves burning wood or wood products as fuel, with a rated thermal input not exceeding 25 kW, Chile, 02 September 2024
9. Wood pellet stoves of a power not exceeding 25kW, Chile, 02 September 2024
10. Household and similar electrical appliances: tumble dryers – Corrigendum, Israel, deadline not indicated

Electric Engineering

1. Mercury-containing products – Addendum, Canada, deadline not indicated
2. Low-power generating sets up to 12 kW and 1,000 V, Ecuador, 16 August 2024
3. Explosionproof luminaires with voltage up to 220 V used in underground mine, Vietnam, 16 August 2024
4. Low-voltage switch mode power supplies, Ecuador, 27 August 2024
5. Incandescent lamps, Israel, 26 August 2024
6. Incandescent lamps, Israel, 26 August 2024
7. Electric generators or generating sets and motor welders operating on liquid fuel, Chile, 25 August 2024
8. Mercury pollution of the environment, Japan, 02 September 2024

Energy and Heat Transfer Engineering

1. Systems and equipment for water heating using solar energy – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
2. Energy efficiency – Addendum, United States, 28 June 2024

Environment

1. Hearing protectors, Ecuador, 19 August 2024
2. Respiratory protective devices, Ecuador, 19 August 2024
3. Safety and protective headgear, Ecuador, 19 August 2024
4. Packaging for dangerous goods, China, 18 August 2024
5. Emergency alert system: wireless emergency alerts – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
6. Lowering miners' exposure to respirable crystalline silica and improving respiratory protection – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
7. Personal flotation devices, Ecuador, 27 August 2024
8. Hazardous materials transport; transport by rail – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
9. Lowering miners' exposure to respirable crystalline silica and improving respiratory protection – Corrigendum, United States, deadline not indicated
10. Building/construction products: water and waste, Sweden, 02 October 2024
11. Buildings/construction products: fire in buildings, Sweden, 02 October 2024
12. Protective gloves, Ecuador, 31 August 2024
13. Personal protective equipment used to prevent falls from a height, Ecuador, 30 August 2024

Food Technology

1. Cellulosic materials, packaging, and equipment that come into contact with food – Addendum, Argentina, deadline not indicated
2. Regenerated cellulose film intended to come into contact with food, Argentina, 20 August 2024
3. Sugarcane wine, Rwanda, 19 August 2024
4. Urwagwa, Rwanda, 19 August 2024
5. Frozen fish, marine molluscs, and products derived therefrom, South Africa, 19 August 2024
6. Frozen shrimps (prawns), langoustines and crabs, and products derived therefrom, South Africa, 19 August 2024
7. Dried abalone, South Africa, 19 August 2024
8. Chilled smoked finfish and smoke-flavoured finfish, South Africa, 19 August 2024
9. Young child food, Thailand, 18 August 2024
10. Products sold on the internet and in catalogs – Addendum, United States, 28 June 2024
11. Products covered, Sri Lanka, deadline not indicated
12. Fish sausages, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 26 August 2024
13. Fish protein concentrate, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 26 August 2024
14. Frozen lobster tails, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 26 August 2024
15. Fish flour, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 26 August 2024
16. Fresh/frozen fish roe, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 26 August 2024
17. Dried fish maws, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 26 August 2024
18. Oenological practices, European Union, 26 August 2024
19. Bisphenols or bisphenol derivatives, European Union, 26 August 2024
20. Foods with function claims, Japan, 27 July 2024
21. Pecans – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
22. Sweeteners, Chile, 25 August 2024
23. Agriculture and livestock products – Addendum, Brazil, deadline indicated
24. Food additives, Brazil, 26 August 2024
25. Organic food and feed, European Union, 03 September 2024
26. Natural vanilla extract (vainilla V. planifolia, A, V. tahitensis y V. pompona) – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
27. Natural orange extract (Citrus sinensis .L and/or Citrus aurantium L.) – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
28. Natural cinnamon extract (Cinnamomum verum, Cinnamomum zeylanicum o Cinnamon aromaticum) – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
29. Food grade acesulfame potassium – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
30. Fruit juices, nectars and drink, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, The State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, 31 August 2024
31. Food supplements and labelling – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
32. Fresh fruits, vegetables, and other products, United States, 19 August 2024

Fluid Systems

1. Cylinders for storage of compressed natural gas, Brazil, 05 August 2024
2. Air conditioners – Addendum, Costa Rica, deadline not indicated
3. Air conditioners – Addendum, Costa Rica, deadline not indicated
4. Air conditioners – Addendum, Costa Rica, deadline not indicated
5. Air conditioners – Addendum, Costa Rica, deadline not indicated
6. Fittings for copper pipes used for gaseous fuels, Chile, 17 August 2024
7. Pipeline safety: valve installation and minimum rupture detection – Corrigendum, United States, deadline not indicated
8. Pipeline safety – Corrigendum, United States, deadline not indicated

Health Care Technology

1. Medicines, Brazil, 23 August 2024
2. Vaccines, Brazil, 05 August 2024
3. Sterilization and disinfection: biocides – Addendum, Canada, deadline not indicated
4. Mercury-containing products – Addendum, Canada, deadline not indicated
5. Certain medical gases – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
6. Sterile hypodermic syringes for single use – Corrigendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
7. Health care technology, Brazil, 05 August 2024
8. Medicinal products – Addendum, Ukraine, deadline not indicated
9. Nicotine replacement therapies, Canada, 18 August 2024
10. Medicines, Ukraine, 17 August 2024
11. Biological products, Japan, 26 July 2024
12. Herbal medicines and traditional herbal products – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
13. In vitro diagnostic medical devices, Republic of Korea, 24 August 2024
14. In vitro diagnostic medical devices, Republic of Korea, 24 August 2024
15. Narcotics, Japan, 23 July 2024
16. Medical devices – Corrigendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
17. Medical devices – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
18. In vitro diagnostic test systems – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
19. Quasi drugs, Indonesia, 30 August 2024

Manufacturing Engineering

1. Foundry machinery, China, 18 August 2024
2. Residential, commercial and industrial energy-using products, Canada, 31 August 2024
3. Portable chain-saws with internal combustion engines powered by liquid fuel, Chile, 25 August 2024

Metallurgy

1. Extruded aluminium profiles, bars, rods, tubes and pipes, Ecuador, 17 August 2024

Packaging

1. Plastic bags for food – Revision, Thailand, 30 August 2024

Road Vehicles Engineering

1. Mercury - containing products – Addendum, Canada, deadline not indicated
2. Motor vehicles, Japan, 20 August 2024
3. Low voltage electrical devices – Addendum, Brazil, 05 August 2024
4. Railway infrastructure safety – Addendum, Ukraine, deadline not indicated
5. Charger for electric bicycle, China, deadline not indicated
6. Lithium-ion battery for electric bicycle, China, deadline not indicated
7. Road illumination devices for motorcycles and mopeds, China, 18 August 2024
8. Light-signalling devices for motorcycles and mopeds, China, 18 August 2024
9. Battery cells, battery packs or systems of traction batteries used in electric vehicles, China, 18 August 2024
10. Light-signalling devices for motorcycles and mopeds, China, 18 August 2024
11. Vehicles: passenger car braking systems, China, 18 August 2024
12. Heavy-duty highway vehicles – Corrigendum, United States, deadline not indicated
13. Products sold on the internet and in catalogs – Addendum, United States, 28 June 2024
14. Motor vehicles – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
15. Heavy motor vehicle equipped with positive ignition engines: safety requirements – Revision, Thailand, 24 August 2024
16. Fuel economy standards for passenger cars and light trucks for model years 2027 - 2032 and fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans for model years 2030 -2035- Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
17. AC charging systems for electric vehicles and DC charging systems for electric vehicles, China, deadline not indicated
18. Supply equipment with a rated output voltage of 1000V AC or 1500V DC, China, deadline not indicated
19. Engine oils for motor vehicles – Addendum, Malaysia, deadline not indicated
20. Electric vehicle supply equipment – Addendum, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, deadline not indicated

Rubber and plastic industries

1. Rubber and plastic industries, Brazil, deadline not indicated
2. Rubber and plastics machinery, China, 18 August 2024
3. Rubber teat (nipple) for baby feeding bottle – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
4. Plastic monobloc chairs for adults – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
5. Microwavable food plastic bag for reheating – Revision, Thailand, 30 August 2024

Telecommunications

1. Products, equipment, devices or apparatus for telecommunications or broadcasting – Addendum, Mexico, deadline not indicated
2. Products, equipment, devices and apparatus intended for telecommunications or broadcasting, Mexico, 20 August 2024
3. License-exempt radio local area network (RLAN) devices operating in the 5925- 7125 MHz frequency band (the 6 GHz band), Canada, 06 September 2024
4. Commercial satellite networks that are not currently allocated for the Federal fixed satellite service (FSS) and mobile satellite service (MSS), United States, 30 August 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.