. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/PHL/27
22 October 2002
(02-5781)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   PHILIPPINES
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Bureau of Product Standards, Department of Trade and Industry
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Hot-dip zinc-coated
carbon steel sheet
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Philippine
National Standard (DPNS) 1990:2002 – Hot-dip zinc coated carbon steel sheets
(18 pages, English)
6. Description of content:   This draft Philippine National Standard applies to carbon steel
sheet of commercial, lock-forming and drawing qualities coated by a hot-dip zinc coating
process.  Zinc-coated sheet is suitable for applications where resistance to corrosion is ofprime importance and is produced according to coating designations as shown in table 2.
Under atmospheric conditions the protection afforded by the coating is directly proportional
to the mass of coating per unit area.  The mass of coating specified shall be compatible with
the desired service life, thickness of the base metal and with the forming requirements
involved.  The coating is expressed as the total coating on both surfaces in grams per square
metre.  Various types of zinc coating are available depending on the application.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
This draft Philippine National Standard is a modified adoption of International Standard
ISO 3575:1996.  Some modifications has been made like definitions, terminologies and
inclusion of additional zinc coating designations.  The purpose is due to climatic and
geographic requirements of the local condition and the particular needs of galvanizing
industry.
8. Relevant documents:   The following standards contain provisions which through reference
in this text, constitute provisions of this standard.  At the time of publication, the editions
indicated were valid.  All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based
on these standards are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recenteditions of the standards indicated below.G/TBT/N/PHL/27
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ISO 1460:1992, Metallic coatings – Hot-dip galvanized coatings on ferrous materials –
Determination of the mass per unit area – Gravimetric method
ISO 6892:1984, Metallic materials – Bend test
PNS 127:2002 – Cold-reduced carbon steel sheet of commercial and drawing qualities
PNS ISO 6892:1998, Metallic materials – Tensile testing
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Fifteen (15) days after publication in theOfficial Gazette or newspapers of generalcirculation
10. Final date for comments:   17 December 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Bureau of Product Standards, WTO/TBT Enquiry Point, Department of Trade and Industry,
361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines Tel.:  (63 2) 890-
5227; Fax: (63 2) 890-5131;  E-mail:  bps@dti.dti.gov.ph