G/LIC/N/2/PHL/46  
 
1 April  2020 
(20-2618) Page: 1/5 
Committee on Import Licensing  Original: English  
 
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES  
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 5.1 TO 5.4 OF  THE AGREEMENT1 
PHILIPPINES  
The following notification , dated 5 March 2020 , is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of the Philippines . 
 
 Category  Notification details  
1 Notifying Member  Philippines  
2 Title of new 
legislation/procedure  BPS MC 18 -11, Series of 2018 dated 28 August 2018 - List of 
Products and Systems Under Mandatory Certification  
3 Date of Publication  
 28 August 2018   
4 Date of entry into force  
 25 August 2018  
5 Website link/Official 
publication of the new 
regulation/procedure  BPS MC 18 -11, Series of 2018 dated 28 August 2018 - List of 
Produ cts and Systems Under Mandatory Certification  
6 Have you attached a copy of 
the regulation (PDF) to the 
Secretariat  
  Yes. ( Please attach a copy of the regulation to the notification. ) 
 
 No. 
7 Type of notification   (a) New licensing regulation/procedure2; (please answer question 
8 to 14)  
 
 (b) Changes to a regulation/procedure which has been pre viously 
notified in document: ______________ ;  ( please answer question 
15 and 16 ) 
8 List of products subject to 
licensing  See attached Annex A – Product List  
 
9 Nature of licensing  Automatic:  
  
Non-Automatic:  
 
10 Administrative 
purpose/measure being 
implemented  (a)  Protect public morals;  
(b)  Protect human, animal or plant life and health; protect 
environment;  
(c)  Collect trade statistics or market surveillance;  
(d)  Protection of patents, trademarks and copyrights, and 
the prevention of deceptive practices;  
 
1 It is understood that the notifying Member has also completed its notification obligations under 
Article  1.4(a) and Article 8.2(b) regarding the relevant law/regulation/procedure notified for by filling this form 
in a full and complete manner.  
2 "New licensing regulation/procedure" is understood to refer to any newly introduced law, regulation or 
procedure, and those wh ich are in force but being notified for the first time to the Committee.  
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   Category  Notification details  
(e)  Pursue obligations under the UN Charter and other 
international treaties ( i.e. CITES, Basel Convention, 
Rotterdam Convention, UNSC Resolutions etc.)  
(f)  Quota (including TRQ) administration;  
(g)  Regulate imports of arms, ammunition or fissionable 
materials and safeguard national security;  
(h)  Other:  ______________ (please specify)  
 
11 Administrative body(ies) for  
submission of applications   
 Ministry/authority and Department:  
Bureau of Philippine Standards  
Department of Trade and Industry  
Address: 361 Sen Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City  
Website: www.bps.dti.gov.ph ; www.dti.gov.ph    
Telephone: 791.3124/791.3130  
E-Mail: bps@dti.gov.ph    
12 Contact point for 
information on eligibility  Ministry/authority and Department:  
Bureau of Philippine Standards  
Department of Trade and Industry  
Address: 361 Sen Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City  
Website: www.bps.dti.gov.ph ; www.dti.gov.ph    
Telephone: 791.3124/791.3130  
E-Mail: bps@dti.go v.ph   
13 Expected duration of 
licensing procedure  Ongoing  
14 A summary of the 
notification in one of the 
WTO official languages   N/A 
15 In the case of 7(b), please 
indicate the type of new 
change(s)  (a)  Termination  
(b)  Suspension  
(c)  Modification of specific details in existing  
procedures:  
 Product coverage;  
 Administrative purpose;  
 Automatic or Non -automatic;  
 Duration of licensing;  
 Change the nature of quantity/value restriction;  
 Eligibility of applicants;  
 Contact information on eligibility;  
 Administrative body(ies) for submission of application;  
 Documentation requirements (including application form);  
 Period for Application;  
 Administrative body(ies) to issue licence;  
 Processing time for issuing licence;  
 Licence fee/administrative charge;  
 Deposit/advance payment and relevant conditions;  
 Appeal regulations/procedures;  
 Validity of licence;  
 Other conditions of licence (extension, transferability, 
penalty of non -use etc.);  
 Foreign exchange requirements;  
 Other: __________ (please specify).  
 
 
16  Please elaborate the 
changes in detail (in one of 
the WTO official languages)  
 N/A 
 
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  ANNEX A – PRODUCT LI ST 
I.  REGULATED COMMOD ITIES  
These are commodities the importation of which requires clearance/permits from the DTI -BPS: 
 
Government Agencies/ 
Issuing Permits/ 
Clearance/Legal Basis  Commodity 
Description/Commodity Group   Tariff Heading/HS Code  
(AHTN 2017)  
Bureau of Philippine Standards 
(BPS)  List of Products under Mandatory Certification, which shall bear the Philippine 
Standard (PS) or Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) mark  
 Household appliances  
1. Electric fans  
2. Flat irons  
3. Kitchen machines (Blenders)  
4. Microwave ovens  
5. Electric rice cookers/warmers  
6. Electric airpots  
7. Electric coffee makers  
8. Television sets  
 
9. CD/VCD/DVD Players  
10. Electric Toasters  
11. Electric stoves  
12. Electric Hot Plates  
13. Washing Machines  
 
14. Refrigerators  
15. Air conditioners  
16. CD/VCD/DVD/Blu -ray disc 
players  
17. Electric grills  
18. Electric oven  
19. Turbo broilers  
20. Inductio n cookers  
21. Spin extractors  
22. Electric juicers  
23. Electric food mixers  
24. Electric food processors  
25. Electric kettles  
26. Electric pressure cookers  
27. Electric multi -cookers   
8414.51.10; 8414.51.91; 8414.51.99  
8516.40.90  
8509.40.00  
8516.50.00  
8516.60.10  
8516.79.90  
8516.71.00  
8528.72.91; 8528.72.92; 8528.72.99; 
8528.73.00  
8519.81.30; 8521.90.11  
8516.72.00  
8516.60.90  
8516.60.90  
8450.12.10; 8450.12.90; 8450.19.11;  
8450.19.91; 8450.19.99  
8418.10.11; 8418.21.10  
8415.10.10; 8415.10.90  
8519.81.30; 8521.90.11  
 
8516.60  
8516.60  
8516.60.90  
8516.60.90  
8450.12.90; 8450.19.99  
8509.40.00  
8509.40.00  
8509.40.00  
8516.79.10  
8516.60.90  
8516.60.90  
 Lamps and Lighting products  
28. Ballasts (Pre -heat/Magnetic)  
29. Ballasts (Electronic)  
30. CFL/Self Ballasted Lamps  
31. Christmas Lights/Lighting 
Chains  
32. Double -capped Fluorescent 
Lamps  
33. Single -capped Fluorescent 
Lamps  
34. Incandescent Lamps/Bubs  
35. Edison Screw Lamp holders  
36. Lamp holders for tubular 
fluorescent lamps  
37. Starter holders  
38. Lamp Starters/Glow Starters   
8504.10.00  
8504.10.00  
8539.31.10; 8539.31.30; 9405.10.20  
9405.30.00  
 
8539.31.20  
 
8539.31.20  
 
8539.22.33; 8539.29.39  
8536.61.10  
8536.61.10  
 
8536.61.10  
8536.50.59  
 Wiring Devices, Wires and 
Cables  
39. Circuit Breakers  
40. Fuses  
41. Fuse Holders  
42. PVC Electrical Tapes  
43. Plugs  
44. Socket -outlets  
45. Extension cord sets  
46. Snap Switches  
47. Knife Switches   
 
8536.20.11; 8536.20.12; 8536.20.13  
8536.10.12; 8536.10.19  
8536.61.10  
3919.10.10  
8536.69.99  
8536.69.99  
8536.69.99  
8536.50.59  
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  Government Agencies/ 
Issuing Permits/ 
Clearance/Legal Basis  Commodity 
Description/Commodity Group   Tariff Heading/HS Code  
(AHTN 2017)  
48. PVC Insulated Flexible Cords  
49. Thermoplastic Electric wires 
and cables  8544.11.20  
8544.11.20  
 Mechanical/Building and 
Construction Materials  
50. Black Iron (BI) and Galvanized 
Iron (GI) steel pipes  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
51. Portland Cement  
52. Blended Hydraulic Cement with 
Pozzolan  
53. Deformed Steel Bars  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
54. Equal -leg Angle Steel Bars  
55. Rerolled Steel Bars  
56. Polybutylene (PB) Pipes  
57. Polyethylene (PE) pipes for 
potable water supply  
58. Unplasticized Polyvinyl Chloride 
(uPVC) pipes for potable water 
suppl y 
59. uPVC rigid Electrical Conduit  
 
60. PVC-U Pipes for drain waste 
and vent  
61. Low-Carbon steel wires  
62. Wire Nails (finishing nails)  
63. Flat Glass, Heat -Strengthened 
& Fully Tempered Flat Glass, 
Laminated Glass & Laminated 
Safety Glass in Building & Bent 
Glass  
  
 
7304.19.00; 7304.23.00; 7304.29.00  
7304.31.20; 7304.31.40; 7304.31.90  
7304.39.20; 7304.39.40; 7304.39.90  
7304.41.00; 7304.49.00; 7304.51.10  
7304.51.90; 7304.59.00; 7304.90.10  
7304.90.30; 7304.90.90; 7305.11.00  
7305.12.10; 7305.12.90; 7305.19.10  
7305.19.90;  7305.20.00; 7305.31.90  
7305.39.10; 7305.39.90; 7305.90.00  
7306.11.10; 7306.11.20; 7306.11.90  
7306.19.10; 7306.19.20; 7306.19.90  
7306.29.00; 7306.30.40; 7306.30.90  
7306.40.30; 7306.40.90; 7306.50.90  
7306.61.00; 7306.69.00; 7306.90.90  
2523.10.90  
2523.90.00  
 
7213.10.00; 7213.91.20; 7213.91.90  
7213.99.20; 7213.99.90; 7214.20.31  
7214.20.39; 7214.20.41; 7214.20.49  
7214.20.51; 7214.20.59; 7214.20.61  
7214.20.69; 7214.91.00; 7214.91.11  
7214.91.12; 7214.91.19; 7214.99.21  
7214.99.90; 7215.50.10; 7215.50.91  
7215.50.99; 7215.90.10; 7215.90.90  
7216.21.00; 7216.40.00  
7213.91.20; 7215.50.91; 7215.90.90  
3917.29.00; 3917.31.00; 3917.32.90  
3917.21.00; 3917.31.00; 3917.32.90  
3917.33.00  
3917.23.00; 3917.31.00; 3917.32.90  
3917.33.00  
 
3917.23.00; 3917.31.00; 3917.32.90  
3917.33.00  
3917.23.00; 3917.31.00; 3917.32.90  
3917.33.00  
72.17; 7223.00.00  
7317.00.10  
70.16  
 Chemical and Consumer 
Products  
64. Brake Fluids  
65. Fire Extinguishers (Dry 
Chemical)  
66. Fire Extinguishers (Carbon 
Dioxide)  
67. Fire Extinguishers (AFFF)  
68. Fire extinguishers (Clean 
Extinguishing Agent  
69. Fireworks  
70. Helmets and their visors  
71. Inner tubes for pneumatic tires  
 
 
  
 
3819.00.00  
8424.10.10  
 
8424.10.10; 8424.10.90  
 
8424.10.10; 8424.10.90  
8424.10.10; 8424.10.90  
 
3604.10.00  
6506.10.10  
4013.10.11; 4013.10.19; 4013.10.21  
4013.10.29; 4013.90.20; 4013.90.31  
4013.90.39  
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  Government Agencies/ 
Issuing Permits/ 
Clearance/Legal Basis  Commodity 
Description/Commodity Group   Tariff Heading/HS Code  
(AHTN 2017)  
 72. Lead-Acid storage batteries  
 
 
 
 
73. Lighters  
74. LPG Cylinders (household)  
75. LPG Cylinders (motor vehicles)  
76. Matches  
77. Medical grade oxygen  
78. Monobloc chairs/stools  
79. Safety belts (seat belts)  
80. Safety glass for automotive 
application  
81. Sanitary Wares  
82. Pneumatic tires (tires for 
automotive vehicles)  8507.10.10; 8507.10.92; 8507.10.95  
8507.10.96; 8507.10.97; 8507.10.98  
8507.10.99; 8507.20; 8507.20.10  
8507.20.94; 8507.20.95; 8507.20.96  
8507.20.97; 8507 .20.98; 8507.20.99  
9613.10.90; 9613.20.90; 9613.80.30  
7311.00.23; 7311.00.24; 7311.00.25  
7311.00.23; 7311.00.24; 7311.00.25  
3605.00.00  
2804.40.00  
9401.80.00  
8708.21.00  
7007.11.10; 7007.21.10  
 
6910.10.00; 6910.90.00  
4011.10.00; 4011.20.10; 4011.20.90  
4011.9 0.10 
 83. Auto LPG/CNG retrofit systems  Service only  
 
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