G/TBT/N/PHL/275  
1 December 2021  
(21-9057) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  PHILIPPINES   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Bureau of Philippine Standards  
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be ind icated if different from above:   
MR. NEIL P. CATAJAY  
Director  
Email: BPS@dti.gov.ph ;  
Tel. No.: (632) 7 791.3128 Fax: (632) 7 751.4706  
Website: www.bps.dti.gov.ph   
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):  Insulated 
"incl. enamelled or a nodised" wire, cable "incl. coaxial cable" and other insulated electric 
conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of 
individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted 
with conne ctors (HS 8544); Electrical wires and cables (ICS 29.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Administrative Order No.:__________ Series of 2021 The New Technical Regulations 
Concerning the Mandatory Product Certifica tion of Electric Wires and Cables (28 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This DAO aims to strictly ensure that electric wires and cables 
to be imported, manufactured, distributed, or sold in the Philippines meet the specified 
safety requireme nts prescribed by this Technical Regulation.  
This Technical Regulation prescribes the mandatory product certification of electric wires 
and cables (HS Code of 8544.11.20), whether locally manufactured or imported, as 
follows:  
1. Thermoplastic -insulated wires and cables covering copper conductor (stranded or 
solid);'  
2. Thermoplastic insulated non -metallic flat -jacketed electric wires; and  
3. Thermoplastic insulated flexible cords and fixture wires  G/TBT/N/PHL/275  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, incl uding the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
PNS 35 -1:2013 - Thermoplastic -insulated wires and cables covering copper conductor of 
2.0 mm² up to 500 mm² rated 600 volts for building wires application.  
PNS 35 -2:2006 - Thermoplastic insulated non -metallic flat -jacketed electric wires with 2 
or 3 conductors sized 2.0 mm2 to 5.5 mm2 solid or stranded rated 60 ⁰C, 600V  
PNS 163:2018 - Thermoplastic insulated flexible cords and fixt ure wires rated up to 600 
volts.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  This Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in a newspaper of general circulation, a copy of which shall be submitted to 
the UP Office of National Administrative Regis ter. 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Transitory provisions provide timelines for the 
implementation of DAO such as application of the new rules on markings and treatment 
of existing valid PS license and new applications.  
10. Final date for comments:  30 January 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
NEIL P. CATAJAY  
Director  
Bureau of Philippine Standards  
Department of Trade and Industry  
3F Trade and Industry Building  
361 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue  
Makati City  
Philippines  
1200  
(632) 7751 4700; (632) 7 7913128  
bps@dti.gov.ph  
http://w ww.bps.dti.gov.ph  
Head of Organization  
 
http://bps.dti.gov.ph/index.php/product -certification/draft -dao-for-comments  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/PHL/21_7474_00_e.pdf