G/TBT/N/PHL/273  
12 October 2021  
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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):  
Explosives. Pyrotechnics and fi reworks (ICS 71.100.30)  
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 Certification of Fireworks with General Cla ssifications 
1, 2, and 3 (22 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This DAO prescribes the technical regulation for the Mandatory 
PS Licensing for locally manufactured fireworks covered by the scope of the following 
Philippine National Standards : 
1. PNS 1220 -1:2019, Fireworks – Categories 1, 2, and 3 – Classification  
2. PNS 1220 -2:2019, Fireworks – Categories 1, 2, and 3 – Specification  
This DAO does not cover the following:  
1. Category 4 / Class 4 fireworks (defined in PNS 1220-1:2019)  
2. All the types of prohibited fireworks set forth by R.A. 7183 and other valid issuances 
by the Department of the Interior  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or sa fety 
8. Relevant documents:   
1. PNS 1220 -1:2019, Fireworks – Categories 1, 2, and 3 – Classification  G/TBT/N/PHL/273  
 
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  2. PNS 1220 -2:2019, Fireworks – Categories 1, 2, and 3 – Specification  
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 Register.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Transitory provisions provide timelines for the 
implementation of DAO s uch as application of the new rules on markings and treatment 
of existing valid PS license and new applications.  
10. Final date for comments:  6 December 2021  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] 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 Ci ty 
Philippines  
1200  
(632) 7751 4700; (632) 7 7913128  
bps@dti.gov.ph  
http://www.bps.dti.gov.ph  
Head of Organization  
http://bps.dti.gov.ph/index.php/product -certification/draft -dao-for-comments