G/TBT/N/PHL/220  
 
19 June 2019  
(19-4182) 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:   
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 indicated if different from above:   
Director James E. Empeño  
Bureau of Philipp ine Standards  
Department of Trade and Industry  
3/F 361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Ave., Makati City, Philippines  
+ 632.751.4700  
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):  List of 
Products under Mandatory Certification which cover certain products divided into 
categories, namely, building and construction, electrical and electronics, chemical and 
consumer products.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Department 
Administrative Order (DAO) ___ Guidelines on the Implementation, Issuance, and 
Verification of the New Philippine Standard (PS) Quality and/or Safety Certification Mark 
(8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This DAO presc ribes the guidelines on the implementation, 
issuance, and verification of serialized holographic stickers as the new PS Quality and/or 
Safety Certification Mark to safeguard the integrity of the PS Mark and the PS Licensing 
Scheme.  
7. Objective and ration ale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  These Guidelines aim to strictly ensure that only products produced by 
manufacturers with a valid PS License are affixed with tamper proof PS stickers and 
allowed to be distributed in the local  market.; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Republic Act (RA) No. 4109, Series of 1964  
• RA 7394 - Consumer Act of the Philippines  
• Executive Order No. 292 - Administrative Code of 1987  G/TBT/N/PHL/220  
 
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  • DAO No. 04:2008 - The Rules and Regulations Concerning the Philippine 
Standard (PS) Quality and/or Safety Certification Mark scheme of the BPS  
• BPS MC 18 -11: 2018 - List of Products and Systems under Mandatory 
Certification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  This Order shall take effect 15 days after its publication in 
a national newspaper of general circulation.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  This Order shall take effect 15 days after its 
publication in a national newspaper of general circulation.  
10. Final date for comments:  30 June 2019  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Director James E. Empeño  
Bureau of Philippine Standards  
Department of Trade and Industry  
3/F 361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Ave., Makati City, Philippines  
+632.751.4700  
bps@dti.gov.ph  
DAO on PS Mark 
(http://bps.dti.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_sobidir&sobidirTask=sobidirDetails&sobidi
rId=5199&Itemid= ) 
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