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Committee on Import Licensing  Original: English  
 
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5.1 TO 5.4 OF THE AGREEMENT1 
PHILIPPINES  
The following notification , dated 17 July 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  Republic Act No. 4109 - An Act to Convert the Division of Standards 
Under the Bureau of Commerce into a Bureau of Standards, to 
Provide for the Standardization and/or Inspection of Products and 
Imports of the Philippines and for Other Purposes  
3 Date of Publication  
 Not available  
4 Date of entry into force  
 20 June 1964  
5 Website link/Official 
publication of the new 
regulation/procedure  Republic Act - RA 4109   
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 p reviously 
notified in document: ______________ ; ( please answer 
question  15 and 16 ) 
8 List of products subject to 
licensing  ● All agricultural, forest, mineral, fish, industrial and all other 
products of the Philippines  
● All commodities imported in the Philippines  
 
Note: Other laws may have lessened the product scope of the law 
(e.g. Republic Act 8435 or the Agriculture and Fishe ries 
Modernization Act of 1997)  
9 Nature of licensing  Automatic:  
  
Non-Automatic:  
 
 
 
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 which are in force but being notified for the first time to the Committee.  G/LIC/N/2/PHL/127  
 
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   Category  Notification details  
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;  
(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: Department of Trade and 
Industry – Bureau of Philippine Standards  
Address: 3/F Trade and Industry Building, 361 Sen. Gil Puyat 
Avenue, Makati City, Philippines  
Website: www.bp s.dti.gov.ph   
Telephone: (+632) 7 751.4700  
E-Mail: bps@dti.gov.ph   
12 Contact point for 
information on eligibility  Ministry/authority and Department: Department of Trade and 
Industry – Bureau of Philippine Standard s  
Address: 3/F Trade and Industry Building, 361 Sen. Gil Puyat 
Avenue, Makati City, Philippines  
Website: www.bps.dti.gov.ph   
Telephone: (+632) 7 751.4700  
E-Mail: bps@dti.gov.ph   
13 Expected duration of 
licensing procedure  Ongoing  
14 A summary of the 
notification in one of the 
WTO official languages    
15 In the case of 7(b), please 
indicate the type of new 
change(s)  (a)  Termination  
(b)  Suspension  
(c)  Modification o f 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).  
 
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   Category  Notification details  
16  Please elaborate the 
changes in detail (in one of 
the WTO official languages)   
 
__________