G/TBT/N/PHL/274  
18 October 2021  
(21-7871) 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  
Tel. No.: (632) 7 791.3128 Fax: (632) 7 751.4706  
Email: BPS@dti.gov.ph ;  
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):  Products 
under BPS mandatory ce rtification (electrical products, appliance, building and 
construction materials, automotive parts, consumer products, among others)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Administrative Order No.:__________ Series of 20 21 Updating of the Reference 
Standards in Used in the BPS Mandatory Product Certification Schemes (3 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Technical Regulation prescribes the adoption of the latest 
versions of the reference standards used o r entirely new standards to be used in the BPS 
Mandatory Product Certification Schemes, as follows:  
1. All standards related to the BPS Mandatory Product Certification Schemes such as but 
not limited to PNS ISO 9001, PNS ISO/IEC 17020, PNS ISO/IEC 17021 -1, PNS ISO/IEC 
17025, and PNS ISO/IEC 17065; and  
2. All relevant and specific standards of the products covered under the BPS Mandatory 
Product Certification Schemes.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Harmonization; Reducing trade 
barriers and facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/PHL/274  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
All rules and regulations relevant to the implementation of BPS Mandatory Product 
Certification.   
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:  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.  
10. Final date for comments:  14 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 City  
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  
https://members.w to.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/PHL/21_6595_00_e.pdf