G/TBT/N/PHL/175  
 
24 October 2013  
(13-5884)  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 Product Standards, Department of Trade & Industry  
Name and address (including telephon e 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 :   
Bureau of Product Standards 
Department of Trade and Industry 
361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue Makati City, Metro Manila Philippines 
E-mail:  bps@dti.gov.ph  
Tel.:  (632) 751-4749; (632) 751-4730 
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):  Masonry 
Cement. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft Philippine 
National Standard (DPNS/ASTM C91:2013)  - Masonry cement - Specification 
6. Description of content:  This notification is a revision to PNS ASTM C91:2005 - 
Specification for Masonry Cement, since the standard reference used in this standard has been revised twice in ASTM. 
Amendment 01:2013 is the same Amendmen t adopted in PNS ASTM C91:2005 that 
pertains to the marking and labelling requ irement. Therefore, upon adoption and 
approval of ASTM C91-2012 only the ASTM standard is revised and the Amendment 
01:2005 is updated to Amendment 01:2013 with no additional change.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To ensure quality and protect human safety.  G/TBT/N/PHL/175 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   ASTM Standards: 
- C109/C109M Test Method for Compressive Strength of Hydraulic Cement Mortars 
(Using 2-in. or [50-mm] Cube Specimens); 
- C151 Test Method for Autoclave Expansion of Hydraulic Cement; 
- C183 Practice for Sampling and the Amount of Testing of Hydraulic Cement; - C185 Test Method for Air Content of Hydraulic Cement Mortar; 
- C187 Test Method for Amount of Water Required for Normal Consistency of 
Hydraulic Cement Paste; 
- C188 Test Method for Density of Hydraulic Cement; 
- C219 Terminology Relating to Hydraulic Cement; 
- C266 Test Method for Time of Setting of Hydraulic-Cement Paste by Gillmore 
Needles; 
- C270 Specification for Mortar for Unit Masonry; 
- C305 Practice for Mechanical Mixing of Hydraulic Cement Pastes and Mortars of 
Plastic Consistency; 
- C430 Test Method for Fineness of Hydraulic Cement by the 45- μm (No. 325) 
Sieve; 
- C511 Specification for Mixing Rooms, Moist Cabinets, Moist Rooms, and Water 
Storage Tanks Used in the Testing of Hydraulic Cements and Concretes; 
- C778 Specification for Sand; 
- C1506 Test Method for Water Retention of Hydraulic Cement-Based Mortars and 
Plasters; 
- IEEE/ASTM SI 10 Standard for Use of the International System of Units (SI): The 
Modern Metric System. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    This order shall take effect 15 days after its 
publication in an official gazette of general 
circulation This order shall take effect 15 days after its 
publication in an official gazette of general 
circulation 
10. Final date for comments:  13 December 2013 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
ASTM International 
100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700 West Conshohocken 
PA 19428-2959 
United States