G/TBT/N/PHL/196/Rev.1  
 
6 February 2018  
(18-0810) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member: PHILIPPINES  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Trade and Industry – Bureau of Philippine Standards  
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 Philippine Standards  
Department of Trade and Industry  
361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue  
Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines  
E-mail: bps@dti.gov.ph  
Telephone No.: (632) 751 -4700/507 -7307 
Fax: (632) 751 -4700  
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 na tional tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
ICS: 97.030 - Domestic electrical appliances in general  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
Department Administrative Order No. 18 -03 Series of 2018  
Mandatory Philippine National Standards (PNS) for Household and Similar Electrical 
Appliances (7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content: Under this Department Administrative Order, all manufacturers, 
and importers of Household and S imilar Electrical Appliances shall comply with the 
requirements of the Philippine National Standards. Appliances not intended for normal 
household use but which nevertheless may be a source of danger to the public (i.e. for use 
in commercial establishments ) are within the scope of this Order. This Order does not 
cover appliances that are exclusively for industrial purposes.  
The draft requires all manufacturers, assemblers, and importers of products stated under 
clause 5.1 of this Order to secure a Philippin e Standard (PS) Certification Mark License or 
an Import Commodity Clearance (ICC), respectively, prior to its distribution and sale.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Mandatory implementation of Philippi ne National Standards for Household and 
Similar Electrical Appliances for the safety of the consumers.  G/TBT/N/PHL/196/Rev.1  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Republic Act 4109  
 Republic Act 7394  
 Executive Order No. 913 Series of 1983  
 Executive Order No. 133 Series of 1987  
 Executive Order No. 101 Series of 1967  
 Department Administrative Order No. 2 Series of 2007  
 Sec. 10 (4), Title X Book IV of the Administrative Code of 1987  
9. Proposed date of adoption: This Order shall take effect 15 days after its publication in a 
national newspa per 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: Not applicable  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone or 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  
361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue  
Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines  
E-mail:bps@dti.gov.ph  
Telephone No.: (632) 751 -4700/507 -7307 
Fax: (632) 751 -4700 
Attached copy: Department Administrative Order No. 18 -03 Series of 2018 for Mandatory 
Philippine National Standards (PNS) for  Household and Similar Electrical Appliances  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/PHL/18_0671_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/PHL/18_0671_01_e.pdf