G/TBT/N/PHL/164  
 
6 March 2013  
(13-1225)  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 Products Standards, Department of Tr ade and 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 & Industry 
361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue Makati City, Metro Manila PHILIPPINES 
E-mail:  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):  
Centrifuged natural  rubber sheets latex - ICS 83.040.10.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Philippine 
National Standard (DPNS) 202:2013 - Centrifuged natural raw rubber latex. 
6. Description of content:   This notification specifies the requirements for natural rubber 
latices which are preserved wholly or in part with ammonia and which have been 
concentrated by centrifuging.  It does not apply to latices which have been concentrated by evaporation, or to latices from natural sources other than Hevea brasiliences or to compound latex or vulcanized latex.  This applies only to high ammonia and low ammonia 
centrifuged natural rubber latex.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   To ensure the quality and performance requirements of the product and for 
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8. Relevant documents:     The following referenced documents are indispensable for the 
application of this document: 
- DPNS ISO 123:2013 Rubber latex - Sampling (ISO Published 2001); 
- PNS ISO 124:2012 - Rubber latices - Determination of total solid content 
(ISO Published 2011); 
- PNS ISO 125:2012 - Rubber latex, natural - Determination of alkalinity 
(ISO Published 2011); 
- DPNS ISO 126:2013 - Rubber  latex,   natural - Determination of  dry rubber  
(ISO Published 2005) content; 
- DPNS ISO 127:2013 - Rubber latex, natural - Determination of KOH number 
(ISO Published 2012); 
- DPNS ISO 506:2013 - Natural  rubber  latex  - Determination  of  volatile  fatty  
(ISO Published 1992)  acid number; 
- DPNS ISO 706:2013 - Rubber latices - Determination of coagulum content 
(ISO Published 2004); 
- DPNS ISO 8053:2013 - Rubber  and latex  -  Determination of copper content  -  
(ISO Published 1995) - Photometric method; 
- DPNS ISO 7780:2013 - Rubbers and rubber latices - Determination of manganese 
(ISO Published 1998) content - Sodium periodate photometric methods; 
- DPNS ISO 1802:2013 - natural rubber latex concentrate - Determination of boric  (ISO Published 1992) acid. 
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 
10. Final date for comments:   29 April 2013  
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body: