G/TBT/N/PHL/205  
 
29 May 2018  
(18-3203) 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: 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:   
Engr. Cristy Cecilia P. Polido  
Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering (BAFE)  
Department of Agriculture  
Diliman, Quezon City  
Philippines  
E-mail: oed.bafe@gmail.com ; sred.bafe@gmail.com   
Telephone No.: (632) 294.6452  
Fax: (632) 941.8151  
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): Agricultural 
machines and equipment in general (ICS 65.060.01).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Department 
Circular No. __ Series of 2018 National Guidelines on the issuance of Compliance 
Certificate for Agricultural and Fisheries Machinery (12 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of c ontent: Pursuant to Sections 31 and 32 of the Agricultural and Fisheries 
Mechanization (AFMech) Law of 2013 and its Implementing Rules and Regulation, and 
Section 7 of Department Circular No. 5, Series of 2017, also known as the National 
Guidelines on Test ing and Evaluation of Agricultural and Fisheries Machinery, this 
Guidelines on the issuance of Compliance Certificate (CC) for agricultural and fisheries 
machinery is hereby promulgated and issued for guidance and information of government 
offices, private  sectors, farmers and fisherfolks.  
The guidelines will cover the policies and mechanisms in the issuance of CC for agricultural 
and fisheries machinery with Philippine National Standards / Philippine Agricultural 
Engineering Standards (PNS/PAES). Likewise,  this Guidelines will also cover the 
conformance of all agricultural and fisheries machinery to the PNS/PAES for After -Sales 
Service.  G/TBT/N/PHL/205  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: This Guidelines provides information and guidance on the issuance of CC for 
agricultural and fisheries machinery to ensure its conformance to the PNS/PAES. 
Specifically, the guidelines aim to provide assurance to consumers, industries and other 
stakeholders that the machinery conf orms to the specified requirements in their respective 
PNS/PAES and the PNS/PAES for After -Sales Service. It shall facilitate trade, fair 
competition and consumer acceptance of the machinery.  
8. Relevant documents:   
 DAO No. 02:2007  
 DC No. 5:2007  
 R.A. 1060 1 
 ISO 17065:2012  
 ISO 17067:2014  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  This Order shall take effect 15 days after its publication in a 
national newspaper 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: 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
Engr. Cristy Cecilia P. Polido  
Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering (BAFE)  
Department of Agriculture  
Diliman, Quezon City  
Philippines  
E-mail: oed.bafe@gmail.com  ; sred.bafe@gmail.com   
Telephone No.: (632) 294.6452  
Fax: (632) 941.8151  
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