G/TBT/N/PHL/209  
 
9 January 2019  
(19-0122) 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:   
Director James E. Empeño  
3/F 361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Ave.,  
Makati City, Philippines  
+632.751.4700  
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): Flat Glass, 
Heat-Strengthened and Fully Tempered Flat Glass, La minated Glass and Laminated Safety 
Glass in Building and Bent Glass; Glass and glassware (HS 70). Glass products 
(ICS 81.040.30).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft 
Department Administrative Order No. ___ : The new t echnical regulations concerning the 
mandatory product certification of flat glass, heat -strengthened and fully tempered flat 
glass, laminated glass and laminated safety glass in building and bent glass (30 page(s), 
in English)   
6. Description of content: The draft DAO states that only glass products source from 
manufacturing plant(s) holding a valid Philippine Standard (PS) Quality and/or Safety 
Certificate Mark License(s) shall be permitted to be distributed in the Philippines.  
Thus, to ensure compliance of the certified products, regular surveillance activities as per 
existing DTI rules shall be conducted.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety; This DAO aims to strictly ensure that 
glass products meet the specified safety and/or quality requirement/s prescribed by BPS.  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Republic Act (RA) No. 4109, Series of 1964  
• RA 7394 - Consumer Act of the Philippines  
• Executive Order No. 292 - Administrative Code  of 1987  G/TBT/N/PHL/209  
 
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  • DAO No. 04:2008 - The Rules and Regulations Concerning the Philippine Standard 
(PS) Quality and/or Safety Certification Mark scheme of the BPS  
• DAO No. 05:2008 - The New Rules and Regulations Concerning the Issuance of 
the Import Commodity Clearanc e under the Product Certification Scheme of the 
BPS 
• Philippine National Standards (PNS) 193:2005 - Flat Glass -Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption: This Order shall take effect 15 days after its publication in 
a national newspaper of general circula tion. 
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: 15 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:   
http://www.bps.dti.gov.ph/  
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