G/TBT/N/PHL/176  
 
24 October 2013  
(13-5885)  Page: 1/3  
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):  Insulating 
glass. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft Philippine 
National Standard (DPNS) 2100:2013 - Specification for Insulating Glass Unit Performance and Evaluation (ICS 81.040.20). 
6. Description of content:  This specification covers preassembled permanently sealed 
insulating glass units with one or two airspaces and preassembled insulating glass units with capillary tubes intentionally left open. 
This is applicable only to sealed insulating glass units that are constructed with glass. 
Applicable to both double-glazed and triple-glazed insulating glass units; for triple-glazed 
insulating glass units where both of the outer lites are glass and inner lite is either glass 
or a suspended film. 
The qualification of test specimens is based on frost/dew point and on the absence of fog 
after the specified test durations. 
The qualification of argon gas filled test specimens is based on the qualifications in 1.3 
and maintaining the specified argon gas amounts before and after testing to Test Method E2188. 
Qualification under this specification is intended to provide a basis for evaluating the 
durability of sealed insulating glass units. 
This specification is not applicable to sealed insulating glass units containing a spandrel 
glass coating due to test method limitations and this does not cover other physical 
requirements such as appearance, ther mophysical properties, heat and light 
transmission, and glass displacement. G/TBT/N/PHL/176 
 
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  NOTE 1 - Sealed insulating glass units qualified according to this specification are not 
necessarily suitable for structurally glazed applications. Factors such as sealant longevity when exposed to long term ultraviolet light and the structural properties of the sealant 
must be reviewed for these applications. For more information on the requirements for 
structural sealant glazing applications, refe r to Specification C1369,  Guide C1249, and 
Test Method C1265. 
T h e  v a l u e s  s t a t e d  i n  S I  u n i t s  a r e  t o  b e  r e g a r d e d  a s  s t a n d a r d .  N o  o t h e r  u n i t s  o f  
measurement are included in this standard. 
This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated 
with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate 
safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To ensure quality and protect human safety.  
8. Relevant documents:   The list of references used for DPNS 2100:2013 are as follows: 
- ASTM C162 (ASTM Published 2005 (2010) Terminology of Glass and Glass 
Products; 
- ASTM E631 (ASTM Published 2006) Terminology of Building Constructions; 
- ASTM C1036 (ASTM Published 2011e) Specification for Flat Glass; - PNS ASTM C717:2013 (ASTM Published 2012b) Terminology of Building Seals and 
Sealants; 
- PNS ASTM C1249:2013 (ASTM Published 2006a Reapproved 2010) Guide for 
Secondary Seal for Sealed Insulating Glass Units for Structural Sealant Glazing Applications; 
- PNS ASTM C1265:2010 (ASTM Published 1994 Reapproved 2005) Test Method for 
Determining the Tensile Properties of an Insulating Glass Edge Seal for Structural Glazing Applications; 
- PNS ASTM C1369:2011 (ASTM Published 2007) Specification for Secondary Edge 
Sealants for Structurally Glazed Insulating Glass Units; 
- PNS ASTM E546:2013 (ASTM Published 2008) Test Method for Frost/Dew Point of 
Sealed Insulating Glass Units; 
- PNS ASTM E2188:2013 (ASTM Published 2010) Test Method for Insulating Glass 
Unit Performance; 
- PNS ASTM E2189:2013 (ASTM Published 2010e) Test Method for Testing 
Resistance to Fogging in Insulating Glass Units; 
- PNS ASTM E2269:2013 (ASTM Published 2005) Test Method for Determining 
Argon Concentration in Sealed Insulating Glass Units using Gas Chromatography; 
- PNS ASTM E2649:2013 (ASTM Published 2012) Test Method for Determining 
Argon Concentration in Sealed Insulating Glass Units Using Spark Emission Spectroscopy. 
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:  18 December 2013 G/TBT/N/PHL/176 
 
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  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:    
Standards Develo pment Division 
Bureau of Product Standards 
Department of Tr ade and Industry 
361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue 
Makati City, Metro Manila 
Philippines E-mail:  bps@dti.gov.ph  
Fax:  (632) 751-4706