. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PHL/86 
16 April 2007 
 (07-1532) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   PHILIPPINES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Bureau of Product Standards, Department of Trade and Industry 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
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):   Low Voltage Equipment 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Draft Department 
Administrative Order No. __, Series of 2007 – Rules and Regulations Concerning the Safety of Low Voltage Equipment (13 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content:   This notification prescribes the rules and regulations for the safety 
of electrical equipment designed for use with  input voltage rating between 50 and 1 000V 
for alternating current and between 75V and 1 500V for direct current.  The electrical 
equipment under this scope is ca lled “Low Voltage Equipment”. 
This rules and regulations shall not apply to LVE and Phenomena listed in Annex II. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The Philippines shall take all appropriate measu res to ensure that electrical equipment may 
be placed on the market or put into service only if, having been constructed in accordance with good engineering practices in safety matters prevailing in the International 
Community, it does not endanger the safety of persons, domestic animals or property when 
properly installed and maintained and used  in applications for which it was made. 
These provisions constitute the essential require ments of the LVE rules and regulations.  
Before being placed on the market or put into service, the electrical equipment must meet these essential requirements.  This means th at the electrical equipment must meet the 
technical requirements and the administrative requirements. 
8. Relevant documents:   Republic Act 4109:1964; Repub lic Act 7394:1992;  Executive Order 
No. 133:1987;  Executive Order No. 101:1976; and Executive Order No. 913:1983 G/TBT/N/PHL/86 
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9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }This shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in a newspaper of general circulation with the requisite copy submitted to the University of the Philippines Law Centre. 
10. Final date for comments:   2 June 2007 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point and Services 
Bureau of Product Standards Department of Trade and Industry 361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue Makati City, Metro Manila 
Tel.: (+632)  751 4749; 751 3125    
E-mail: bps@dti.gov.ph