. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PHL/53 
2 August 2006 
 (06-3704) 
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:   Department of  Trade and Industry-Bureau of Product Standards 
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):   Industrial products 
(electrical/electronics; mechanical/buildi ng & construction; chemical and consumer) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Draft Department 
Administrative Order No.____, series of 2005 re: The New Rules and Regulations 
Concerning the Philippine Standard (PS) Quality  and/or Safety Certification Mark Scheme 
of  the Bureau of Product Standards (11 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   This notification is a revision of DAO 01: 1997.  Under the 
implementation authority of the Bureau of Product Standards, the proposed DAO prescribes the rules and regulations governing the licensing of  local and foreign companies to use the 
Philippine Standard (PS) Quality and/ or  Safety Certification Mark.   
Salient features of the proposed DAO include the following: 
• Subject has been changed to the new rules and regulations concerning the PS 
Quality and/or Safety Certification Mark Scheme of the Bureau of Product Standards (BPS) 
• Validity of the PS license is for three years (Clause 6) 
• Establishment of Appeal Committee by the Advisory Committee as the need arises 
(Clause 3.7.6) 
• Establishment of Technical Committee (Clause 3.8) 
• Establishment of Certification Committee (Clause 3.9) 
• License and Certificate has been defined di stinctly from each other (Clause 2) G/TBT/N/PHL/53 
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  • The PS Certification Mark License is approve d, signed and issued by the Bureau 
Director or its duly designated representative (Clause 5.8) 
• Appeal procedure (Clause 5.9) 
• Explicit provision regarding the licensee’s lia bility to damages cause by its product 
to consumers (Clause 7.1.2) 
• Express provision regarding Product Recall System (Clause 7.1.4) 
• QMS requirements to PNS 1SO 9001:2000 (Section 8) 
• New clause on prohibited acts (Clause 9) 
• Expense incurred by BPS in a lawsuit for reasons attributable to the licensee shall 
be charged to the licensee (Clause 11.5) 
• New clause regarding separability of  provisions (Clause 12) 
• Repealing clause:  existing PS License issued by BPS are not automatically 
invalidated (Clause 13) 
• Increase in the fees and charges 
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
(1)  To comply with the requirements of  ISO/IEC Guide 65:2001-General Requirements for 
Bodies Operating Certification Scheme  
(2)  Consumer protection 
8. Relevant documents:   DAO 01: 1997  and ISO/IEC Guide 65:2001.  Will appear in  two 
newspapers of general circulation 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }2007 
10. Final date for comments:   30 September 2006 
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:   
Bureau of Product Standards 
3/F  Trade & Industry Bldg. 
361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue 
Makati City, Philippines E-mail: bps@dti.gov.ph