. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PHL/104 
24 February 2009  
 (09-0965) 
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 governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Bureau of Product Standards, De partment of Trade & Industry 
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 :   
Bureau of Product Standards 
Department of Trade and Industry 
361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue Makati City, Metro Manila PHILIPPINES Tel.: (632) 751 4731 E-mail:  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):  Glass and glass products 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Philippine 
National Standard (DPNS UN ECE 43:2009 ) - Unif orm provisions concerning the approval 
of safety glazing materials and their installation on vehicles.   
6. Description of content:  This notification applies to safety glazing materials intended for 
installation as windscreens or other panes, or  as partitioning, on power-driven vehicles and 
their trailers, and to the fitting thereof, to th e exclusion, however, of glazing for lighting and 
light-signalling devices and in strument panels, and of sp ecial bullet-proof glazings.  
UN ECE is annexed to the United Nations  1958 Agreement concerning the adoption of 
Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be 
fitted and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of 
approvals granted on the basi s of these prescriptions. 
At present the Philippines is not a contrac ting party to said Agreement.  However, 
international harmonization efforts for road vehicles and its component parts are geared towards the adoption of this regulation.  Pendi ng accession to this agreement, the adoption is 
limited only to standard certification requiremen ts and marks of conformity are excluded in 
the adoption of UN ECE Regulation 43. 
This standard cancels and replaces PNS 130:2004 – Safety  glass for road vehicles. G/TBT/N/PHL/104 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
For product quality, consumer protection and safety.  
8. Relevant documents:   United Nations ECE Regulati on 43 Revision 2:2004 and various 
amendments, to include Amd.1:2004, Amd.2: 2007, Amd.3:2008 and Corr.1:2008, Uniform 
provisions concerning the approv al of safety glazing materi als and their installation on 
vehicles 
PNS 130:2004 – Safety glass for road  vehicles - Specifications   
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. 
10. Final date for comments:  17 April 2009 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point 
Bureau of Product Standards Department of Trade and Industry 361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue 
Makati City, Metro Manila 
PHILIPPINES Tel.:  (632) 751 4749 E-mail: bps@dti.gov.ph
; cc: HerminiaGamit@dti.gov.ph