. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/PHL/155 
17 August 2011  
 (11-4101) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  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 and 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 :   
Standards Development Division 
Bureau of Product Standards Department of Trade and Industry 361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue Makati City, Metro Manila 
Philippines 
Tel.:  (632)  751-4735 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):  Furniture  ICS: 97.140 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Philippine 
National Standard (DPNS 2090:2011) - Furniture - Engineered bamboo for school furniture- Specification. 
6. Description of content:  This notification specifies the requ irements for engineered bamboo 
for school furniture which covers tablet chai rs, chairs, tables and desks for elementary, 
secondary and tertiary level made from 100% engineered bamboo and/or combination of 
other materials.  
This also describes the test methods for determining the safety, strength, durability and 
stability of the product. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  For 
safety.  G/TBT/N/PHL/155 
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  8. Relevant documents:   The following referenced docum ents are indispensable for the 
application of this document.  For dated references, only the edition cited applies.  For 
undated references , the latest edition of the referenced  document (including any amendments) 
applies. 
PNS 196:2000 - Plywood – Specification; PNS 2859-1:2004 - Sampling procedure for inspection  by attributes – Part 1: Sampling plans 
indexed by acceptable quality level (AQL) fo r lot-by-lot inspection (ISO published 1999); 
PNS ISO 7173:2006 - Furniture - Chairs and stools  - Determination of strength and durability 
(ISO published 1989); 
PNS 127:2003 - Cold-rolled carbon steel shee t of commercial and drawing qualities; 
PNS 1443:1996 / BS 1471:1992 – Specification for wrought aluminium and aluminium alloys 
for general engineering purposes - Drawn tube; 
PNS 664:1990/ISO 1457:1974  - Metall ic coatings - Electroplated coatings of copper plus 
nickel plus chromium on iron and steel; 
PNS 676:1990/ISO 1461:1973 - Metallic coatings - Ho t dip galvanized coatings on fabricated 
ferrous products requirements; 
BS 4875-5:2001 - Strength and stability of furnitu re - Part 5: Methods for determination of 
strength of tables and trolleys; 
BS EN 1022:2005 - Domestic furniture - Seating - Determination of stability; 
BS EN 1730:2000 - Domestic furniture - Tables - Test methods for determination of strength, 
durability and stability; 
ASTM A 575 - Standard specification to stee l bars, carbon, mercha nt quality, M-Grades; 
ASTM 618 - Standard specification for hot-form ed welded and seamless high strength low-
alloy structural tubing; 
ASTM A663/A 663M - Standard specificati on for steel bars, carbon, merchant quality, 
mechanical properties. 
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:  26 September 2011 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body: