. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/PHL154 
4 August 2011  
 (11-3954) 
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 Email:  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):  Pneumatic tyres 
ICS 83.160.01;  43.040.65;  81.040.30) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Department 
Administrative Order (DAO) No. 11-03, Seri es of 2011 – Subject:  Mandatory Philippine 
National Standards  
6. Description of content: This notification hereby informs all manufacturers, distributors, 
importers and retailers of the mandatory impl ementation of the following Philippine National 
Standards (PNS UN ECE):  
Philippine National Standards (PNS UN ECE 30:2010) – Uniform provisions concerning the 
approval of pneumatic tyres for motor vehicles and their trailers.  This was notified to WTO 
as G/TBT/N/PHL/102; 
Philippine National Standards (PNS UN ECE 43:2009 – Uniform provisions concerning the 
approval of safety glazing mate rials and their installation on ve hicles and notified to WTO as 
G/TBT/N/PHL/104; 
Philippine National Standards (PNS UN ECE 54:2009 – Uniform provision concerning the 
approval of pneumatic tyres for commercial vehi cles and their trailers which was notified to 
WTO as G/TBT/N/PHL/110. G/TBT/N/PHL154 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  For 
health and safety  
8. Relevant documents:   The adoption of this DAO is in accordance with the provisions of 
R.A. No. 4109, R.A. No. 7394; Executive Order No. 913, Series of 1983, DAO No. 02, Series 
of 2007, DAO No. 4, Series of 2008, DAO No. 5,  Series of 2008, and Se c 10 (4), Title X, 
Book IV, of the Administrative Code of 1987. 
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:  60 days from date of notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Parties concerned are hereby informed that copies of said standards may be secured from the 
following address and the contact person, whil e the Implementing Guidelines is enclosed: 
Ms. Anne Daisy T. Omila 
Head, BPS Information Services Bureau of Product Standards Department of Trade and Industry 361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue 
Makati City, Metro Manila 
Philippines Telephone:  (632) 751-4736 E-mail:  bps@dti.gov.ph  
and http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2011/tbt/PHL/11_2578_00_e.pdf