. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PHL/67 
3 November 2006 
 (06-5308) 
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 & 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):   Lamps and related 
equipment (ICS:  29.140.40)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Philippine 
National Standard (DPNS) 2050-5:2006 – Lamp s and related equipment – Energy labelling 
requirements – Part 5:  Luminaires 
6. Description of content:   This notification specifies the energy labelling requirements for 
luminaries for general lighting using fluorescent and compact fluorescent lamps. 
This requires attachment of an energy label that would show the product’s wattage in watts, 
light output in lumens, and luminaire effi cacy ratio in lumens per watt, among others. 
− It is hereby emphasized that under this notif ication, luminaries shall be tested at 230 
V 60 Hz, which is the nominal voltage system of the Philippines. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
This notification that deals with energy e fficient lighting (EEL), has been developed to 
promote energy efficient products as one the st rategies to achieve energy self-sufficiency, 
contribute to the reduction of greenhouse g as emission and to guide consumers in 
determining which lamp model is less costly to operated. 
This notification is for consumers protection. 
8. Relevant documents:    
PNS IEC 60598-1:2006 (IEC published 2003) Lumi naires – Part 1:  General requirements 
and tests 
PNS 2050-1-1:2006 – Lamps and related equipm ent – Energy efficiency and labelling 
requirements – Part 1-1:  Double-capped fluorescent lamps G/TBT/N/PHL/67 
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  PNS 2050-1-2:2006 – Lamps and related equipm ent – Energy efficiency and labelling 
requirements – Part 1-2:  Single-capped fluorescent lamps 
PNS 2050-2:2006 – Lamps and related equipment – Energy efficiency and labelling 
requirements – Part 2:  Self-ballasted lamps for general lighting services 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }Year 2007 
10. Final date for comments:   25 December 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:   
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