. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PHL/55 
2 August 2006 
 (06-3725) 
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):   Colour Paints 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Philippine 
National Standard (DPNS) 2054:2006 – Wa ter colour paints - Specification 
(7 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   This notification specifies the water colour paints for general use 
which are made by mixing and kneading pigm ent with water soluble vehicles (glycerine, 
gum Arabic, glue, etc.). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
For consumer protection and safety 
8. Relevant documents:   The following standards contain provisions, which through 
reference in this text form pa rt of this national standard: 
PNS ISO 2859-1 – Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes – Part 1:  Sampling 
plans indexed by acceptable quality leve l (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection 
JIS K 0050 – General rules for chemical analysis JIS K 0116 – General rules for atomic emission spectrometry 
JIS K 0121 – General rules for atomic absorption spectrochemical analysis 
JIS K 5400 – Testing methods for paints JIS K 8180 – Hydrochloric acid JIS L 0801 – General principles of test methods for colour fastness JIS L 0804 – Grey scale for assessing change in colour JIS L 0841 – Test methods for colour fastness to daylight 
JIS L 0842 – Test methods for colour fastness to ultraviolet carbon arc lamp light 
JIS L 0843 – Test methods for colour fastness to xenon arc lamp light JIS Z 8401 – Guide to the rounding of numbers JIS Z 8703 – Standard atmos pheric conditions for testing 
JIS Z 8721 – Colour specification – Specification according to their three attributes 
JIS Z 8722 – Methods of colour measure ment – Reflecting and transmitting objects 
JIS Z 8723 – Methods for visual comparison of surface colours G/TBT/N/PHL/55 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }2007 
10. Final date for comments:   25 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:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point and Services  
Bureau of Product Standards,  Department of Trade & Industry  
361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue,  
Makati City Metro Manila,  PHILIPPINES Tel.:  (+632) 751-4736;  751-4749 
E-mail:  bps@dti.gov.ph