. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PHL/80 
16 April 2007 
 (07-1523) 
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 and 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):   Household appliances 
(ICS:  23.120) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Philippine 
National Standard (DPNS) 396-1:2007 – House hold appliances – Energy efficiency ratio 
(EER) and labelling requirements – Part 1:  Non-ducted air conditioners (7 pages, in 
English). 
6. Description of content:   This notification specifies the re quirements for energy efficiency 
ration (EER) and labelling for non-ducted air c onditioners for domestic and similar use. 
This notification is the first of a series of  energy standards dealing with appliances.  
Prioritization was based on the study made by  the Department of Energy on the energy 
consumption of household appliances and equipmen t in relation to efficiency.  The series of 
energy standards will consist eventually of  appliances like refrigerators and freezers, 
electric flat irons, and other appliances. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   In 
this notification, the minimum energy efficiency ratio requirements accommodate the year 1995-2002 and will provide the consumers easy re ference to the energy efficiency ratio 
required for manufacturers, assemblers and importers. 
This is likewise a revision of PNS 396-1:199 5 wherein air conditioner is specified as non-
ducted air conditioner and is initiated to u pgrade the minimum requirements in energy 
efficiency ratio on the new generation of room  air conditioners utilizing high efficiency 
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8. Relevant documents:   PNS 240:1997/ISO 5151:1994, No n-ducted air conditioners and 
heat pumps – Testing and rating for perform ance contains provisions, which through 
reference in this text form part of this nationa l standard.  At the time of publication of this 
notification, the editions indicated were valid. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }This shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in a newspaper of general 
circulation with the requisite copy submitted to the University of the Philippines Law Centre 
10. Final date for comments:   2 June 2007 
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