. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PHL/54 
2 August 2006 
 (06-3705) 
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:   Department of  Trade and Industry-Bureau of Product Standards 
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):   Industrial products 
(electrical/electronics; mechanical/building & construction; chemical and consumer). 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Draft Department 
Administrative Order No.____, series of 200 5 re:  The New Rules and Regulations 
Concerning the Issuance of the Impor t Commodity Clearance under the Product 
Certification Mark Scheme of  the Bureau of  Product Standards (11 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   This notification is a re vision of DAO 05:2001. Under the 
implementation authority of the Bureau of Product Standards, the proposed DAO  prescribes the rules and regulations on the issuance of the Import Commodity Clearance 
(ICC) to import shipments covered by mandato ry BPS product certification and applicants 
for ICC on a voluntary basis.  
Salient features of the proposed DAO include the following: 
• Subject has been changed to –The New Rules and Regulations Concerning the 
Issuance of the Import Commodity Clearance of the Bureau of  Product Standards 
• Addition of new terms in the Definition of  Terms (Clause 2) 
• Prior to importation covered  by the ma ndatory BPS product certification and prior 
to application for Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) the importer shall submit to BPS the QMS  certification and/or related QMS documents of the product manufacturer (Clause 3.1) 
• All suppliers of product under mandatory product certification scheme that had 
been granted an ICC for its products being distributed locally under 4.1.1 and 4.1.3 
may apply for the PS Certification Mark License as per DAO 1:1997 and its future 
amendments (Clause 4.2) G/TBT/N/PHL/54 
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  • New provisions on Appeal (Clause 9) 
• New provisions on Prohibited Acts (Clause 11) 
• Increase in Processing Fee (Sub-clause 12.1.5) 
• A bond shall be posted before the issuance of the Conditional Release and shall be 
valid for one (1) year. (Clause 12.4) 
Inclusion of DAO 2:2002  as basis of administrative penalty (Clause 15.1) 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To comply with the requirements of  ISO/IEC Guide 65:2001-General Requirements for 
Bodies Operating Certification Scheme. 
8. Relevant documents:   DAO 01:1997, DAO 2:2002  and ISO/IEC Guide 65:2001.  Will 
appear in the Official Gazette and/or tw o newspapers of  ge neral circulation. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }2007 
10. Final date for comments:   30 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:   
Bureau of Product Standards 
3/F  Trade & Industry Bldg. 
361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue Makati Metro, Manila Philippines E-mail: bps@dti.gov.ph