. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PHL/73 
11 December 2006 
 (06-5917) 
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:  29.140.30). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Philippine 
National Standard (DPNS) 2050-3:2006 – Lamp s and related equipment – Energy labelling 
requirements – Part 3:  High intensity discharge (HID) lamps. 
6. Description of content:   This notification specifies the energy labelling requirements for 
high intensity discharge (HID) lamps for general lighting. 
This requires attachment of an energy label that would show the product’s HID lamp 
wattage in watts and lamp efficacy in lumens per watt, among others. 
It is hereby emphasized that under this notification, HID shall be tested at 230 V 60 Hz, 
which is the nominal voltage system of the Philippines. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
This notification that deals with energy e fficient lighting (EEL), has been developed in 
promoting energy efficient products as one of the strategies to achieve energy self-
sufficiency, contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emission and to guide consumers 
in determining which HID lamp model is less costly to operate. 
This notification is for consumers protection. 
8. Relevant documents:   PNS IEC 61167:2006 (IEC published 1992 with Amd. 01:02:1997 
and Amd. 03:1998) Metal halide lamps. 
PNS IEC 60188:2006 (IEC published 2001) Hi gh pressure mercury vapour lamps – 
Performance specification. 
PNS IEC 60192:2006 (IEC published 2001) Low pressure sodium vapour lamps – 
Performance specifications. G/TBT/N/PHL/73 
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  PNS IEC 60357:2006 (IEC published 2002) Tung sten halogen lamps (non-vehicle) – 
Performance specifications. 
PNS IEC 60662:2006 (IEC published 2002) High pressure sodium vapour lamps. 
PNS IEC 62035:2005 with Amd. 1:2006 (IEC published 1999 with Amd 1:2003) Discharge 
lamps (excluding fluorescent lamps) – Safety specifications. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }Year 2007 
10. Final date for comments:   7 February 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