. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PHL/82 
16 April 2007 
 (07-1525) 
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):   Low carbon steel wires – 
plain/annealed/zinc coated (ICS:  77.140.65) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Philippine National 
Standard (PNS 113:2005) Draft Amendment 1:2007 – Specification for low carbon steel 
wires – plain/annealed/zinc coated  (1 page, in English) 
6. Description of content:   This notification is the firs t amendment to PNS 113:2005 that 
specifies the requirements for low carbon steel wires for application as (1) plain wire, (2) 
annealed wire, and (3) zinc-coated/galvani zed wire and not intended for structural 
applications. 
The amendment specifies changes/modifications  made in Tables 1 and 9 of PNS 113:2005 
that refers to the types and manufacturing met hods of wires; and the mass of zinc coating 
and diameter of mandrel used for winding test. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
For consumer protection and safety. 
8. Relevant documents:   The following referenced docum ents are indispensable for the 
application of this document.   
PNS 77:1986/Amd. 01:1991, Carbon steel wire rods – Specification PNS ISO 2859-1:2004, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes – Part 1:  Sampling 
schemes indexed by acceptance quality lim it (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection 
PNS ISO 6892:2004, Metallic materials – Te nsile testing at ambient temperature 
PNS ISO 1460:2004, Metallic coatings – Hot dip galvanized coatings on ferrous materials – 
Gravimetric determination of the mass per unit area G/TBT/N/PHL/82 
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  PNS JIS 3505:2005, Low carbon steel wire rods 
PNS JIS Z 2201:2005, Test pieces for te nsile test for metallic materials 
PNS JIS Z 2241:2005 – Method of tens ile test for metallic materials 
PNS JIS H 0401:2005 – Methods of test for hot hip galvanized coatings 
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