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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/PHL/30
20 June 2003
(03-3315)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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):   Toilet Soap
(ICS 71.100.40)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Philippine
National Standard (DPNS) 39:2003 – Toilet so ap – Specification (7 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:   This draft Philippine National Standard specifies the requirements
for toilet soap in the form of high grade bar soap or high grade granular flaked soap, either
coloured or uncoloured, transparent or opaque and mildly perfumed unless otherwise
specified.
In the new edition the following technical changes were made:  definition of terms was
added;  toilet soap was classified according to active agent content, process and
appearances;  a separate table on the chemical requirements for traditional/ combination
soap and for transparent/translucent soap;  value for supplementary ingredients was deleted;
most of the test methods were adopted from ISO standard;  and test temperature for
moisture and volatile matter was changed from 105°C to 103°C.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
This standard is a revision of existing PNS 39:1999 which will soon be cancelled and
replaced.  The revision was made due to technological advancement and to attune to the
present needs and demands of the consumers.
8. Relevant documents:  The following standards contain provisions which, through reference
in this text form part of this national standard.
PNS 1663:1998/ISO 672:1978 – Soaps – Determination of moisture and volatile matter
content – Oven method
PNS 1664:1998/ISO 456:1973 – Analysis of soap s – Determination of total free caustic
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PNS 1665:1998/ISO 685:1975 – Analysis  of soaps – Determination of total alkali content
and total fatty matter content.
PNS 1847:1948/ISO 8212:1986 – Soaps and detergents – Techniques of sampling during
manufacture
PNS 2021:2003/ASTM D 3049-89 (1996) – Test met hod for synthetic anionic ingredient by
cationic titration
9. Proposed date of adoption:  October 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  Fifteen (15) days after publication in the
Official Gazette or newspaper of general circulation.
10. Final date for comments:   17 August 2003
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 (WTO-TBT Enquiry Point), 3/F Trade and Industry Building,
361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines;
Tel. (632) 890-5227; Fax No.: (632- 890-5131;  E-mail:  bps@dti.dti.gov.ph