Philippine exporters and relevant stakeholders are strongly encouraged to review and comment on the listed proposed technical regulations that may affect our exports to the issuing economies.   

 The latest bulletin lists a total of 70 notifications covering various sectors such as agriculture, aircraft and space vehicle engineering, construction materials and building, chemical technology, electronics, energy and heat transfer engineering, environment health protection and safety, food technology, healthcare technology, metallurgy, metrology and measurement, and physical phenomena, packaging and distribution of goods, protective equipment, road vehicles engineering, rubber and plastic industries, telecommunications, audio, and video engineering, and textile and leather technology, the respective issuing economies, and the final date of comments are provided below: 

Agriculture 

1. Pesticides - Residues – Metiram, European Union, 16 September 2023 
2. Pesticides - Residues – Benthiavalicarb, European Union, 16 September 2023 
3. Nicotine pouches, Finland, 31 August 2023 
4. Feed additive – L-Histidine Monohydrochloride Monohydrate – Addendum, Japan, (deadline not indicated) 
5. Tobacco products, Lithuania, 24 September 2023 
6. Tobacco products, Lithuania, 25 September 2023 
7. Confinement of farm animals and sale of specified products derived from them – Addendum, Unted States of America, (deadline not indicated) 
8. Fertilizers, correctives, substrates, conditioners and soil remineralizers, Brazil, 03 October 2023 
9. Organic Products, European Union, 30 September 2023 
10. Nicotine pouches, Finland, (deadline not indicated) 
11. Cigarettes - Revision, United States of America, 28 August 2023 

Aircraft and space vehicle engineering   

1. Light-sport aircraft, United States, 23 October 2023 
2. Amended type certificate (TC) for a transport category airplane, United States of America, 25 August 2023 
3. Aircraft type design changes,  United States of America, 25 August 2023 

Construction materials and building 

1. Residential drinking water meters – Review, Bolivia, 16 September 2023 
2. Exterior tile – Addendum, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, (deadline not indicated) 
3. Roofing tiles, Uganda, 25 September 2023 
4. Waterproofing compounds, Uganda, 25 September 2023 

Chemical technology 

1. Biocidal products, European Union, 17 September 2023 
2. Biocidal products: silver zinc zeolite, European Union, 17 September 2023 
3. Toxic chemicals: diisononyl phthalate – Addendum, United States of America (deadline not indicated)   
4. New chemicals regulations under the Toxic Substance s Control Act (TSCA) - Addendum, United States of America, (deadline not indicated) 
5. Chemical substances - Addendum, United States of America, (deadline not indicated) 

Electronics 

1. Electronic equipment, Chile, 16 September 2023 

Energy and heat transfer engineering 

1. Programmable digital devices in safety related systems of nuclearpower plants – Addendum, United States of America, (deadline not indicated) 

Environment Health Protection and Safety 

1. Drinking water treatment systems, Israel, 14 September 2023 
2. Equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres, Saudi Arabia, 24 September 2023 
3. Transuranic waste and highway route controlled quantities of radioactive material – Revision, United States of America, 23 August 2023 
4. Adult portable bed rails – Addendum, United States of America, (deadline not indicated) 

Food Technology 

1. Diet foods or foods for special diets and gluten-free foods – Addendum, Argentina, (deadline not indicated) 
2. Spices and condiments: jerk seasoning and jerk sauce, Jamaica, 17 September 2023 
3. Full fat soybean flour, Uganda, 25 September 2023 
4. Barley grains, Uganda, 25 September 2023 
5. Dry lima beans, Uganda, 25 September 2023 
6. Corn and wheat products: dough and products derived from dough – Addendum, Mexico, (deadline not indicated) 
7. Corn and wheat products: dough and products derived from dough – Addendum, Mexico, (deadline not indicated)   
8. Hatching eggs and chicks of poultry – Addendum, Ukraine, (deadline not indicated)   
9. Dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption, Ukraine, 21 September 2023 

Healthcare technology 

1. Veterinary products, Plurinational State of Bolivia, 21 September 2023 
2. Evidential breathalyzers, breathalyzers or breathalyzers, Colombia, 23 September 2023 
3. Medical devices, United Kingdom, 26 September 2023 
4. Substances with probable effects on the central nervous system, Japan, (deadline not indicated)  
5.  Pharmaceutical products: recombinant respiratory syncytial virus vaccine, Japan 24 August 2023 
6. Pharmaceuticals, Republic of Korea, 21 September 2023 
7. Pharmaceuticals, Republic of Korea, 04 September 2023 
8. Medicinal products, Russian Federation, 17 August 2023 

Metallurgy 

1. Design of structural members cold- formed to shape from steel sheet, strip, plate or bar – Addendum, Kenya, 15 September 2023 

Metrology and measurement, Physical Phenomena 

1. Non-automatic weighing instruments, Colombia, 23 September 2023 

Packaging and distribution of goods 

1. Paper and paper-based packaging, United States of America, 20 October 2023 

Protective equipment 

1. Personal Protective Equipment in Construction, United States of America, 18 September 2023 

Road vehicles engineering 

1. External projections for passenger car, China, 17 September 2023 
2. Cab of commercial vehicles: external projections, China, 17 September 2023 
3. Vehicle cybersecurity, China, 17 September 2023 
4. Intelligent and connected vehicle: data storage system for automated driving, China, 17 September 2023 
5. Electronic taximeters, Colombia, 23 September 2023 
6. Fuel-efficient transport vehicles, Philippines, (deadline not indicated) 
7. Fuel-efficient transport vehicles, Philippines, (deadline not indicated) 
8. Safety elements applicable to motor vehicles and light passenger and commercial vehicles – Addendum, Chile, 18 September 2023 
9. Motor vehicles, Republic of Korea, 21 September 2023 

10. All terrain vehicles – Revision, United States of America, 25 September 2023 

Rubber and plastic industries 

1. Road vehicle tires, Saudi of Arabia, 23 September 2023 
2. Road vehicle tires - Addendum, Saudi of Arabia, 25 September 2023   

Telecommunications, audio, and video engineering 

1. TV Smart box – Addendum, Brazil, (deadline not indicated) 
2. Next generation broadcast television transition – Addendum, United States of America, (deadline not indicated) 
3. Next generation broadcast television transition – Addendum, United States of America, 15 September 2023 

Textile and leather technology 

1. Fireless cooker basket – Addendum, Kenya, (deadline not indicated) 
2. Sewing threads made wholly or partly from synthetic fibers – Addendum, Kenya, (deadline not indicated) 
3. Polyester/wool blended yarn – Addendum, Kenya, (deadline not indicated) 
4. Cotton yarns – Addendum, Kenya, (deadline not indicated) 
5. Polyester/cellulosic blended yarn – Addendum, Kenya, (deadline not indicated) 

Please submit your comments to the DTI Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS) thru email at bps@dti.gov.ph and copy the DTI Export Marketing Bureau (exports@dti.gov.ph). The BPS serves as the Philippines’ National Enquiry Point (NEP) and the National Notification Authority (NNA) for the WTO-TBT Agreement.