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 125 notifications covering various sectors such as agriculture; chemical technology; construction materials and buildings; domestic and commercial equipment; electrical engineering; electronics; energy and heat transfer engineering; environment health protection and safety; food technology; healthcare technology; management and quality; mechanical systems and components for general use; metallurgy; packaging and distribution of goods; paper technology; petroleum and related technologies; road vehicles engineering; shipbuilding and marine structures; 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. Liquids and products used in electronic alternatives to traditional tobacco products, United Arab Emirates, 01 June 2024 
2. Electronic Cigarettes (e-liquid) – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
3. Wine products, United Kingdom, 02 June 2024 
4. Fertilizer : sodium-N'- Methoxycarb onylsulfanila mide and Potassium α- (2-methyl-4- chlorophenox y) propionate, Japan, 31 May 2024 
5. Feed additives – Muramidase, Japan, deadline not indicated 
6. Warning images and messages on smoking, Republic of Korea, 03 June 2024 
7. Electronic cigarettes : single-use vapes, United Kingdom, 31 May 2024 
8. E-cigarettes, Belgium, 07 June 2024 
9. Labelling of animal products that are produced using paincausing procedures without analgesia, Switzerland, 10 June 2024 
10. Single-use electronic cigarettes, United Kingdom, 08 June 2024 
11. Organisms produced through precision breeding technologies, United Kingdom, 10 June 2024 
12. Seed for brassica vegetable crops, Kenya, 09 June 2024 
13. Seed, Kenya, 09 June 2024 
14. Veterinary medicines, pesticides, animal feeds, fertilisers and other 'agricultural compounds' used for specific purposes in the management of plants and animals, New Zealand, 09 May 2024 

Chemical Technology 

1. Fluorocarbon, hydrocarbon, and carbon dioxide refrigerants – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
2. Hazardous chemical substances – Addendum, United Kingdom, deadline not indicated 
3. Chrysotile asbestos – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
4. Ethylene production – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
5. Electronic devices used in electronic smoking systems, Egypt, 02 June 2024 
6. Sunscreen, Burundi, 06 June 2024 
7. Skincare special purpose product: anti-aging, Burundi, 07 June 2024 
8. Domestic hygiene products and absorbent personal hygiene products, Plurinatio nal State of Bolivia, 07 June 2024 
9. Cosmetic products, United Kingdom, 08 June 2024 
10. Chemical substances, Japan, 10 June 2024 
11. Chemical products – Revision, Ukraine, 06 June 2024 
12. Hazardous air pollutants : ethylene oxide commercial sterilization and fumigation operations – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
13. Hazardous materials – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
14. Certain chemical substances, United States, deadline not indicated 

Construction Materials and Buildings 

1. Cement products, Kingdom of Bahrain, 10 June 2024 

Domestic and Commercial Equipment 

1. Electrical clothes dryers – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 
2. Refrigerators , refrigeratorfreezers and freezers for household use, with a rated voltage of not more than 250 V – Addendum, Chilie, deadline not indicated 
3. Air conditioners for domestic use – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 
4. Air conditioners – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 
5. Consumer products and commercial / industrial equipment – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
6. Air conditioners, heat pumps – Revision, United States, deadline not indicated 

Electrical Engineering 

1. Electrical equipment and installations – Addendum, Colombia, deadline not indicated 
2. Household and similar electrical appliances : drives for shutters, awnings, blinds and similar equipment, Egypt, 02 June 2024 
3. Transformers (for building and factory) – Addendum, Japan, deadline not indicated 
4. Low-voltage electrical equipment, apparatus and fixed installation, Ukraine, 31 May 2024 
5. LED Light Emitting Diode Lamps – Addendum, Plurinatio nal State of Bolivia, deadline not specified 
6. Doublecapped LED lamps designed to replace linear fluorescent lamps and requiring luminaire modification – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 
7. Battery chargers for hand tools, and lawn and garden machinery – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 
8. Electric conductors – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 
9. Fixed general purpose luminaires – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 
10. Electrical products – Revision, Israel, 24 May 2024 
11. Residual current operated circuitbreakers with integral overcurrent protection for household and similar uses, Thailand, 09 June 2024 

Electronics 

1. Electronic equipment – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 
2. Doublecapped LED lamps designed to replace linear fluorescent lamps and requiring luminaire modification – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 
3. Battery chargers for hand tools, and lawn and garden machinery – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 

Energy and Heat Transfer Engineering 

1. Fuel / energy economy and emissions label requirements for vehicles of category M1, Egypt, 02 June 2024 
2. Energy efficiency – Revision, Unites States, 13 May 2024 
3. Electricity meters, Republic of Korea, 02 June 2024 
4. Electric circulating air fans – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
5. Solar water heating systems (SWHS), Inida, 07 June 2024 

Environment Health Protection and Safety  

1. Foam fire extinguishing systems : fixed compressed air foam equipment, Egypt, 02 June 2024 
2. Emergency response : occupational safety – Addendum, United States, 21 June 2024 
3. Lead wheel weights, United States, 03 May 2024 
4. Hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for integrated iron and steel manufacturing facilities – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
5. Measuring instruments, Ukraine, 01 June 2024 
6. Dentistry - stationary dental units and dental patient chairs – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
7. Stationary dental units and dental patient chairs: air, water, suction and wastewater systems – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 

Food Technology 

1. Food for special diets – Addendum, Ecuador, deadline not indicated 
2. Refined sugar and white sugar – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
3. Frozen poultry and rabbits – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
4. Wheat flour – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
5. Blend of skimmed milk and vegetable fat in powdered form – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
6. Sterilized flavoured sweetened milk – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
7. Milk powder and cream powder – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
8. Chilled poultry and rabbits – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
9. Evaporated milks, Egypt, 02 June 2024 
10. Butter and clarified butter, Turkey, 05 June 2024 
11. Whole live lobster of the species Homarus americanus, United States, 03 June 2024 
12. Supplemented food, food additives, food storages, materials contact with food, Vietnam, 02 June 2024 
13. Poultry meat and poultry processed products, Kazakhstan, 02 June 2024 
14. Poultry meat and poultry processed products, Kazakhstan, 03 June 2024 
15. Minced beef – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
16. Hamburgers – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
17. Packaging, coatings, utensils, lids and metallic equipment in contact with food – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
18. Meat of bovine animals – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
19. Plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, European Union, 06 June 2024 
20. Seeds for cucurbit vegetables, Kenya, 09 June 2024 
21. Seeds for solanaceous vegetable crops, Kenya, 09 June 2024 
22. Seed for bulb vegetable crops, Kenya, 09 June 2024 
23. Bioengineered food disclosure standard, United States, 10 June 2024 

Healthcare Technology 

1. Medical equipment – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
2. Medicines in general and biological products, Ecuador, 10 June 2024 
3. Biological products, Japan, 09 May 2024 
4. Labeling of medicinal products for human use and veterinary medicines, Russian Federation, 04 May 2024 
5. Herbal pharmacopoeia, Thailand, 09 June 2024 
6. Medical equipment – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated 
7. Medicines in general and biological products, Ecuador, 10 June 2024 
8. Biological products, Japan, 09 May 2024 
9. Labeling of medicinal products for human use and veterinary medicines, Russian Federation, 04 May 2024 
10. Herbal pharmacopoeia, Thailand, 09 June 2024 

Management and Quality 

1. Products that are covered under mandatory certification for sales and distribution, Bangladesh, deadline not applicable 

Mechanical Systems and Components for General Use 

1. Aring seals, with a nominal hardness – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 

Metallurgy 

1. Carbon steel wire rods for cold heading, Thailand, 09 June 2024 

Packaging and distribution of goods 

1. General standard for bottled / packaged drinking waters (other than natural mineral waters) – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
2. Non-woven plastic shopping sacks, Egypt, 02 June 2024 
3. Extraction solvent for use in food production, Thailand, 02 June 2024 
4. Corrugated fiberboard boxes for packaging and transportation of dynamite for civil usages, Egypt, 06 June 2024 
5. Plastic pollution – Addendum, United States, 08 May 2024 

Paper Technology 

1. Notebooks and exercise books – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 

Petroleum and related technologies 

1. Unleaded gasoline 95 octane – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
2. Unleaded gasoline 80, 90, 92 octane – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
3. High and medium pressure regulators for welding equipment, connected to welded portable cylinders for butane, propane, and their mixtures – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 
4. Automatic change-over devices to be connected to welded portable cylinders weighing 45 kg – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 
5. Elastomer materials for membranes intended for gas appliances and equipment – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 
6. Elastomer materials for gaskets intended for gas appliances and equipment – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 

Road vehicles engineering 

1. Heavy duty engine onboard diagnostic system – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
2. Petroleum equivalent fuel economy calculation – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated 
3. Electric vehicle supply equipment, Republic of Korea, 03 June 2024 
4. Glazing materials for vehicles – Addendum, Thailand, 09 June 2024 
5. Passenger vehicle, trucks, specialized vehicle, trailers, tractors and incomplete vehicles, Vietnam, 10 June 2024 

Shipbuilding and Marine Structures 

1. Cybersecurity in the marine transportation system – Addendum, United States, 22 May 2024 

Telecommunications, Audio and Video Engineering 

1. Television and displays – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
2. Televisions – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 
3. Electronic audio and video products: settop boxes that can be used in combination with televisions and that operate connected to an AC power supply – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated 
4. Multi-standard radio (MSR) base station (BS), Vietnam, 15 June 2024 
5. Electromagnetic compatibility for Private land mobile radio and Terrestrial Trunked Radio, Vietnam, 15 June 2024 

Textile and Leather Technology 

1. Synthetic mosquito nets, Bangladesh, 02 June 2024 
2. Towels and towelling, Bangladesh, 02 June 2024 
3. Thermally insulated glass window and wall systems for government, commercial and residential buildings, The State of Kuwait, 02 June 2024 
4. Glass in building, basic soda lime silicate glass products : wired patterned glass – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated 
5. Fur and fur products produced using methods cruel to animals, Switzerland, 10 June 2024 
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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.