. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/PHL/8
30 March 2001
(01-1611)
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):   Hot-rolled carbon steel
strips for pipes and tubes – Specification
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Philippine
National Standard (DPNS) – DPNS 33:2001 – Hot-rolled carbon steel strips for pipes and
tubes – Specification (9 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:   This standard specifies the requirements for hot-rolled carbon
steel strips to be used for welded steel pipes and tubes.  This standard supersedes
PNS 33:1986
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
This standard was prepared to upgrade the quality of  the pipes in the industry and for
consumer protection.
8. Relevant documents:   The following standards which, through reference in the text form
part of this Philippine National Standard:
PNS 557:1993/ISO 629:1982, Steel and cast iron – Determination of manganese content – 
Spectrophotometric Method
PNS 822:1996/ASTM E 350-95 (Reapproved 1997), Standard test methods for chemical
analysis of carbon steel, low-alloy steel, silicon electrical steel, ingot iron andwrought iron
PNS 1467:1996/ISO 6892:1984, Metallic materials – Tensile testing
PNS 1468:1996/ISO 7438:1985, Metallic materials – Bend test
ISO 437:1982, Steel and cast iron – Determination of total carbon content – Combustion
gravimetric method
ISO 9556:1989, Steel and iron – Determination of  total carbon content – Infrared
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9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:  July 2001
10. Final date for comments:   9 May 2001
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. No.:  (632)  890-5227
Fax No.:  (632) 890-5131;  (632) 890-5225
E-mail:    bps@dti .gov.ph
Homepage: http://www.dti.gov.ph/bps