WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.137
28May1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-1996)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: PHILIPPINES
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Department ofTrade andIndustry, Bureau ofProduct Standards
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Refrigerators andfreezers
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: DPNS 185-Household
Appliances-Energy Efficiency ofRefrigerators andFreezers forHousehold Use-Method
ofDetermination (27pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Specifies themethod ofdetermining theenergy efficiency factor
ofrefrigerators andfreezers forhousehold use. Provides auniform andrepeatable
procedure atspecified conditions andatanambient temperature of30C.Methods
described inthisstandard areintended toestablish ameans bywhich different models
andbrands ofrefrigerators andfreezers canbecompared andevaluated withrespect to
characteristics which aresignificant inthedesign anduseoftheproducts.
7. Objective andrationale: Protection ofconsumers
8. Relevant documents: RA4109, RA7394, EO913s.1983, EO133s.1987,
DAO 9s.1990, DOA 4s.1994, DAO 8s.1995
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:15July1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 30June1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: