WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96/138
28May1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-1997)
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): Electric ricecookers and
electric ricewarmers
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: DPNS 255-1 Electric
Rice Cookers andElectric Rice Warmers forHousehold Use, Part 1:Safety
Requirements (17pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Specifies safety requirements forhousehold electric rice
cookers, electric ricecookers/warmers andelectric ricewarmers, having maximum
rice-cooking orrice-warming capacities notexceeding 3.6l.,with rated power
consumption notexceeding 2kWforricecookers andricecooker/warmers, and100W
forricewarmers (17pages).
7. Objective andrationale: Protection ofconsumers
8. Relevant documents: RA4109, RA7394, EO913s.1983, EO133s.1987, DAO 9s.
1990, DAO 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: