WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.145
29May1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2004)
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): Toys
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: DPNS 1408-5 Safety
ofToys -Part5:Chemical Toys (Sets) Other thanExperimental Sets(18pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Specifies requirements forthesubstances andmaterials usedin
chemical toys(sets) other than experimental sets. Specifies maximum amounts of
substances and preparations classified asdangerous by definitions of
Directives 67/548/EEC and 88/379/EEC maximum amounts ofsubstances and
preparations which inexcessive amounts mayharm thehealth ofchildren using them and
which arenotcovered bytheaforementioned Directives andthemaximum amounts for
other substances orpreparations delivered withthetoys.
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: