WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.144
29May1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2003)
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 1408-4 Safety
ofToys -Part4:Specification forExperimental SetsforChemistry andRelated
Activities (7pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Specifies requirements forthemaximum amount ofcertain
substances andpreparations used inexperimental setsforchemistry andrelated
activities. Applies tochemistry setsandsupplementary sets. Also covers toysfor
experiments within thefields ofmineralogy, biology, physics, microscopics and
environmental sciences whenever theycontain oneormore chemical substances and/or
preparations.
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: