Philippine exporters and relevant stakeholders are strongly encouraged to review and comment on the listed proposed technical regulations that may affect our exports to the issuing economies. Please submit your comments to the DTI Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS) thru email at bps@dti.gov.ph and copy the DTI Export Marketing Bureau (exports@dti.gov.ph). The BPS serves as the Philippines’ National Enquiry Point (NEP) and the National Notification Authority (NNA) for the WTO-TBT Agreement. 

The latest bulletin lists a total of 75 notifications covering various sectors such as agriculture; chemical technology; construction materials and buildings; domestic and commercial equipment, entertainment, sports; electrical engineering; energy and heat transfer engineering; environment health protection and safety; fluid systems and components for general use; food technology; glass and ceramics industries; healthcare technology; information technology; manufacturing engineering; manufacturing engineering; mechanical systems and components for general use; metallurgy; metrology and measurement; packaging and distribution of goods; paper technology; petroleum and related technologies; road vehicles engineering; rubber and plastic industries; services, company organization, management and quality, administration, transport, sociology; shipbuilding and marine structures; telecommunications, audio, and video engineering; and textile and leather technology.

The respective issuing economies and deadline for comments (as applicable) are provided below:

This is a continuation ADVISORY: World Trade Organization (WTO) Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Latest Notifications – 28 November 2025 Part 1

Road Vehicles Engineering

1. Hydrogen vehicles, Canada, 02 December 2025
2. Vehicles, Denmark, 01 December 2025
3. Motor vehicles for the transport of >= 10 persons, incl. Driver, Japan, 29 November 2025
4. Vehicles, their parts and equipment – Revision, Ukraine, 29 November 2025
5. Recreational off-highway vehicles (ROVs), USA, deadline not indicated
6. Road vehicles: vehicle identification number, Egypt, deadline not indicated
7. Automotive door handle, China, 19 December 2025
8. Fuel systems – Addendum, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, deadline not indicated
9. Vehicle software update – Addendum, China, deadline not indicated
10. Vehicle cybersecurity – Addendum, China, deadline not indicated
11. Combined driver assistance system, China, 19 December 2025
12. Pollutant emissions from land-based mobile sources – Addendum, Ecuador, deadline not indicated
13. Child restraints for use in motor vehicles, Australia, 29 December 2025
14. Road traffic signal lamps, China, 10 January 2026
15. Road traffic signal setting and installation, China, 10 January 2026
16. Road traffic signal controller, China, 10 January 2026
17. Maximum road speed limiters for motor vehicles, Uganda, deadline not indicated
18. Speed limiter intended to limit the maximum road speed of motor vehicles, Uganda, deadline not indicated
19. Catalytic converter body, Brazil, 02 January 2026
20. Electric vehicle conductive charging system: DC electric vehicle supply equipment, Botswana, 03 January 2026
21. Passenger cars and vans, EU, 02 January 2026
22. Motor vehicles, Republic of Korea, 02 January 2026

Rubber and Plastic Industries

1. Passenger car tyres, Guyana, 05 December 2025
2. Hemp and its derivatives for industrial use, Peru, 05 December 2025
3. Single-use plastic bags, Kingdom of Bahrain, 22 December 2025
4. Plastic tray, Uganda, 19 December 2025
5. Plastic utensil and dinner ware rack, Uganda, 19 December 2025
6. Plastic jerrycan, Uganda, 19 December 2025
7. Plastic puzzle ground mats, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, deadline not indicated
8. Plastic puzzle ground mats, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, deadline not indicated

Services, Company Organization, Management and Quality, Administration, Transport, Sociology

1. Unmanned aircraft systems, USA, deadline not indicated
2. Cryptographic technical characteristics of IP stream security products, Vietnam, 02 December 2025
3. Implementation and administration of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, Papua New Guinea, deadline not indicated
4. Products and goods in general, Vietnam, 27 December 2025
5. Mutual recognition, unilateral recognition of conformity assessment, Vietnam, 27 December 2025
6. Products and goods in general, Vietnam, 27 December 2025
7. Standards and technical regulations, Vietnam, 27 December 2025
8. Goods related to international trade, Vietnam, 05 January 2025

Shipbuilding and Marine Structures

1. Fishing-vessels engines, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, 13 December 2025

Telecommunications, Audio, and Video Engineering

1. Short-range devices (radio equipment), EU, 01 December 2025
2. Terrestrial radio receiver specifications for AM / FM / T-DAB, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, deadline not indicated
3. Analog FM transmitters, Canada, 22 December 2025
4. Mobile terminals and ancillary equipment of digital cellular telecommunication systems, Vietnam, 13 December 2025
5. Household refrigerating appliances, Egypt, deadline not indicated
6. Measurement procedure for assessing specific absorption rate (SAR) compliance in accordance with RSS-102, Canada, deadline not indicated
7. Incident Power Density (IPD), Canada, deadline not indicated
8. Radio access equipment operating in the 6 GHz band, Vietnam, 20 December 2025
9. Restricted radiation radiocommunication equipment, Brazil, deadline not indicated
10. Telecommunication equipment, Brazil, 29 December 2025
11. Radio equipment of radio stations for High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) and HIBS (HAPS as IMT Base Station), Japan, 09 January 2026
12. Laser products, Canada, deadline not indicated
13. Laser sensors, Republic of Korea, 02 January 2026
14. Electronics and information technology goods, India, deadline not indicated
15. Tracking device, India, 06 January 2026
16. IoT gateway, India, 06 January 2026
17. Small size 5G core, India, 06 January 2026
18. Session border controller, India, 06 January 2026
19. End point device for environmental monitoring, India, 06 January 2026
20. Feedback device, India, 06 January 2026

Textile and Leather Technology

1. Determination of index ingredient from coloured textile: myrobalan, Egypt, 14 December 2025
2. Determination of fabric propensity to surface pilling, fuzzing or matting: pilling box method, Egypt, 14 December 2025
3. Determination of fabric propensity to surface pilling, fuzzing or matting, Egypt, 14 December 2025
4. Wetlaid-nonwoven machinery, Egypt, 14 December 2025
5. Screen print, Uganda, 19 December 2025
6. School clothing: sweaters and cardigans, Uganda, 22 December 2025
7. School clothing: socks, Uganda, 22 December 2025
8. School clothing: skirts, Uganda, 22 December 2025
9. School clothing: dresses and tunics, Uganda, 22 December 2025
10. School clothing: shirts, Uganda, 22 December 2025
11. African prints, Uganda, 27 December 2025
12. Shirting and blouse fabrics, Uganda, 26 December 2025
13. Trousers, dresses, tunics, and skirts, Uganda, 26 December 2025
14. School wear fabrics, Uganda, 26 December 2025
15. Disposable Baby diapers, Uganda, 26 December 2025
16. Blankets, Uganda, 26 December 2025
17. Trousers and shorts, Uganda, 26 December 2025
18. Blazers, Uganda, 26 December 2025
19. School clothingBlazer fabrics, Uganda,26 December 2025
20. Blazer fabrics, Uganda, 26 December 2025
21. Disposable wet wipes, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
22. Crepe bandages, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
23. Long lasting insecticide treated mosquito net, Uganda, deadline not indicated
24. Travel bag, Uganda, deadline not indicated