Philippines Issues Amendments to Mandatory Product Certification Schemes

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) issued a Department Administrative Order (DAO) 18-03 that adds 27 products to the list of products and systems under mandatory certification.

The list of products and systems under mandatory certification itself can be found at Memorandum Circular 18-11.

According to the Circular 18-11, the list products can be classified into three groups as follows:

• Electrical and electronic products

• Mechanical/Building and construction materials

• Chemicals and other consumer products and systems

The certification of the products that were included to the list on the base of DAO 18-03 will become mandatory from August 25, 2019 and includes the following electrical products with the rated voltage up to 250 V a.c.:

1. a.c. and a.c./d.c. electric fans (also with rated power up to 300 W)

2. Electric dry irons and steam irons for household and similar purposes

3. Portable electric blenders

4. Portable microwave ovens

5. Electric rice cookers/warmers up to 7 liters capacity

6. Electric airpots

7. Electric coffee makers

8. CRT and LCD panels (with CCFL or LED backlight) with display size up to 55 inches

9. Stand-alone CD/VCD/DVD/Blu-ray disc players

10. Electric toasters with rated voltage

11. Electric stoves

12. Electric hot plates

13. Electric grills

14. Electric ovens

15. Turbo broilers

16. Induction cookers

17. Single-tub and twin-tub, semi-automatic and fully- automatic controlled washing machines with horizontal or vertical drum orientation

18. Spin extractors

19. Storage capacity up to 567 liters (20 cu. ft.)

20. Electric juicers

21. Electric food mixers

22. Electric food processors

23. Electric kettles

24. Electric pressure cookers

25. Electric slow cookers

26. Electric multi-cookers

27. Inverter, air conditioners, with rated power up to 250 V for single phase and 600 V for all other types and with cooling capacity up to 38,000 kJ/hr.

It is also necessary to mention that self-ballasted LED lamps that are in the List can be sold in Philippines without Import Commodity Clearance (lCC) stickers or the Philippine Standard (PS) certification mark until August 14, 2019 in case when they have been imported to the market of Philippines up to August 25, 2018.

The information has been prepared by the GMA Consult Group team.

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