. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/PHL/20
19 July 2002
(02-4006)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   PHILIPPINES
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Bureau of Product Standards, Department of Trade and Industry
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Paper, board and pulps
(ICS: 85.060; 85.040)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  (Draft Philippine
National Standard) DPNS 166:2002 – Paper, board and pulps – Corrugating medium -
Specification (4 pages, English)
6. Description of content:   This standard specifies the requirements for corrugating medium
used in forming the fluted portions of the corrugated fibreboard.  This standard is a revision
to PNS 166:2001 to include two classes of corr ugating medium presently available in the
market.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
For consumer's production.
8. Relevant documents:   The following standards contain provisions, which through
reference in the text form part of this national standard:  PNS 326:2001 –Flat crush ofcorrugating medium (CMT Test); PNS 1268:2000 – Ring crush of paperboard; PNS ISO
186:2000 – Paper and board – Sampling to determine average quality;  PNS ISO 534:2001 –
Paper and board – Determination of the thickness of single sheets (and method of
calculation of the apparent density of bo ard) and PNS ISO 536:2000 – Paper and board –
Determination of grammage.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:  Immediately
10. Final date for comments:   15 August 2002G/TBT/N/PHL/20
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:  Bureau of
Product Standards (WTO-TBT Enquiry Point) , 3/F Trade and Industry Building, 361 Sen.
Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines; Tel.: (632) 890-5227; Fax
No.:  (632) 890-5131;  E-mail: bps@dti.gov.ph