PHILIPPINES: TOYS, EXPERIMENTAL SETS FOR CHEMISTRY The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 96.144. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: PHILIPPINES. If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2): 2. Agency responsible: Department of Trade and Industry, Bureau of Product Standards Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification can be indicated if different from above: 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Toys. 5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DPNS 1408-4 Safety of Toys - Part 4: Specification for Experimental Sets for Chemistry and Related Activities (7 pages). 6. Description of content: Specifies requirements for the maximum amount of certain substances and preparations used in experimental sets for chemistry and related activities. Applies to chemistry sets and supplementary sets. Also covers toys for experiments within the fields of mineralogy, biology, physics, microscopics and environmental sciences whenever they contain one or more chemical substances and/or preparations. 7. Objective and rationale: Protection of consumers. 8. Relevant documents: RA 4109, RA 7394, EO 913 s. 1983, EO 133 s. 1987, DAO 9 s. 1990, DAO 4 s. 1994, DAO 8 s. 1995. 9. Proposed date of adoption: 15 July 1996. Proposed date of entry into force: 15 July 1996. 10. Final date for comments: 30 June 1996. (158)

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