department administrative order no. series of subject the new rules and regulations concerning the product safety certification scheme of the bureau of philippine standards bps 15 pages in english this edition of the dao cancels and replaces the dao no. 4 series of 2008 and dao no 5 series of 2008 which has been technically revised to introduce the following changes. 1. merging of dao nos. 4 and 5 into one technical regulation. note under the tbt agreement maintaining separate guidelines for imported products and locally manufactured products is against the wtos national treatment principle. member economy must ensure that regulations standards testing and certification procedure do not create unnecessary obstacles to trade. 2. focus is on safety parameters the objective of the product safety certification scheme is to safeguard consumers interest by ensuring that products designated under technical regulation meet the specified safety standards. performance is left to the market as competitive advantage 2.1 category of products 2.1.1 mandatory certification 2.1.2 mandatory labelling with self-declaration of conformity 2.1.3 voluntary declarationh2 2.2 delisting of products without safety issues from the bps list of products under mandatory certification but for strict compliance and monitoring with mandatory labelling h2h3 2.2.1 ceramic tiles h3h3 2.2.2 flat glass raw material h3h3 2.2.3 upvc rigid electrical conduit h3h3 2.2.4 plywood h3h3 2.2.5 steel sheets for roofing h3h3 2.2.6 steel wires low carbon h3h3 2.2.7 wire nails h3 3. reduce costs of doing business waiting time and handling costs 4. removal of the conditional release 5. full transparency in procedures and requirements h2 5.1 mutual recognition of test result and conformity evaluation by accredited laboratory and cabs inspection and testing at country of origin consistent with the principle of equivalence as stated in the tbt agreement. h2h2 5.2 simplify documentary requirements by requiring long term documents such as sec registration only once a year h2 6. intensified product and market surveillanceh2 6.1 random sampling at post market h2h2 6.2 implementation of suppliers self-declaration under the marking and labelling framework. h2 alignleft suppliers must take responsibility for the products they place in the market whether they are imported or domestically produced. markings and labels indicate that products comply with the applicable standards. they also establish a traceable link between a product and the supplier responsible for placing it on the market. alignleft at the domestic market the revisions addressed 1. entry and proliferation of uncertified and or substandard products in the market 2. technical capability constraints such as testing capability accredited laboratory lack of technically-trained manpower 3. reducing the cost of doing business reducing documentary requirement and administrative procedures shorter processing time less handling costs i.e warehousing eliminates multiple handling of the products and waiting time for lab test result and inspection time . 4. increases assurance of the availability of safe products in the market. 5. less interface with the certification body thus guarding impartiality of the bps decision-making process. 6. less issues relative to port congestion and the auction of seized substandard products.