The Portal
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Why Use the Portal?
| It facilitates a fast, efficient and cost-effective way of obtaining
extensive information on standards, conformity assessment requirements,
and other trade-related technical regulations/laws |
| It assists exporters and other stakeholders to know, understand and
meet standards and technical requirements of the products of their
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| It allows stakeholders to review and comment on the TBT notifications by the WTO and draft PNS developed by the BPS.
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Who's behind the Portal?
The S&C Portal is administered by the Department of Trade and Industry’s Bureau of Product
Standards (DTI-BPS), which is the National Standards Body of the Philippines and the WTO TBT Enquiry Point of the country.
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| It was set up with technical assistance of the Republic of the
Philippines - European Union (RP-EU) Trade Related Technical Assistance
(TRTA) Programme and the USAID’s Economic Modernization through
Efficient Reforms and Governance Enhancement (EMERGE) Project, with
support from the Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (PHILEXPORT)
and the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI).
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To the EU and USAID, we thank you for your valuable technical assistance and guidance.
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Portal and experience the additional benefits that only registered
users get, such as:
- Alerts
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- Forums
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Standards in Our Everyday Lives |
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Have you ever wondered why every time you use an automated teller machine (ATM) card to deposit your money, or a credit card to pay for your purchase, or a phone card to call someone, they all seem to fit any machine that accepts these cards? Or when you have to take pictures of loved ones, scenes or views, or events, have you asked yourself why any 35-mm roll of film easily fits into your camera (regardless of brand) for still pictures?
These credit cards, phone cards, and “smart” cards that have become commonplace, fitting any machine, follow specifications of relevant International Standard. Keeping to the standard - which defines such features as an optimal thickness (0.76 mm), or that card corners shall be rounded with a radius of 3.18 mm, or that the card shall be made of PVC (polyvinyl chloride) and/or PVCA (polyvinyl chloride acetate) —means that the cards can be used worldwide. For photographic films, ISO 1007 specifies dimensions, configurations, and tests applicable to both 35 mm film and film magazine.
Standards thus contribute to making life simpler and to increasing the reliability and effectiveness of the goods and services we utilize.
Making lives simpler for Filipinos is the Department of Trade and Industry’s Bureau of Product Standards (DTI-BPS) that develops, adopts, implements and promotes the Philippine National Standards (PNS), as the Philippine’s National Standards Body.
DTI-BPS publishes a PNS for the industry to employ in providing safe products and services for consumers; the academe, consumer organizations, and non-government organizations to refer to in specifying their needs; and the government offices to exercise in checking the quality and safety aspects of a product or a service that a consumer may use or avail of.
Furthermore, it implements measures that would safeguard the interests of the public and serve DTI’s vision that it exists to champion the consumers as well as the business.
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