The Philippines Updates Lighting and Other Electronic Device Regulations

The Philippines has recently updated its lamp holders and other luminaire standards, according to a DEKRA press release.

Philippines published DAO 15-01 in July, to supplement the main regulation DAO 05: 2008. 


Here are the main changes for electrical & electronic products:

The test reports of the following products shall have one-year validity from the date of issuance:

  • Blender

  • CD/VCD/DVD Player CD/VCD/DVD

  • Circuit Breaker

  • Coffee Maker

  • Electric Cables/Wires

  • Electric Fan

  • Electric Flat Iron

  • Electric Stove

  • Fuse and Fuse Holder

  • Glow Starter

  • Magnetic/Electronic Ballast

  • Oven Toaster

  • Plug, Socket Outlet and Extension Cord

  • Rice Cooker

  • Switch

  • Starters/Lamp holders

  • Washing Machine

For applications with no valid test reports, inspection and testing will be required locally.

  • The Performance and Labeling Standards of the following products are deleted:

  • Self-ballasted Lamps

  • Single-capped Fluorescent Lamps

  • Double-capped Fluorescent Lamps

  • Magnetic and Electronic Ballasts

However, the mentioned products still need to meet the label requirements, as indicated in Annex 1 of DAO 15-01:

  1. Trade name / Brand name

  2. Trademark

  3. Model or type

  4. Name and address of importer or manufacturer

  5. Country of manufacture

  6. Direction for use, where applicable

For further information, please contact our Account managers or our Export Support Services colleagues via. dekra.southchina@dekra-certification.cn.

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