Safety Standards for Child Restraint Systems.
Section 6
SEC. 6. Safety Standards for Child Restraint Systems. - The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is mandated to use standards set forth in United Nations Regulation 44 and United National Regulation 129 including its evolving standards and other acceptable international standards in the approval or disapproval of child restraint systems that will be manufactured, sold, distributed and used in the Philippines. Such standards shall be periodically updated based on current United Nations Regulations concerning Child Restraint Systems. All manufacturers, importers, distributors and sellers of child restraint systems are required to secure from the Bureau of Product Standards (BPS) a Philippine Standards (PS) mark license or Import Clearance Certificate (ICC) license prior to the marketing, sale and distribution of their products. The BPS shall issue periodically a list of child restraint systems manufacturers, importers and distributors, and the brands which pass its standards to be published in a newspaper of general circulation or in its website. The use of child restraint system acquired prior to the effectivity of this Act shall be allowed: Provided, That such device is not expired.