TÜV Rheinland Philippines Inc. is the country’s pioneering private certification body in the field of Quality, Environmental, Automotive, Health and Safety Management Systems, Product Certification and Education. TÜV Rheinland Philippines Inc. is part of the TÜV Rheinland Group Asia, with regional head office in Shin Yokohama, Japan and branches in Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Headquarters is located in Cologne, Germany where TÜV Rheinland Group is a registered association in Europe for more than 140 years and an internationally recognized expert in the field of testing, inspection, certification, quality assurance and education. TÜV Rheinland Group provides a single source to help you gain entrance for worldwide markets quickly: global certification services for North and South America, Europe & Asia:GS,S NOM, CCC, CE Marking and more. Thus, Philippine manufacturers and exporters would greatly benefit from its International Approval Schemes.

TÜV Rheinland Philippines Inc. is registered under the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC).

The company has certified over three hundred fifty (350) firms since 1991, 80% of which are multi-national corporations.

In order to further support the local industry, TÜV Rheinland Philippines Inc. established its Philippine Laboratory located at Unit 8, La Fuerza Plaza I, Don Chino Roces Avenue, Makati City to undertake electrical safety testing. This is also in response to the call of our government regulators for more active participation of the private sector in ensuring consumer protection. The company is equipped to test and certify a wide range of products for compliance with national and international requirements. Performing the product approval at TÜV Rheinland laboratory means that all work is done at the laboratory. All necessary work such as testing, documentation and certification is done at the site. The manufacturer is informed regularly about the progress of the approval process. Using the laboratory service is especially suitable for manufacturers that do not have the necessary calibrated measuring instruments and/or testing facilities. TÜV Rheinland's service conserves your valuable time and human resources. The testing schedule can be arranged very conveniently.

TÜV Rheinland Philippines Inc. is the first international Conformity Assessment Body to establish a testing laboratory to undertake electrical product safety testing according to IEC 60598 (Luminaires), IEC 60335 (Household Appliances) and IEC60950 (IT Equipment) and IEC60065 (Audio-Video products).

This year, the Bureau of Product Standards (BPS) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has recognized the TÜV Rheinland Philippines, Inc. - Philippine Laboratory to conduct tests on the following standards; IEC 60335 (Household and Similar Electrical Appliances - Safety); IEC 60598 (Luminaires – General Requirements and Tests); IEC 60950 (Information Technology Equipment - Safety).

Manufacturers and importers of products under the mandatory Product Certification schemes of the BPS can now have their products tested at the TÜV Rheinland Philippines Inc.- Philippine Laboratory. Under the BPS Product Certification Scheme, all manufacturers/assemblers and importers of regulated products are required to have their products tested at the BPS Testing Center or any BPS-accredited or recognized laboratory to determine if the products meet the safety and quality requirements based on applicable Philippine National Standards (PNS). Only those products that passed the tests are issued the Philippine Standard (PS) License and the Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) for locally-manufactured and imported products, respectively; and are allowed to sold/distributed in the domestic market.

 Manufacturers, importers and distributors whose products were found not conforming to the requirements of the relevant PNS, shall be subjected to administrative actions by the DTI under Republic Act 4109 or the Standards Law and Department Administrative Order (DAO) 2:2002 that include a minimum fine of Php 50,000 per violation, without prejudice to the filing of criminal or civil actions under applicable laws.

For all product compliance issues, visit www.tuv.com or call 850-8021 to 25, 812-5147, 812-5239 or email info@phl.tuv.com.