The ICC system applies to imported goods. If the imported products are covered by the Philippine National Standard (PNS) and are subject to mandatory testing, the imported goods must be tested by the Philippine Bureau of Standards (BPS). If they meet the requirements of the corresponding Philippine national standards or internationally accepted foreign standards, BPS will issue an ICC license to the product importer, allowing them to use the ICC mark. Imported products are subject to sampling inspection. In addition, the Philippines will conduct random market sampling inspections to ensure that imported goods meet the requirements of the corresponding Philippine Standards (PS).
There are five categories of goods within the mandatory scope:
1. Household appliances
- Electric fans/ Flat irons/ Electric blenders
- Microwaves ovens/ Electric rice cookers/ Electric airpots
- Electric coffeemakers/ Television sets/ CD/VCD/DVD players/ Electric toasters/Electric stoves/ Electric hot plates/ Washing machines/ Refrigerators/ Air conditioners/electric grill/electric ovens
- turbo broilers/fully-automatic washing machines
- spin extractors/inverter air conditioners/electric juicers
- electric food mixers/electric food processors
- electric kettles/electric pressure cookers/electric slow cookers
- electric multi-cookers
2. Lamp and related products
- Ballasts
- Compact fluorescent light
- Christmas lighting chains
- Double-capped
- Double-capped fluorescent
- Single-capped fluorescent
- Incandescent lamps
- Edison screw lamp holders
- Lamp holders for tubular fluorescent lamps and starter holders
- Lamp starters
- self-ballasted led lamps
3. Wiring Devices
4. Mechanical/Building & Construction materials
5. Chemicals & other consumer products
