NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Starting 01 July 2010, the Business Name (BN) registration fee for sole proprietorship will be reverted to three hundred pesos (P300.00) from one hundred fifty pesos (P150.00), as stipulated in the Department of Trade and Industry's Administrative Order No. 09-11 Series of 2009.

Visit the Business Name Registration System (BNRS) website at www.bnrs.dti.gov.ph to register or renew your business name online.

For more information, call DTI Direct at 751.3330.
   
   

Accreditation of Service and Repair Shops

Pursuant to the Presidential Decree 1572, All business establishment engaging in service and repair shops dealing with motor vehicle, heavy equipment; engine and engineering; electronics, electrical; air conditioning and refrigeration; office machine; data processing equipment; and medical/dental are required to apply for accreditation with the Department of Trade and Industry.

No such service or repair enterprises and technical personnel shall be licensed or permitted to operate in the Philippines for the first time without first being accredited by the Department of Trade.

The DTI-NCR was tasked to regulate and control the operation of service and repair shops in Metro Manila. They prescribe the basic essential requirements of setting-up, measure the capacity of service offered and accredit the enterprises which have complied with such requirements. Also, they regularly monitor the condition, practices and facilities affecting the operation of the firms to protect the safeguard of the public against unethical, unfair and incompetent practice of service and repair shops.

List of Accredited Service and Repair Shops as of Feb 2010