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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-026942
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180131

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000313216
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRONIC & OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT (NO COMPUTER EQUIP) [3600]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			P7
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		BREITNER CENTER
		STREET 2:		AMSTELPLEIN 2
		CITY:			AMSTERDAM
		STATE:			P7
		ZIP:			1096 BC
		BUSINESS PHONE:		31 20 59 77777

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		BREITNER CENTER
		STREET 2:		AMSTELPLEIN 2
		CITY:			AMSTERDAM
		STATE:			P7
		ZIP:			1096 BC

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19981217

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N V
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930727

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PHILIPS NV
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19910903
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:6%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>FOIA CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:6%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BY HAND AND VIA EDGAR </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:6%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cecilia
D. Blye </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:6%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:6%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Office of
Global Security Risk </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:6%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities and Exchange Commission </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:6%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Date:
January&nbsp;31, 2018 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Re: Confidential Treatment Request of Koninklijke Philips N.V. (&#147;Philips&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;).
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Ms.&nbsp;Blye: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On
behalf of Philips, and in accordance with Rule 83 of the Rules on Information and Requests of the Commission (17 C.F.R. &#167;200.83), we request confidential treatment of the information contained in square brackets and bearing Batesstamp numbers <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">PH-01</FONT> through <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">PH-08</FONT> in the enclosed letter dated January&nbsp;31, 2018 of Philips addressed to you (the &#147;Confidential Material&#148;). Please promptly inform John
O&#146;Connor at Sullivan&nbsp;&amp; Cromwell LLP as indicated below of any request for the Confidential Material made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act or otherwise so that Philips may substantiate the foregoing request for confidential
treatment in accordance with Rule 83. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Confidential Material constitutes privileged or confidential commercial information, and is
therefore entitled to confidential treatment under Rule 80(b)(4) of the Rules on Information and Requests of the Commission (17 C.F.R. &#167; 200.80(b)(4)). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to Rule 83(c)(3), a copy of this request (but not the Confidential Information) is also being delivered to the Commission&#146;s
Office of Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Operations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If you have any questions relating to this request for confidential treatment, please feel
free to call the undersigned or John O&#146;Connor at Sullivan&nbsp;&amp; Cromwell LLP (London) who may be reached at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(212)558-4000.</FONT> </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Member of the Board of Management</TD></TR>
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