G/TBT/N/THA/705  
28 June 2023  
(23-4405) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Thai Food and Drug Administration  
Cosmetics and Hazardous Substances Control Division  
Tiwanon Road, Nontaburi 11000, Thailand  
Tel: (66 2) 590 -7298 
Fax: (66 2) 591 -8483 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of a gency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point and Notification Authority  
Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Ministry of Industry  
Tel: (662) 430 6831 ext. 2130  
Fax: (662) 354 3041  
E-mail: thaitbt@tisi.mail.go.th  
Website: https://www.tisi.go.th  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  The type 
1 hazardous substances (only for the items under the FDA's responsibility)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Notification of Ministry of Public Health regarding the notification of the fact relating to 
type 1 hazardous substances under the responsibility of the Fo od and Drug Administration 
B.E. …; (6 page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:   
(1) Repeal "Notification of the Ministry of Public Health regarding the notification of the 
fact relating to type 1 hazardous substances under the responsibility of the Fo od and Drug 
Administration B.E. 2562 (2019)".  
(2) Revise forms as follows:  
- "Wor Or./Sor Thor 5" (the notifying form for manufacturing and importing of type 1 
hazardous substances) shall include an additional field for "English tradename (if any)";  
- "Wor Or./Sor Thor 16" (the amending form in case of changing the details in Wor Or./Sor 
Thor 5) shall include 2 additional fields for "English tradename (if it was not previously 
notified in Wor Or./Sor Thor 5)" and "Characteristics of the product".  G/TBT/N/THA/705  
 
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  (3) Enhanc e the notifying process, a new step should be introduced after receiving the 
notification receipt of type 1 hazardous substances. A new implementation is as follows:  
- Manufacturers and importers of type 1 hazardous substances are required to confirm 
the fact relating such hazardous substances to the authority every 6 years, starting from 
the initial notification year, by the 31st of January of the following year (the 31st of 
January of the 7th year) in accordance with the new form "Wor Or./Sor Thor ..";  
- In case of noncompliance with the confirmation requirement by the aforementioned, 
business operators shall conduct the re -notification to the authority.  
(4) Regarding the notification, amendment and confirmation of the fact relating to type 1 
hazardous sub stances, business operators are required to notify through the designated 
computer system of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the event that 
notification cannot be completed via the FDA's computer system, the following alternative 
procedures shal l be followed:  
- the Food and Drug Administration for a business operator who has the manufacture or 
storage in Bangkok;  
- the Provincial Public Health Office in the case where a business operator has the 
manufacture or storage in such province.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Improving the notifying procedure and the details in the forms relating to 
notify the fact of type 1 hazardous substance  
8. Relevant documents:   
• The Hazardous Substances Act B.E. 2535 (1992)  
• Notification of the Ministry of Public Health regarding the notification of the fact 
relating to type 1 hazardous substances under the responsibility of the Food and 
Drug Administration B.E. 2562 (2019)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  After 180 days from the date of its publication in 
the Government Gazette  
10. Final date for comments:  8 September 2023  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point and Notification Authority  
Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Ministry of Industry  
Tel: (662) 430 6831 ext. 2130  
Fax: (662) 354 3041  
E-mail: thaitbt@tisi.mail.go.th  
Website: https://www.tisi.go.th  
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