WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.386
7August 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3351)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: THAILAND
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: ThaiIndustrial Standards Institute (TISI)
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [X],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Industrial products
required bytheRoyal Decree tobeinconformity withstandards (compulsory standards)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Revised Criteria for
Conformity Assessment: Product Certification (Compulsory andVoluntary Standards)
6. Description ofcontent: TISI hasrevised itscriteria forconformity assessment
procedures regarding product certification inorder tobeinlinewiththeinternational
system ofISOandtheWTO/TBT Agreement. Regarding importation forsaleinthe
Kingdom industrial products required bytheRoyal Decree tobeinconformity with
standards (compulsory standards), three criteria havebeenspecified asfollows:
1. Forforeign factories which have received theISO9000 certification andtheir
testing forproduct certification willbecarried outbyaccredited laboratories
according toISO/IEC Guide 25.
1. Thefactories willbeexempt from quality control system assessment;
and
2. Testing results ofaccredited laboratories areacceptable toTISIprovided
that:
1. ISO9000 certification bodies andlaboratory accreditation bodies
havereached Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRA) withTISI;
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6. Description ofcontent: (cont'd)
2. ISO9000 certification bodies andaccredited laboratories are
accredited bytheNational Accreditation Council (NAC) of
Thailand; or
3. ISO9000 certification bodies andaccredited laboratories are
accredited byaccreditation bodies which have reached Mutual
Recognition Agreements (MRA) withNAC ofThailand.
2. Forforeign factories which have received theISO9000 certification ortheir
testing forproduct certification willbecarried outbyaccredited laboratories
according toISO/IEC Guide 25.
Incaseofreceiving ISO9000 certification:
1. Thefactories willbeexempt from quality control system assessment;
and
2. Sampling willbecarried outbyTISI, provided that:
1. ISO9000 certification bodies have reached Mutual Recognition
Agreements (MRA) withTISI; or
2. ISO 9000 certification bodies areaccredited byNAC of
Thailand; or
3. ISO9000 certification bodies areaccredited byaccreditation
bodies which have reached Mutual Recognition Agreements
(MRA) withNAC ofThailand.
Forthelatter case:
1. Quality control system assessment will becarried outon
technical filesoffactories presented toTISIbyimporters;
2. Testing results ofaccredited laboratories areacceptable toTISI,
provided that:
1. Laboratory accreditation bodies have reached Mutual
Recognition Agreements (MRA) withTISI; or
2. Accredited Laboratories areaccredited byNAC of
Thailand; or
3. Accredited Laboratories areaccredited bylaboratory
accreditation bodies which have reached Mutual
Recognition Agreements (MRA) withNAC ofThailand.G/TBT/Notif.97.386
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6. Description ofcontent: (cont'd)
3. Forforeign factories which have notreceived ISO9000 certification ortheir
testing forproduct certification wascarried outbynon-accredited laboratories
according toISO/IEC Guide 25.
1. Quality control system assessment willbecarried outontechnical files
offactories presented toTISIbyimporters;
2. Sampling willbecarried outforeachimport.
7. Objective andrationale: Tobeinlinewiththeinternational system ofISOandthe
Agreement ontechnical barriers totrade.
8. Relevant documents: TheIndustrial Product Standards Act, B.E. 2511 (1968), as
amended by:
1. TheIndustrial Product Standards Act(No.2)B.E.2522 (1979)
2. TheIndustrial Product Standards Act(No.3)B.E.2522 (1979)
3. TheIndustrial Product Standards Act(No.4)B.E.2531 (1988)
4. TheIndustrial Product Standards Act(No.5)B.E.2535 (1992)
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1October 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: -
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: