G/TBT/N/THA/726  
2 February 2024  
(24-0825) 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  
88/24 Tiwanon Road, Mueang District, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand  
Tel: (66 2) 590 -7278 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) o f agency 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: http://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):  Hand 
sanitizer (HS code: 3808.94)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: Determining the Criteria for Deviation 
Limits of Main Ingredients in  Cosmetics Containing Alcohol for Hand Sanitizing B.E. …; (1 
page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  By the virtue of Article 5, Section One and Article 6 (13) of the 
Cosmetic Act B.E. 2558 (2015), the Minister of Public Health hereby issued the (dra ft) 
Notification as follows: Determining the criteria for deviation limits of alcohol in cosmetics 
containing alcohol for hand sanitizing to contain not less than 15% or not more than 18% 
as notified to the Regulatory Body.  
Remark: "alcohol" refers to ethy l alcohol (ethanol), isopropyl alcohol (isopropanol), and 
n-propyl alcohol (n -propanol) in cosmetics containing alcohol for hand sanitizing  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or  safety  G/TBT/N/THA/726  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
(draft) Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: Determining the Characteristics of 
Cosmetics Containing Alcohol for Hand Sanitizing Prohibited for Manufacture, Import, or 
Sale B.E. …  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the day following the date of its publication in 
the Government Gazette.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
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: http://www.tisi.go.th  
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