WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.769
17December 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-5503)
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: Department ofMedical Service, Ministry ofPublic Health
(MOPH)
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
indicated ifdifferent from above: Thai Industrial Standards Institute, Ministry of
Industry
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Cigarettes
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Ministerial
Notification ofthePublic Health (No. 5)B.E. 2540 (1997) Criteria, Procedures and
Conditions forLabelling ofCigarettes andtheStatement therein Issued under Tobacco
Product Control ActB.E.2535 (1992)
6. Description ofcontent: Thenotification isthesecond modification oftheNotification of
thePublic Health (No. 2)B.E. 2535 (1992) Criteria, Procedures andConditions for
Labelling ofCigarettes andtheStatement therein issued under Tobacco Product Control
ActB.E.2535 (1992). Themain amendments areasfollows:
1. Clause 1isdeleted andreplaced withthefollowing sentences:
"Clause 1Cigarettes manufactured inorimported intotheKingdom shallhavea
label ofwarning statements inThai. Thelabel shallbeplaced attheuppermost
partofthecigarette packorofthecigarette carton. Theareaofthelabel shall
cover thewidth andtheuppermost areaofboththefront sideandthebackside
ofthecigarette pack orofthecigarette carton. Cigarettes imported forthe
purpose ofexporting away from theKingdom shall beexempted from
conforming withthisannouncement.G/TBT/Notif.97.769
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6. Description ofcontent (cont'd):
Thestatement inthelabel under thepreceding paragraph must haveanyofthe
amalgamation oftenwarning statements withrespect totheharm ofcigarette at
theratioofonewarning statement per500packs andonewarning statement per
500cartons containing cigarette packs asthecasemaybe,namely:
1. Smoking causes lungcancer;
2. smoking causes heart failure;
3. smoking causes pulmonary emphysema;
4. smoking causes cerebrovascular diseases;
5. smoking leads toother narcotic addictions;
6. smoking reduces sexual ability;
7. smoking causes premature ageing;
8. smoking causes death ofsmokers;
9. smoking isharmful toyourclose ones.
2. Delete Clause 2andreplace itwiththefollowing sentences:
"Clause 2Thelabel andstatement under Clause 1shall have thefollowing
format:
1. Having thearea, including theframe, ofnotlessthanonethird(33.3 per
cent) oftheareaonthefront andtheback ofthepack orcarton
containing cigarette packs;
2. theframe shallbeofwhite colour andof2mm.wide;
3. thelabelbackground shallbeofblack colour withwhite letters;
4. thestatement shall beofthe"Sipraya" fontandshallbeofthesizes in
accordance withthesizes ofthepackorthecarton containing cigarette
packs asfollows:
(a) apack having thearea onthefront ortheback lessthan
37sq.cm.shalluseletters of20point size;
(b) apackhaving theareaonthefront orthebackfrom 37sq.cm.
butlessthan80sq.cm.shalluseletters of25point size;
(c) apack having theareaonthefront ortheback ofmore than
80sq.cm.shalluseletters of38point size;
(d) acarton containing cigarette packs shall useletters of75point
size".G/TBT/Notif.97.769
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7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Consumer protection
8. Relevant documents:
1. Tobacco Products Control ActB.E.2535 (1992).
2. Notification ofthePublic Health (No.2)B.E.2535 (1992) Criteria, Procedures
andConditions forLabelling ofCigarettes andtheStatement therein issued
under Tobacco Product Control ActB.E.2535 (1992).
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:5November 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: -
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: