G/TBT/N/THA/699  
5 June 2023  
(23-3821) 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:   
National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if di fferent 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):  
Telecommunication equipment  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Notificatio n of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission on 
Technical Standards of telecommunication equipment for base station and repeater in 
cellular land mobile service using Global System for Mobile Communications -Railway 
(GSM -R) technology. ( NBTC TS 10XX -256X).; (6 page(s), in English), (6 page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications 
Commission prescribes technical standards of telecommunication equipment for base 
station and repeater in cellular land mobile service using Global System for Mobile 
Communications -Railway (GSM -R) technology  in order to support railway transportation.  
These technical standards specify the minimum technical characteristics of 
telecommunication equipment for base station and repeater in cellular land mobile service 
using Global System for Mobile Communications -Railway (GSM -R) technology.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Technical performance; Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/THA/699  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• ETSI EN 301 511 V12.5.1 :  Global System for Mobile communications (GSM); 
Mobile Stations (MS) equipment; Harmonised Standard covering the essential 
requirements of article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU  
• ETSI EN 300 609 -4 : Global System for Mobile communications (GSM); Part 4: 
Harmon ized EN for GSM Repeaters covering the essential requirements of article 
3.2 of the R&TTE Directive  
• IEC 60950 -1 : Information Technology Equipment – Safety – Part 1: General 
Requirements  
• TIS 1561 – 2556 : Information Technology Equipment -Safety: General 
Requirements  
• IEC 62368 -1 : Audio/Video, information and Communication technology 
equipment - Part 1: Safety Requirements  
• TIS 62368 Part 1 -2563 : Audio/Video, information and Communication technology 
equipment - Part 1: Safety Requirements  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  From 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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