G/TBT/N/THA/542  
 
15 May 2019  
(19-3399) 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  
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 different from above:   
Thai Food and Drug Administration  
Bureau of Cosmetics and Hazardous Substances Control  
Tiwanon Road, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand  
Tel: (662) 590 7298  
Fax: (662) 591 8483  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Hazardous 
Substances; Nonylphenol Ethoxylates (NPEs); Nonylphenol (NP)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Notification of the Ministry of Public Health to Withdraw the Needless Notifications 
regarding Hazardous Substance under Responsibility of Thai Food and Drug 
Administration (1 page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  Ministry of Public Health has proposed to withdraw 5 needless 
Ministerial notificat ions as following;  
• Notification of the Ministry of Public Health concerning of exemption of product 
registration and notification of product used in household or in public health for 
the purpose of removing or correcting words B.E. 2541 (1998)  
• Notification  of the Ministry of Public Health regarding the operation of hazardous 
substances of type 4, which the Food and Drug Administration has the authority 
and responsibility (No.2) B.E. 2543 (2000)  
• Notification of the Ministry of Public Health regarding the ope ration of hazardous 
substances of type 4, which the Food and Drug Administration has the authority 
and responsibility (No.3) B.E. 2545 (2002)  
• Notification of the Ministry of Public Health regarding the operation of hazardous 
substances of type 4, which the  Food and Drug Administration has the authority 
and responsibility (No.4) B.E. 2547 (2004)  
• Notification of the Ministry of Public Health: Exemptions of Obligations under the 
Hazardous Substance Act B.E. 2535 (1992) under responsibility of Thai Food and 
Drug Administration (No.4) B.E. 2545 (2002)  G/TBT/N/THA/542  
 
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  As a result, manufacturing of household cleaners containing NPE must comply with the 
Ministerial Regulation B.E. 2537 (1994), issued pursuant to the Hazardous Substance Act 
B.E. 2535 (1992).  
7. Objective and ration ale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Reviewing of needless regulations; protection of animal or plant life or 
health; protection of the environment  ; Other  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Royal Decree on Reviewing of the appropriateness of regulation B.E. 2558 (2015)  
• The Hazardous Substances Act B.E. 2535 (1992)  
• Notification of the Ministry of Public Health concerning of exemption of product 
registration and notification of product used in household or in public health for 
the purpose of removing or correcting words B.E. 2541 (1998)  
• Notification of the Ministry of Public Health regarding the operation of hazardous 
substances of type 4, which the Food and Drug Administration has the authority 
and responsibility (No.2) B.E. 2543 (2000)  
• Notification of the Ministry of Public Health regarding the operation of hazardous 
responsibility (No. 3) B.E. 2545 (2002)  
• Notification of the Ministry of Public Health regarding the operation of hazardous 
substances of type 4, which the Food and Drug Administr ation has the authority 
and responsibility (No.4) B.E. 2547 (2004)  
• Notification of the Ministry of Public Health: Exemptions of Obligations under the 
Hazardous Substance Act B.E. 2535 (1992) under responsibility of Thai Food and 
Drug Administration (No.4) B.E. 2545 (2002)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Approximately July 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Approximately July 2019  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] 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  
Tel: (66 2) 202 3504, 202 3523  
Fax: (66 2) 202 3511, 354 3041  
E-mail: thaitbt@tisi.mail.go.th   
Website: http://www.tisi.go.th  
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