G/TBT/N/THA/718  
29 November 2023  
(23-8069) 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:   
WTO/TBT Enqui ry 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 addit ion, where applicable):  Type 1 
hazardous substances (only for the items under the FDA's responsibility)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Notification of the Ministry of Public Health regarding criteria, procedures and conditions 
for having in possession of type 1 hazardous substances under the responsibility of the 
Food and Drug Administration for refilling at refill station B.E. ....; (10 page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  Description of content:  
(1) Prescribing definition of refilling hazardous substances at refill station which is 
possession of type 1 hazardous substances (only the liquid cleaning products) for sale by 
transferring/changing container of hazardous substanc es products from a bulk product 
container to a refillable container at the refill station.  
(2) Prior to going through refill process notifying, such hazardous substances must have 
been performed type 1 hazardous substances fact notifying. Moreover, the ref ill product's 
active ingredients shall be substances in the chemical groups as follows:  
- amphoteric surfactants;  
- anionic surfactants;  
- nonionic surfactants except nonylphenol ethoxylate;  
- amine oxides.  G/TBT/N/THA/718  
 
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  (3) Chapter 1: Setting the criteria, procedures a nd conditions of notification of the fact 
relating to having in possession of type 1 hazardous substances for sale by refilling activity 
as follows:  
- Possessors are required to notify the fact relating to the refill products and the address 
of refill stat ion to the authority before doing the business;  
- In case of mobile refill station, possessors are provided additional information of the 
storage location and the motor vehicle.  
(4) Chapter 2: Setting the guidelines for premise and equipment. They should b e cleaned 
and sanitized and installations involved in preparations and controls should be checked 
before each use, to make sure that they function as expected and all equipment is 
maintained clean and in good order.  
(5) Chapter 3: Setting the labeling requ irements that apply to refill hazardous substances 
products.  
(6) Chapter 4: Setting the characteristic of refillable hazardous substances containers.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Setting the criteria, procedures and conditions for having in possession of 
type 1 hazardous substances under the responsibility of the Food and Drug Administration 
for refilling at refill station in order to protect human health and safeguard the 
environment.  
8. Relevant documents:   
The Hazardous Substances Act B.E. 2535 (1992)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  After 180 days 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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