G/TBT/N/THA/725  
2 February 2024  
(24-0821) 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 Characteristics of 
Cosmetics Containing Alcohol for Hand Sanitizing Prohibited for Manufacture, Import, or 
Sale B.E. …; (1 page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  By the virtue of Article 5, Section One, Article 6 (1), and Article 
6 (4) of the Cosmetic Act B.E. 2558 (2015), the Minister of Public Heal th hereby issued 
the (draft) Notification as follows:  
The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: Determining the Characteristics of 
Cosmetics Containing Alcohol for Hand Sanitizing prohibited for manufacture, import, or 
sale since March 9, B.E. 2563 (2020), is hereby repealed.  
In this Notification, "alcohol" refers to ethyl alcohol (ethanol), isopropyl alcohol 
(isopropanol), and n -propyl alcohol (n -propanol), determined as an/the "active 
ingredient(s)" in cosmetics containing alcohol for hand san itizing.  
Cosmetics containing alcohol for hand sanitizing, with the purpose of cleaning hands 
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  propanol, or mixed together, less than 70% by volume or less than 65% by weight,  are 
prohibited for manufacture, import, or sale.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
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. 2563 (2020) (Repealed)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the day follow ing 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: https://www.tisi.go.th  
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