G/TBT/N/THA/735  
26 April 2024  
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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 Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Ministry of Industry  
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 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  
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):  Switches 
for household and similar fixed electrical installations (ICS 29.120.40)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Ministerial 
Regulation Prescribing Industrial Products for Switches for Hou sehold and Similar Fixed 
Electrical Installations: General Requirements to Conform to the Standard B .E. .…; (157 
page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  The draft Ministerial Regulation mandates switches for 
household and similar fixed electrical installations to conform to the Thai Industrial 
Standard TIS 824 Part 1 -2562 (2019) Switches for Household and Similar Fixed Electrical 
Installations Part 1: General Requirements.  
This draft Ministerial Regulation applies to manually operated fu nctional switches for 
general purposes, with alternating current having a rated voltage not exceeding 440 V 
and a rated current not exceeding 63 A, intended for household and similar fixed electrical 
installations, either indoors or outdoors as follows:  
1) Switches for a circuit for a tungsten filament lamp load  
2) Switches for a circuit for an externally ballasted lamp load (for example LED, CFL,  
fluorescent lamp load)  
3) Switches for a circuit for a self -ballasted lamp load (for example LEDi or CFLi)  G/TBT/N/THA/735  
 
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  4) Switches for a circuit for motor load with a rated current not exceeding 3 A at 250 V 
and 4.5 A at 120 V  
5) Switches incorporating pilot light  
6) Electronic switches  
TIS 824 Part 1 -2562 (2019) is identical to IEC 60669 -1 Edition 4.0:2017 Switches for 
househ old and similar electrical installations - Part 1: General requirements.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
IEC 60669 -1 Edition 4.0:2017 Switches for household and similar electrical installations 
- Part 1: General requirements  
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: https://www.tisi.go.th  
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