G/TBT/N/THA/441  
 
7 January 2015  
(15-0063)  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: 
Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Public Health 
Tiwanon Road, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand 
Tel: (66 2) 590 7298 Fax: (66 2) 591 8483 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 : 
Thailand WTO/TBT Enquiry Point and Notification Authority 
Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) 
Ministry of Industry Tel.: (662) 202 3504, 202 3523  
Fax: (662) 202 3511, 354 3041 
E-mail: thaitbt@tisi.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 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Protection against 
dangerous goods (ICS: 13.300) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Draft Notification of 
Ministry of Public Health on the Hazard Classification and Communication System under the Responsibility of Thai Food and Drug Administration B.E. (2 pages, in Thai) 
6. Description of content:  
 Manufacturers and importers have a responsibility to define and classify the 
hazards of chemical substances/products and communicate health and safety 
information on labels and Safety Data Sheets that conform with GHS. 
 Exporters also have a responsibility to define and classify the hazards of chemical 
substances/products and communicate health and safety information on labels and 
Safety Data Sheets that conform with GHS except when the trading partner has other specific requirement. 
 A period of time for GHS implementation in substances is within 1 year and within 
5 years in mixtures from when the notification comes into force. 
 Manufacturers, importers, exporters and the person who possesses the hazardous 
substances for professional use have a responsibility to communicate health and 
safety information on labels and Safety Data Sheets provided by manufacturers 
and importers in order to ensure the safety for a person exposed to the hazards chemical. 
 The Hazard Classification and Communication has to comply with the requirement G/TBT/N/THA/441 
 
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  of hazard classification and communication system attached with the Notification of 
Ministry of Industry on the Hazardous Classification and communication System for Hazardous Substances B.E. 2555(2012) which is based on Globally Harmonized 
System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), third revised edition 
(2009) of UN GHS Purple Book 2009. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
To set as a criteria to classify the hazardous substances under the Hazardous Substance Act B.E. 2535(1992), Thailand adopted the Globally Harmonized System of Classification 
and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) developed by the United Nations.  The classification was 
applied for use for all hazards substance used in the industrial field, agricultural field, transportation field and consumer products.  
In order to implement the GHS in consumer products, Food and Drug Administration, 
Ministry of Public Health who is responsible for regulating the hazardous substance 
products for household and public health under the Hazardous Substance Act B.E. 2535(1992) issued the Notification on the Hazardous Classification and Communication 
System under the responsibility of Thai  Food and Drug Administration B.E. 
8. Relevant documents:   
 The Hazardous Substance Act B.E. 2535(1992) 
 The Notification of Ministry of Industry on the Hazardous Classification and 
Communication System forHazardous Substances B.E. 2555(2012) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined   
10. Final date for comments: 20 January 2015 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Thailand 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.go.th   
Website:  http://www.tisi.go.th   
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