G/TBT/N/THA/55/Rev.1  
 
17 October 2016  
(16-5497) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2) : 
2. Agency responsible : Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI)  
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 P oint 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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Hot rolled 
flat steel (ICS : 77.140.50)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Draft Thai 
Industrial Standard for Hot -Rolled Flat Steel for Automo bile Structural Uses 
(TIS 1999-25XX)  (12 pages, in Thai)  
6. Descrip tion of content : The Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) has proposed to 
withdraw  1999-2543(2000) for hot-rolled steel coil strip plate and sheet for automobile 
structural uses , and replaced it with  TIS 1999 -25XX as a mandatory standard . 
This standa rd covers hot - rolled flat steel with the thickness of not exceeding 14 mm (both 
unalloyed and alloy steel) with improved formability that be suitable for automobile uses or 
other appropriated proposes.  
Howeve r, this standard does not cover:  
 hot-rolled fla t steel  for other proposes which have been already specified in  TIS 
standards such as TIS 1479  
 hot-rolled flat steel  for subsequential cold -rolling but not exclude skin pass/temper 
rolling or roll forming  
 hot-rolled check red  flat steel  
7. Objective and r ationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Safety  G/TBT/N/THA/55/Rev.1  
 
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  8. Relevant documents : 
 JIS G 3113:2006  Hot-rolled steel plates, sheet and strip for automobile structural 
uses 
 JIS G 0321:2010  Product analysis and its tolerance for wrought steel  
 JIS G 3193:2008  Dimensions, mass and permissible variations of hot rolled steel 
plates, sheets and strips  
 ISO 404 : 2013 Steel and steel products – General  technical delivery requirements  
 ISO 6929 : 2013 Steel products – Vocab ulary 
9. Proposed date of ado ption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone or fax 
number s and  email and website address es, 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   
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