G/TBT/N/THA/582  
3 November 2020  
(20-7776) 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:   
Thai Food and  Drug Administration  
Bureau of Cosmetics and Hazardous Substances Control  
Tiwanon Road, Nontaburi 11000, Thailand  
Tel.: (662) 590 7298  
Fax: (662) 591 8483  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  The type 
1, 2 and 3 hazardous substances (only for the items under the FDA's responsibility)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Notification of 
the Food and Drug Administration RE: criteria, procedures and conditions for the 
notification, requesting permission, and issuance of the transit license relating to 
hazardous substa nces under the responsibility of the Food and Drug Administration 
(10 page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:   
(1) Chapter 1 General Provisions:  
 - Create the new forms as follows:  
 "Wor Or./Sor Thor 19" for making the contract of guarantee for transit operation  
 "Wor Or./Sor Thor 20" for notifying the transportation of type 1 and 2 hazardous 
substances through the Kingdom  
 "Wor Or./Sor Thor 21" for submitting the transit application for type 3 hazardous 
substances  
 "Wor Or./Sor Thor 22" for gran ting permission of the transportation of type 3 hazardous 
substances through the Kingdom  
 - Setting the qualifications of hazardous substances' transporter  
 - Setting the criteria, procedures and conditions of the transit guarantee  
(2) Chapter 2: Setting t he criteria, procedures and conditions for approval for transit 
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  (3) Chapter 3: Setting the criteria, procedures and conditions for changing context and 
detail on the transit license  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent proble ms where 
applicable:  Setting the criteria, procedures and conditions for the notification, requesting 
permission, and issuance of the transit license relating to hazardous substances under 
the responsibility of the Food and Drug Administration; Other  
8. Relevant documents:   
• The Hazardous Substance Act (No. 4), B.E. 2562 (2019)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Approximately December 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Approximately December 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  15 December 2020  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] 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) 202 3504, 202 3523  
Fax: (662) 202 3511, 354 3041  
E-mail: thaitbt@tisi.mail.go.th  
Website: http://www.tisi.go.th  
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