G/TBT/N/THA/446
15 January 2015 
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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: 
Department of Industrial Works (DIW), Ministry of Industry 
Rama VI Street 
Ratchathewi Bangkok 10400 
Thailand 
Tel./Fax: (66 2) 202 4230  
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 Industry on List of Hazardous Subs tances (No.2) B.E. 2557(2014) (8 pages, in 
Thai)  
6. Description of content: Under Hazardous Substance Act, the Ministry of Industry with the 
opinions of the Hazardous Substance committee, makes the draft the Hazardous Substance List (No.2) B.E. 2557(2014) to rectify and add hazardous substances attached 
to the Industrial Notification of Hazardous Substance List 2013 date 28 August 2013 as 
follows:  
1. Revised hazardous substance of the responsible agencies: 
• Department of Agriculture 
- Cancelled 1 substance: in List 1.1 No.69 chlorophenol 
- Revised 3 substances: in List 1.1 No.195 dicrotophos and No.639 EPN, and in    List 1.2 No.1 chlorophenol 
• Food and Drug administration 
Revised 2 substances: in List 4.1 No.164 methomyl and No.194 EP G/TBT/N/THA/446 
 
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  • Department of Industrial works 
Revised 11 substances: in List 5.1 No.78 chlorosoman : O-pinacolyl 
methylphosphonochloridate, No.81 chloropi crin : trichloronitromethane, No.148 
sodium tetraborate pentahydrate, No.159 cyanogen chloride, No.242 BZ: 3-
quinclidinyl benzilate, No. 296 formal dehyde, No.298 phosgene, No.306 phenol, 
and No.484 hydrogen cyanide, and in List  5.5 No.6 amiton : O, O-diethyl S-[2-
(diethlamino) ethyl] phosphorothiolate and corresponding alkylated or 
protonated salts. 
2. Department of Industrial Works added 7 items of hazardous substances into the 
existing lists which are 1) List 5.1 No.487 diphenylmethane-4,4¡¦-diisocyanate (with 
mixed isomers), No.488 polymeric diphenylmethane diisocyanate, 2) List 5.4 No.9 isocyanate mixed isomers or mixture and No.10 resin (having phenol or formaldehyde >2% w/w), 3) List 5.5 No.13 sulfur mustards No.14 lewisites, and 
No.15 nitrogen mustards. In addition, the new list which is List 5.6 (group of 
substances classified by characteristics) is added. List 5.6 consists of 10 classes as followed: 
• No.1 Explosive No.6 Corrosive 
• No.2 Flammable substance No.7 Irritant 
• No.3 Oxidizing agent or Peroxide No.8 Carcinogen 
• No.4 Toxic substance No.9 Toxic substance to reproductive organ 
• No.5 Mutagen No.10 Environmentally hazardous substance 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Safety and environment protection  
8. Relevant documents:  Hazardous Substance Act B.E. 2535(1992) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from the circulation date 
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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