G/TBT/N/THA/522  
 
25 October 2018  
(18-6709) 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: Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB)  
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:   
Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB),  
The Prime Minister Office, Government Complex, Building B. 5th FL.,  
Chaengwattana Road, Thungsonghong, Laksi, Bangkok 10210, Thailand  
Tel: (66 2) 141 3449 
Fax: (66 2) 143 9768  
E-mail: consumer@ocpb.go.th  
Website: http://www.ocpb.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): Gas water 
heater and instantaneous gas water heater  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the n otified document: Draft 
Announcement of the Committee on Labelling No. … (B.E. …): Gas Warm Water Devices 
and Gas Hot Water Heaters are a Commodity Subject to a Controlled Label (2 page(s), in 
English)    
6. Description of content: The Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB) has 
proposed a draft Announcement of the Committee on Labelling No. … (B.E. …): Gas warm 
water devices and gas hot water heaters are a commodity subject to a controlled label 
including definition of gas water heater and ins tantaneous gas water heater and label 
contents as follows:  
1. "Gas water heater" means device designated to heat the water by gas combustion 
for the use in body cleaning or other equivalent usages.  
2. "Instantaneous gas water heater" means device designated to h eat the water by 
gas combustion to a temperature approaching or slightly exceeding the boiling 
point for the use in body cleaning or other equivalent usages.  
3. Gas water heater and instantaneous gas water heater under labelling control must 
comply with Claus e 1 to Clause 3 of the Announcement of the Committee on 
Labelling: Characteristics of Labels Subject to the Labelling Control 
B.E. 2541(1998) dated 23 September B.E. 2541(1998), and the label must 
contain the following information:  G/TBT/N/THA/522  
 
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  o Instruction must contain  the statement “Should be installed outside building. If 
installed inside, a ventilator must be equipped”  
o Warning must contain the statement “Danger of death if installed in a 
room without ventilation”  
o The front of the warning shall be in red, clearly legi ble and in a size not 
smaller than 5 millimetres. The warning shall be fixed on the front of gas 
water heater and instantaneous gas water heater and shall be 
permanently displayed on the product.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• The Consumer Protection Act B.E. 2522 (1979)  
• Announcement of the Committee on Labelling: Characteristics of Labels Subject 
to the Labelling Control B.E. 2541 (1998) dated 23 September B.E. 2541 (1998)  
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: After the expiration of 120 days as from 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 [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  
Tel: (66 2) 202 3504, 202 3523  
Fax: (66 2) 202 3511, 354 3041  
E-mail: thaitbt@tisi.mail.go.th  
Website: http://www.tisi.go.th  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/THA/18_5604_00_e.pdf  
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