G/TBT/N/THA/430  
 
30 October 2013  
(13-5986)  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:  Department of Industrial Works (DIW), Ministry of Industry  
Tel./Fax:  (662) 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 Author ity, 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):  Hazardous 
Substances  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Notification of 
the Ministry of Industry Regarding List of Hazardous Substances B.E. 2556(2013) 
(156 pages, in Thai)     
6. Description of content:   
1. To repeal the Notifications of the Ministry of Industry, are as follows: 
- Notification of the Ministry of In dustry Regarding List of Hazardous 
 Substances B.E. 2538(1995) dated 17 February, B.E. 2538 
- Notification of the Ministry of Industry Regarding List of Hazardous Substances 
 (No. 2) B.E. 2543(2000) dated 20 March, B.E. 2543 
- Notification of the Ministry of Industry Regarding List of Hazardous Substances 
 (No. 3) B.E. 2543(2000) dated 26 May, B.E. 2543 
- Notification of the Ministry of Industry Regarding List of Hazardous Substances 
 (No. 4) B.E. 2544(2001) dated 31 October, B.E. 2544 
- Notification of the Ministry of Industry Regarding List of Hazardous Substances 
 (No. 5) B.E. 2546(2003) dated 10 April, B.E. 2546 
-  Notification of the Ministry of Industry Regarding List of Hazardous Substances 
 (No. 3)B.E. 2548(2005) dated 21 November, B.E. 2548 
- Notification of the Ministry of Industry Regarding List of Hazardous Substances 
 (No. 4) B.E. 2549(2006) da ted 26 January, B.E. 2549 
- Notification of the Ministry of Industry Regarding List of Hazardous Substances 
 (No. 5) B.E. 2549(2006) dated 27 March, B.E. 2549 G/TBT/N/THA/430 
 
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  - Notification of the Ministry of Industry Regarding List of Hazardous Substances 
  (No. 6) B.E. 2552(2009) dated 3 February, B.E. 2552 
- Notification of the Ministry of Industry Regarding List of Hazardous Substances 
 (No. 7) B.E. 2553(2010) dated 7 September, B.E. 2553  
- Notification of the Ministry of Industry Regarding List of Hazardous Substances 
 (No. 8) B.E. 2555(2012) dated 2 October, B.E. 2555 
2. Under Hazardous Substances Act, the Ministry of Industrywith the opinions of the 
Hazardous Substances committee, amends the Hazardous Substances Lists by combining all the previous Hazardous SubstanceLists into a comprehensive list; 
designatesthe Hazardous Substancenames in Thai together with English and 
determines the lists by the authorizing agencies namely Department of Agriculture, Department of Fisheries, De partment of Livestock Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, Department of Industrial Works and Department of 
Energy Business 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Safety and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   Government Gazette, Vol. 130, Special Part 125 Ngor, dated 
27 September 2013 ( http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2556/E/125/6.PDF )   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    28 August 2013   28 September 2013 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the circulation date. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the 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