G/TBT/N/THA/532  
 
13 February 2019  
(19-0844) 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: Bureau of Tobacco Control  
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:   
Bureau of Tobacco Control  
Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health  
Thailand  
Tel: (662) 590 3852  
Fax: (662) 590 3852  
Website: http://btc.ddc.moph.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): Tobacco 
products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Notification of 
the Ministry of Public Health Subject: Criteria, methods and conditions on tobacco product 
and cigarette packaging B.E. 2561 (2018) (11 page(s), in English )   
6. Description of content: Packaging of domestic or imported cigarette must have the 
format and characteristics as prescribed where there shall be no text, picture, logo, sign, 
trademark, image, marking, design or other matters apart from those allowed in this 
Notification, e.g.  
- Package or container of cigarettes, and box, case or carton of cigarettes must be 
rectangle in shape,  
- All sides of the outer surface of package or container of cigarettes, and box, case or 
carton of cigarettes must be in matt opaque couche (Pantone Opaque Couche - 
Pantone 448 C,  
- Brand or variant must be in Thai or English, using "TH Sarabun PSK" font as font type 
and not exceeding 1.5 mm in height. The font colour must be pale gray (Pantone Cool 
Grey 2 C). Display is allowed only in one position , etc. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Other;  
• Reducing t he attractiveness of tobacco products;  G/TBT/N/THA/532  
 
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  • Eliminating the effects of tobacco packaging as a form of advertising and 
promotion;  
• Addressing package design techniques that may suggest that some products are 
less harmful than others; and  
• Increasing the noticeabil ity and effectiveness of health warnings.  
8. Relevant documents:   
• The Government Gazette No. 135, Special section 319 ngor, Dated 
13 December  2018 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 13 December 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: 10 September 2019  
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  
Fax: (66 2) 202 3511, 354 3041  
E-mail: thaitbt@tisi.mail.go.th  
Website: http://www.tisi.go.th  
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