G/TBT/N/THA/545  
 
7 June 2019  
(19-3940) Page: 1/3 
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  
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:   
Hazardous Substances Management Division,  
Department of Industrial Works (DIW), Minist ry of Industry  
Tel.: (662) 202 4108  
Fax: (662) 202 4015  
E-mail: icrsu@diw.mail.go.th  
Website: http://www.diw.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 documen t: Draft notification 
of the Ministry of Industry on List of Hazardous Substances Act (No.5) B.E. 2562 (2019) 
(5 page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  The draft notification aims at amending the list of Hazardous 
Substances (under the Hazardous Sub stances Act). This proposed list involves the 
revision and inclusion of the respected hazardous substances attached to the Notification 
of Ministry of Industry on List of Hazardous Substances B.E. 2556 (2013) and the List of 
Hazardous Substances (No.4) B.E . 2560 (2017). Details are as the following;  
1. Food and Drug Administration revised t he hazardous substances category (type) as 
the following:  
• List 4.1, No. 24 Chlorpyrifos, to be adjusted from type 3 to type 4  
• List 4.1, No. 25 Chlorpyrifos -methyl, to be changed from type 2 to type 4  
• List 4.2, No. 15 Amphoteric surfactants, to be changed from type 3 to type 1 
(No requirement for hazardous registration and license)  
 
2. Department of Industrial Works (DIW) revised the control of 2 items of hazardous 
substances by adding the exemption conditions as the following:  
• List 5.1, No. 60 Methoxyacetic acid, except impurity ≤ 0.3% w/w  
• List 5.1, No. 477 Hexachlorobenzene, except impurity ≤ 0.005% w/w  
• Those conditions shall be inserted accordingly.  
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  3. Food and Drug Administration included items of hazardous substances into the 
existing lists:  
3.1. Add 5 items in list 4.1 as Hazardous Substance type 2  
• No. 226 Citric Acid (Monohydrate): CAS No. 5949 -29-1 
• No. 227 Citric Acid (Anhydrous): CAS No. 77 -92-9 
• No. 228 D ( -) Lactic Acid: CAS No. 10326 -41-7 
• No. 229 DL -Lactic Acid or Racemic Lactic Acid: CAS No. 598 -82-3 or 50 -21-5 
• No. 230 L (+) Lactic Acid: CAS No. 79 -33-4 
Conditions: This is applicable if the products are used in household or public health 
activity with the pu rposes of disinfecting floor, wall, sanitary ware, and other 
materials or being used as an anti -clogging of drainage system or sewer line.  
3.2.  Add No. 29 Amine Oxides as Hazardous Substances Type 1 in List 4.2  
4. Department of Industrial Works (DIW) added 7  items in List 5.1 as Hazardous 
Substance Type 3  
• No. 519 Decabromodiphenyl Ether: CAS No. 1163 -19-5 
• No. 520 Chloroalkanes, C6 -C18: CAS No. 68920 -70-7 
• No. 521 Chloroalkanes, C10 -C12: CAS No. 108171 -26-2 
• No. 522 Chloroalkanes, C10 -C13: CAS No. 85535 -84-8 
• No. 523 Chloroalkanes, C10 -C14: CAS No. 85681 -73-8 
• No. 524 Chloroalkanes, C12 -C13: CAS No. 71011 -12-6 
• No. 525 Chloroalkanes, C12 -C14: CAS No. 85536 -22-7.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To amend the L ist of Hazardous Substances by revising its type and adding 
the new entry substances, the amendment will facilitate the proper measure on new 
concern substance control and it is also in line with the concern chemicals under 
Stockholm Convention on Persiste nt Organic Pollutants. It provides safety and benefit to 
human and environment.  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. Hazardous Substances Act B.E. 2535 (1992)  
2. Notification of the Ministry of Industry regarding the List of Hazardous Substances 
B.E. 2556 (2013)  
3. Notification of the Ministry of Industry regarding the List of Hazardous Substances 
(No. 2) B.E. 2558 (2015)  
4. Notification of the Ministry of Industry regarding the List of Hazardous Substances 
(No. 3) B.E. 2559 (2016)  
5. Notification of the Ministry of Industry regarding the List of Hazardous Substances 
(No. 4) B.E. 2560 (2017)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined (Tentatively in September 2019)  
Proposed date of entry into force:  From the date of its publication in the Kingdom of 
Thailand 's Government Gaz ette 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/THA/545  
 
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  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://ww w.tisi.go.th  
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