G/TBT/N/THA/427  
 
9 September  2013  
(13-4695) 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:  Thai Industrial Standards Insti tute (TISI), 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 :  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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS  numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Stretch  
Cling Film for Food  (HS:3919; ICS: 55.040, 67.250) . 
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  Draft Thai 
Industrial Standard for Stretch Cling Film for Food (TIS  1136-xxxx) (19 pages, in Thai)     
6. Description of content:  The Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) has proposed to 
withdraw TIS 1136 -2536(1993) Cling film , and replace it with TIS 1136 -xxxx Stretch 
cling film for food as a mandatory standard. This draft standard covers stretch cling film 
for food which made from polyethylene, polyvinylchloride and poly(vinylidene chloride). 
 It includes stretch cling film for use with automatic machines .  It specifies dimensions 
and tolerances, materials, requi rements, packaging, marking and labeling, sampling and 
criteria for conformity and analysis.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   Safety and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:    
- JIS Z 1702:1994 (Reaffirmed  2008) Polyethylene films for packaging ; 
- JIS Z 1707:1997 (Reaffirmed  2008) General rules of plastic films for food packaging ; 
- GB 10457 -2009 Plastic cling wrap film for keeping food fresh ; 
- DKS 2437:2013 Stretch cling film - specification ; 
- ASTM D 882 -09 Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Thin Plastic Sheeting ; 
- ASTM D 1003 -07 Standard Test Method for Haze and Luminous Transmittance of 
Transparent Plastics ; 
- ASTM D 1922 -03a Standard Test Method for Propagation Tear Resistance o f Plastic 
Film and Thin Sheeting by Pendulum Method ; 
- EN 1186 -2:2002 Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs - Plastics - Part 2: G/TBT/N/THA/427  
 
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  Test methods for overall migration into olive oil by total immersion ; 
- EN 1186 -3:2002 Materials and articles in co ntact with foodstuffs - Plastics - Part 3: 
Test methods for overall migration into aqueous food simulants by total immersion ; 
- EN 1186 -8:2002Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs - Plastics - Part 8: 
Test methods for overall migration into oli ve oil by article filling ; 
- EN 1186 -9:2002 Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs - Plastics - Part 9: 
Test methods for overall migration into aqueous food simulants by article filling ; 
- TIS 656 -2556(2013) Methods of analysis for plastics produ cts used for food contact ; 
 TIS 1069 -2552(2009)  Colourants for plastics for food contact use ; 
 TIS 1310 -2538(1995)  Symbols for recycling plastics ; 
 TIS 2492 -2554(2011) Plastic films for edible oils and fats ; 
 Notification of Ministry of Public Health (No. 295)  B.E. 2548(2005 ) Re: Qualities or 
Standard for Container made from Plastic ; 
 Commission  Directive 2002/72/EC of 6 August 2002 relating to plastic materials and 
articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs ; 
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 o f 14 January 2011 on plastic materials 
and articles intended to come into contact with food . 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined  
To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the circulatio n date . 
11. Text available from :  National enquiry point  [X], or address, telephone and fax 
number s, e-mail and web -site address es, if available of the other body:    
Thailand WTO/TBT Enquiry Point and Notification Authority  
Thai Industrial Standards Insti tute 
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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