G/TBT/N/THA/499  
 
22 June 2017  
(17-3330) 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 Di sease Control, Ministry of Public Health  
Thailand  
Tel: (662) 580 9264  
Fax: (662) 580 9237  
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, tobacco 
products and related equipment (ICS 65.160).  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  Tobacco Products 
Control Act B.E. 2560 (2017) (22 page(s), in Thai; 17 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content:   
This Tobacco Products Control Act B.E. 2560 (2017)  
- "Tobacco product" means the product containing tobacco  leaves or Nicotiana tabacum, 
including any other product containing nicotine  
- No person shall be allowed to sell or give tobacco product to a person who does not 
attain 20 full years of age.  
- No one shall assign, employ, ask or allow the person who is b elow 18 full years of age to 
sell or give tobacco product.  
- No person shall sell tobacco products in  
(1) temple or place for performance of religious ceremony  
(2) place for public health service and medical  establishment under the law on medical 
establish ment and drugstore under the law on drug  
(3) education establishment under the law on national education  
(4) public park, zoo and amusement park etc.  
- The tobacco products retailer shall be prohibited from selling tobacco products by 
vending machines, thr ough electronic media or computer network, outside the places G/TBT/N/THA/499  
 
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  stated in the Tobacco Sales License, the distribution, addition, gift or exchange of tobacco 
product with other product other privilege, show the reduction of tobacco product price at 
the point of sale, sell product or provide service with the distribution, addition, gift of or 
exchange with tobacco product, hawk tobacco products, give or offer the right to attend 
game, show, service, lucky draw, prize contest or any other benefit as a considerat ion to 
the buyer of tobacco product or a person bringing package or label or anything relating to 
tobacco product for exchange or redemption therefor, display prices of tobacco products at 
a point of sale in such a way as encouraging tobacco product consum ption 
- No one shall sell by means of division of tobacco products in the category of cigarette.  
- Manufacturer or importer of tobacco products for sale in the Kingdom shall have the duty 
to submit the information about the volume of manufacturing or impor tation into the 
Kingdom, marketing expenses, earnings and expenses  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Modernity of tobacco control and protection of non -smoker's health and implement the 
provision of Fram ework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC - WHO)  
8. Relevant documents:  Government Gazette, Vol. 134, Part 39 kor., dated 5 April 2017.   
9. Proposed date of adoption: 2 April 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: 4 July 2017  
10. Final date for comment s: - 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of 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  
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