. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/THA/333 
24 February 2010  
 (10-1031) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THAILAND
  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   
Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB), The Prime Minister Office 
Government Complex, Building B, 5th Fl., Chaeng Watana Road, Thung Songhong, 
Laksi, Bangkok, 10120, THAILAND Tel.:  (662) 141 3539                   
Fax:  (662) 143 9762 
E-mail:  consumer@ocpb.go.th    Website:  http://www.ocpb.go.th
 
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 : 
Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) 
Ministry of Industry Tel:  (662) 202 3504, 202 3523 Fax:  (662) 202 3511, 3543041 E-mail:  thaitbt@tisi.go.th 
Website:  http://www.tisi.go.th
 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [X], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Products containing 
asbestos 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Notification of the 
Committee on Labels (No. 27) 2009 date d 29 September 2009 Re: Products containing 
asbestos to be labelling controlled (3 pages in  Thai and 3 pages in English (unofficial 
translation)).     
6. Description of content:  Products containing asbestos shall be label-controlled with the 
requirement of important information i.e., inst ructions (e.g. how to use, protection while 
after using etc.), warning (sign and message w ith appropriate character size (not less than 
15 millimetres)) and other information, for example, name, trade name, photo, device, 
picture and other relevant information; the si gn and warning message to be attached to the 
products.  The notification covers asbestos ar e products being used as friction materials 
such as brake, clutch, and products in construc tion industry such as roofing tiles, vinyl floor 
tiles, synthesized wooden wall, water pipe, which still contain asbestos.  G/TBT/N/THA/333 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumers’ safety from using goods  
8. Relevant documents:   The Consumer Protection Act 1979   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:      - 
23 March 2010   
10. Final date for comments:  - 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, 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 
and at: 
http://app.tisi.go.th/notif_th/tbt_10.html
 
 And can also be downloaded here:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/tbt/tha/10_0742_00_e.pdf
 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/tbt/tha/10_0742_00_x.pdf