G/TBT/N/THA/578  
7 August 2020  
(20-5467) 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 Institute (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:   
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.mail.go.th  
Website: http://www.tisi.go.th  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [X], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Industrial 
Products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ministerial 
Regulation on Rules and Procedures on App lication, Issuance of License to Display 
Standard Marks on the Industrial Products, License to Manufacture and License to Import 
for Sale in the Kingdom of the Industrial Products B.E. 2563 (2020) (5 page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  The Minist erial Regulation was issued to repeal (1) Ministerial 
Regulation on Rules and Procedures on Application, Inspection, and Issuance of License to 
Display Standard Mark on the Industrial Product, License to Manufacture and License to 
Import for Sale in the Ki ngdom of Thailand of Industrial Products which are required by the 
Royal Decree to Conform with the Standard, B.E. 2549 (2006); (2) Ministerial Regulation 
on Rules and Procedures on Application and Issuance of License Substitute, Movement of 
Location Indic ated in the License and Transfer of License.  
The regulation prescribes the requirements relating to:  
1. Anyone who wishes to display a standard mark on the industrial products in accordance 
with section 16, to manufacture industrial products which are required by the ministerial 
regulation to conform with the standard under section 20, and to import for sale in the 
Kingdom of industrial products required by the ministerial regulation to conform with the 
standard under section 21 of the Industrial Produc t Standards Act B.E. 2511 shall submit 
an application for an issuance of license and evidence to the Secretary -General of Thai 
Industrial Standards Institute.  
2. Criteria for consideration to issue a license includes:  
1)  Products manufactured in compliance w ith the industrial standard  G/TBT/N/THA/578  
 
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  2)  Quality control system of the applicant factory to maintain competence to 
manufacture products in conformity with applicable standards and to control the 
product quality.  
3. A licensee who wishes to request for an issuance of l icense substitute in accordance  with 
Section 23, movement of location indicated specified in the license in accordance with 
Section 24, transfer of license in accordance with Section 25, receipt of the transfer of 
license in accordance with Section 26 of t he Industrial Product Standards Act B.E. 2511 
shall submit an application to the Secretary -General of Thai Industrial Standards Institute.  
4. An application for a license, an acknowledgement of the receipt of application, payment 
of fee and issuance of lic ense in accordance with this ministerial regulation shall be mainly 
applied through online system.   
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
• The Industrial Product Standards Act B.E. 2511 (1968)   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  24 June 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  25 July 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  Not applied  
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://www.tisi.go.th  
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