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ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/THA/391 
28 September 2011  
 (11-4707) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Thai Industrial Standards Instit ute (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 :    
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):  Transport exhaust 
emissions (HS: 8703, IC S: 13.040.50, 43.100) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Thai Industrial 
Standard for Light Motor Vehicle Equipped with Positive Ignition Engines Fuelled with 
Natural Gas or Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Sa fety Requirements; Sa fety Requirements; 
Emission from Engine, Level 1 (TIS 2555-25XX) (32 pages, in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  The Thai Industrial Standards In stitute (TISI) has proposed to 
enforce TIS 2555-25XX as a mandato ry standard.  This draft standard covers only passenger 
cars (including off-road vehicles), trucks a nd passenger cars modified from trucks.  It 
specifies safety requirements, marking and labe lling, sampling and criteri a for conformity and 
testing.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Safety and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:    
- UN/ECE Regulation no. 83 Rev.3 
 Incorporating all valid text up to:  Incorporating all valid text up to the 05 series of amendments 
 Supplement 1 to the 05 series of amendments  Supplement 2 to the 05 series of amendments 
 Corrigendum 1 to the 05 series of amendments 
 Corrigendum 2 to the 05 series of amendments  Supplement 3 to the 05 series of amendments  Supplement 4 to the 05 series of amendments  Corrigendum 3 to the 05 series of amendments G/TBT/N/THA/391 
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   Supplement 5 to the 05 series of amendments 
- UN/ECE Regulation No. 83 Rev.3 - Erratum 
- UN/ECE Regulation No. 83 Rev.3 - Amendment 1   Supplement 6 to the 05 series of amendments - UN/ECE Regulation No. 83 Rev.3 - Corrigendum 3   Corrigendum 1 to Revision 3 
- UN/ECE Regulation No. 83 Rev.3 - Amendment 1 - Corrigendum 1 
 Corrigendum 1 to Supplement 6 to  the 05 series of amendments 
- UN/ECE Regulation No. 83 Rev.3 - Amendment 2   Supplement 7 to the 05 series of amendments - UN/ECE Regulation No. 83 Rev.3 - Amendment 3   Supplement 8 to the 05 series of amendments 
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the circulation date 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
Thailand WTO/TBT Enquiry Poin t 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:  thaitbt@tisi.go.th  
http://app.tisi.go.th/notif_th/tbt_11.html