. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/THA/364 
28 January 2011  
 (11-0461) 
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 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):  Paints and Varnishes 
(ICS: 87.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Thai Industrial 
Standard for Anticorrosive Zinc Phosphate Pr iming Paints (TIS 2386- 25XX) (20 pages, in 
Thai) 
6. Description of content:  The Thai Industrial Standards In stitute (TISI) has proposed to 
withdrawal TIS 2386-2551(2008) Anticorrosive zinc  phosphate priming paints, and replace it 
with  TIS 2386-25XX as a mandatory  standard.  This draft standa rd covers anticorrosive zinc 
phosphate priming paints which is  alkyd and phenolic resin used in organic solvent, intended 
for coated steel in construction and general decoration proposes.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Safety and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:    
- SABS 1319: 1999  Zinc phosphate primer for steel -  ISO 6745: 1990  Zinc phosphate pigments for paints 
- ASTM D 610-08  Standard Practice for Ev aluating Degree of Rusting on Painted Steel 
 Surfaces - ASTM D 714-02 (Reapproved 2009)  Standard  Test Method for Evaluating Degree of 
 Blistering of Paints - IEC 62321 Ed. 1: 2008 Electrotechnical produ cts – Determination of levels of six 
 regulated substances (lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated 
 biphenyls, poly brominated diphenyl ethers) - TIS 285   Standard test methods for paints, varnishes and related materials 
 Part 1-2009  Sampling  Part 2-2010  Examination and prep aration of samples for testing 
 Part 3-2010  Standard panels for testing G/TBT/N/THA/364 
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   Part 4-1978  Application 
 Part 6-1981  Determination of volatile and non-vol atile matter 
 Part 8-1981  Determinatio n of fineness of grind 
 Part 10-1981  Hard-drying time  Part 11-1981  Condition in container 
 Part 12-1981  Storage stability 
 Part 15-1981  Visual comparison of the colour of paints  Part 19-1982  Bending resistance  Part 24-1983  Working properties  Part 25-1983  Determ ination of water 
 Part 27-1983  Determination of lead in paint 
 Part 28-1983  Determination of mercury in paint  Part 29-1984  Determination of flashpoint  Part 30-1984  Reducibility and dilution stability  Part 32-1984  Scratch test 
 Part 34-1984  Determination of pigment content 
 Part 43-1988  Resistance to humi dity under continuous condensation 
 Part 51-2006  Resistance to neutral salt spray (FOG) 
 
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 addresses, 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:  mailto:thaitbt@tisi.go.th
 
and at: 
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2011/tbt/tha/11_0156_00_x.pdf