. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/THA/350 
25 August 2010  
 (10-4447) 
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):  Cables (HS:  8544; 
ICS:  29.060.20) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Thai Industrial 
Standard for Polyvinyl Chloride Insulated Ca bles of Rated Voltages  up to and including 
450/750 V - Part 3:  Non-Sheathed Cables fo r Fixed Wiring (TIS 11 Part 3-2553(2010)) (14 
pages, in Thai). 
6. Description of content:  The Thai Industrial Standards In stitute (TISI) has proposed to 
withdraw the Thai Industrial Standard for polyvin yl chloride insulated ca bles of rated voltages 
up to and including 450/750 V - Part 3: Non-sheath ed cables for fixed wiring (TIS 11 Part 3-
2549(2006)) and replace it with TIS 11 Part 3- 2553(2010) as a mandatory standard.  This 
draft standard covers polyvinyl chloride insula ted single-core non-sheath ed  cables for fixed 
wiring of rated voltages up to and including 450/750 V.  All cables shall comply with the 
appropriate requirements given in TIS 11 Part 1 and the individual  types of cables shall each 
comply with the particular requirements of this part.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Safety and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:    
-  TIS 11 Part 1 Polyvinyl chloride insulated cables of rated voltages up to and including 
450/750 V - Part 1:  General requirements; -  TIS 11 Part 2 Polyvinyl chloride insulated cables of rated voltages up to and including 
450/750 V - Part 2:  Test methods; 
-  TIS 2427 Conductors of insulated cables;   
-  IEC 60227-3: 1997 Polyvinyl chloride insulated cables of rated voltages up to and including 
450/750 V - Part 3:  Non-sheath ed cables for fixed wiring. G/TBT/N/THA/350 
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  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:  thaitbt@tisi.go.th
 
and at:  http://app.tisi.go.th/notif_th/tbt_10.html   
and  http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2010/tbt/THA/10_3233_00_x.pdf