. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/THA/367 
11 February 2011  
 (11-0707) 
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 Priming Pain ts (TIS 2387-25XX) (16 pages, in Thai) 
6. Description of content:  The Thai Industrial Standards In stitute (TISI) has proposed to 
withdrawal TIS 2387-2551(2008) Anticorrosive pr iming paints, and repl ace it with TIS 2387-
25XX as a mandatory standard.  This draft st andard covers anticorrosive priming paints 
which is alkyd resin used in organic solvent, intended for coated steel in construction and 
general decoration proposes.  It does not cover anticorrosive zinc phos phate priming paints.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Safety and consumer protection  G/TBT/N/THA/367 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• ASTM D 610-08  Standard Practice for Eval uating 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 product s – Determination of  levels of six 
regulated substances (lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated 
biphenyls, poly brominated diphenyl ethers) 
• TIS 285  Standard test methods for pain ts, 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 Part 4-1978  Application 
Part 6-1981  Determination of volatile and non-vol atile matter 
Part 8-1981  Determination 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 humidi ty 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/crnattachments/2011/tbt/tha/11_0425_00_x.pdf