. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/THA/289 
22 January 2009  
 (09-0252) 
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:  Department of Disease Control,  Ministry of Public Health 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or auth ority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
Tobacco Consumption Control Group, Bureau of Non-communicable Diseases 
Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand Tel: (66 2) 589 7963, (66 2) 590 3979   Fax: (66 2) 589 1670  Website: www.thaiantitobacco.com
 
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):  Tobacco and tobacco 
products (ICS: 65.160; HS: 2402) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Re: Criteria, Methods 
and Conditions for Displaying Picture and Wa rning about Harms, Date of Manufacture” 
source of Manufacture, and Sale Restricted to  Kingdom of Thailand in Cigarette and Cigar 
Labels Pursuant to the Tobacco Products Contro l Act B.E. 2535 (1992) (1 page, in English).  
6. Description of content:  In the event of inability to label a cigarette pack or container with a 
picture or warning about harm s from cigarettes, the picture or warning label indicating 
cigarette-derived harms shall be reduced or enla rged proportionally to the width and height of 
the picture or warning label indicating ci garette-derived harms until such reduction or 
enlargement is not possible.  If, however, the picture or warning labe l indicating cigarette-
derived harms still has its area less than 50 percent of the side with most area of that cigarette 
pack or container, the upper black area over the picture and warning label indicating cigarette-
derived harms shall be increased in order fo r such picture and warning label indicating 
cigarette-derived harms to have its  area of not less than 50 percen t of the side with most area 
of that cigarette pack or container.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Health protection and educa ting potential new smokers.  
8. Relevant documents:   Government Gazette, Vol. 124, Special Part 84 ngor., dated 
13 July 2007   G/TBT/N/THA/289 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:      14 June 2007   
  13 July 2007   
10. Final date for comments:  - 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ 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: http://www.tisi.go.th/notif_th/tbt_08.html