WORLD TRADE G/TBT/2/Add.38
6August 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3324)
Original: English Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OFTHE AGREEMENT
ONTECHNICAL BARRIERS TOTRADE
Addendum
Communication from Thailand
Thefollowing Statement under Article 15,paragraph 2oftheAgreement hasbeenreceived
from thedelegation ofThailand.
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1. Thailand hasbeenamember oftheAgreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade (TBT) since
1993. Nospecial legislation isrequired forThailand toimplement theAgreement. TheThaiIndustrial
StandardsInstitute(TISI),agovernmentagencyundertheMinistryofIndustryservesasthecoordinating
agency andnotification authority. Government departments andregulatory authorities responsible for
theimplementation andadministration oftechnical regulations, standards andconformity assessment
procedures havebeeninformed oftheirobligations under theAgreement. ANational Committee
comprisedofrepresentativesfromrelevantorganizationshasbeenestablishedforthepurposeofensuring
implementation andadministration oftheAgreement.
2. Notices oftechnical regulations, standards andconformity assessment procedures arepublished
intheThaiGovernment Gazette. Notices ofstandards developed bytheThaiIndustrial Standards
Institute arealsopublished intheTISINewsletter. Notices ofstandards tobemade mandatory are
published inlocalnewspapers.
3. TheThai Industrial Standards Institute hasaccepted theCode ofGood Practice forthe
Preparation, Adoption andApplication ofStandards (Annex 3oftheAgreement). Asrequired under
theCode, TISI haspublished "TISI Work Programme" containing thestatus ofstandardization
programme attheintervals ofsixmonths andhasnotified theISO/IEC Information Centre inGeneva
ofitsexistence. Acatalogue ofstandards already published isprepared annually.
4. Aperiod of60daysisgenerally provided forcomments inwriting. However, thisperiod
mayvarydepending onurgency considerations.
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5. TheThaiEnquiry Point istheThaiIndustrial Standards Institute. Theaddress forenquiries
isasfollows:
ThaiIndustrial Institute (TISI)
Ministry ofIndustry
Rama VIStreet
Bangkok 10400
THAILAND
Telephone: +(662)2023401, 2023508, 2023512
Telefax: +(662)2023402, 2478734
E-mail: stdinfo@tisi.go.th