WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.682
13October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4422)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: THAILAND
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: ThaiIndustrial Standards Institute, Ministry ofIndustry
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Tinted floatglass (ICS
81.040.20)
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: TIS1344-2539 (1996) Tinted Float
Glass (10pages, available inThai)
6. Description ofcontent: TheThaiIndustrial Standards Institute (TISI) isproposing to
enforce TIS1344-2539 (1966) asamandatory Standard. TheStandard specifies
dimensions oftinted floatglass (thickness, width andlength) andtheirtolerances, solar
radiation transmittance atthethickness of5mm, permissible defects (e.g. airbubble,
inclusion, seam andtexture non-uniformity, hairline, crazing, waving, defect oncut
side,bending, concentration offlaws), packaging andlabelling, sampling andcriteria for
conformity andtesting.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety andconsumer protection
8. Relevant documents:
- TIS880-2532 (1989) Standard forFloat Glass;
- willappear intheGovernment Gazette when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 5December 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: