WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.118
14April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1548)
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: TheOffice oftheConsumer Protection Board
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.
ICS numbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): The labelling
requirements ofthewater purifiers
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: The 73rd
Announcement oftheCommittee onLabels B.E.2539(1996) (3pages, Thailanguage)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisRegulation requires thelabelling ofwater purifiers tobe
soldinThailand tocontain thefollowing information: name andaddress inThailand of
manufacturer/entrepreneur, orname andaddress inThailand ofimporter/entrepreneur,
orregistered trademark; manufacturing month andyearorlotcode; country oforigin;
usage andmaintenance instruction; warning inThaifor"thewater purifier candetect
onlycolour, odour, turbidity and/or hardness ofwater".
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer protection
8. Relevant documents: -
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 13December 1996
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 13August 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: -
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: