WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.767
17December 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-5501)
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 shall be
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): Two-stroke gasoline
engine lubricating oil
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: TIS1040-2541 (1998)
Two-Stroke Gasoline Engine Lubricating Oil(30pages, Thailanguage)
6. Description ofcontent: TheThaiIndustrial Standards Institute (TISI) hasproposed to
withdraw TIS1040-2534 (1991) which isamandatory standard andreplace itwith
TIS1040-2541 (1998). TheStandard covers lubricating oilforroad vehicles with
two-stroke gasoline engine. Specifies compositions, physical andchemical requirements
(i.e.viscosity, flash point, sulphated ash,heavy metal content). Specifies functional
requirements (i.e.engine cleanliness, piston seizure andringscuffing, white smoke
content). Includes packaging, marking, labelling, sampling andcriteria forconformity,
testing. Themain amendments totheStandard areasfollows:
1. Testing procedures forengine cleanliness
Thesecond stage isdeleted tosavetimeandtesting cost.
2. Performance requirements
Toinclude smoke index andtesting methods which areinaccordance with
JASO M342-92 withSuzuki generator SX-800 Rasatestengine.
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7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Protection oftheenvironment
8. Relevant documents:
1. TheIndustrial Product Standards Act,B.E.2511 (1968).
2. JASO M342-92 smoke testprocedure forevaluating two-stroke gasoline engine
oils.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 17January 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: