WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.715
7November 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4886)
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: Department ofMedical Service, Ministry ofPublic Health
(MOPH)
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above: Thai Industrial Standards Institute, Ministry of
Industry
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): Cigarettes
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Ministerial Regulation
B.E. 2540 (1997) Issued inAccordance withtheTobacco Products Control ActB.E.
2535 (1992), 5pages, (available inEnglish)
6. Description ofcontent: Themanufacturer orimporter ofsuch tobacco products as
cigarettes andcigars shallhavethedutytonotify thecomposition oftobacco products to
MOPH asfollows:
1. Emission products peronecigarette bystating thequantity oftar,nicotine and
carbon monoxide inmilligrams;
2. additives peronecigarette bystating thequantity ofeachsubstance, chemical
designation andregistered number which isspecified bytheChemical Abstracts
Service oftheAmerican Chemical Society. Incases where suchadditives have
nochemical designation, theStandard Latin Nomenclature shallbeused.
Thenotification shall bemade every three years afterthefirstnotification and
within 30daysasfrom thedateofexpiry ofsuchthree-years period.
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7. Objective andrationale: Consumer protection
8. Relevant documents: Tobacco Products Control ActB.E.2535 (1992)
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:9February 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: -
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: