  
. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/THA/167 
6 December 2004 
 
 (04-5313) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Department of Industrial Works, Ministry of Industry 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   Thai Industrial 
Standards Institute (TISI), Tel.:  (66 2) 2023512  Fax:  (66 2) 2478734  E-Mail:  
thaistan@tisi.go.th, stdinfo@tisi.go.th, web site address:  www.tisi.go.th 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Hazardous substances 
(HS:  29,  ICS:  13.030.30) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Notification of the 
Ministry of Industry Regarding List of Hazardous Substances (No.2) B.E.2547(2004) 
(13 pages, available in Thai language) 
6. Description of content:   This ministerial notification amends the list of hazardous 
substances annexed to the Notification of Mini stry of Industry Regarding List of Hazardous 
Substances dated 17 February B.E. 2538(1995).   1. Certain hazardous substances are withdrawn as follows:  
 - 13 hazardous substances under the re sponsibilities of the Department of 
Agriculture;  
 - 10 hazardous substances under the responsibilities of the Food and Drug 
Administration;  and 
 - 23 hazardous substances under the re sponsibilities of the Department of 
Industrial Works. 
  2. CAS Number of Chlorofluorocar bons and its substitutions HCFC-21 to 
HCFC-271 in List A annexed to the Notification of Ministry of Industry Regarding List of Hazardous Substances dated 17 February 
B.E. 2538(1995) are withdrawn. 
 In addition, hazardous substances in the list annexed to this mi nisterial notification will be 
hazardous substances in List A and B annexed to  the Notification of Ministry of Industry 
Regarding List of Hazardous Substances da ted 17 February B.E. 2538(1995) in an 
alphabetical order.  G/TBT/N/THA/167 
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Safety and environmental protection 
8. Relevant documents:   Publication in which the notification is published when adopted: 
 - Government Gazette 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 September 2004  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from circulation date 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:        
 