WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.42
5 February 1999
(99-0448)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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 Land Transport, Ministry of Transport and
CommunicationsAgency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:  Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Ministry of
Industry
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):  Motor vehicles
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Ministerial
Regulation No. … (B.E. …) Amending the Ministerial Regulation No. 23 (B.E. 2538)
Issued Under the Provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act B.E. 2522 (A.D. 1979)
6. Description of content:  Extension of the enforcement date of the Ministerial Regulation
No. 23 (B.E. 2538) which requires as follows:
- The windshield, rear window and side wi ndow components of a motor vehicle to be
transparent in order to assure, from outside the motor vehicle, clear visibility of the
motor vehicle's interior and, from within the passenger compartment, clear visibility
of the traffic;
- the light transmission rate of the solar film to be affixed on the window shall be less
than 40 per cent.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  Safety
8. Relevant documents:  The Ministerial Regulation No. 23 (B.E. 2538) issued under the
provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act, B.E. 2522 (A.D. 1979)
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 June 1998 except motor vehicles which have been
registered before 1 June 1998, the proposed date of entry into force will be 1 June 2000.
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the circulation date
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:           