 
 WORLD TRADE 
ORGANIZATION G/TBT/N/THA/124 
21 January 2004 
 (04-0198) 
  
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:   Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), 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:         
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):   Internal combustion 
engines (ICS: 27.020), transport exhaus t emissions (ICS: 13.040.50);  HS: 8703 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft TIS XXXX-
254X Gasoline Engined Vehicles:  Safety Re quirements;  Emission from Engine, Level 7 
(33 pages, in Thai language) 
6. Description of content:   The Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) has proposed to 
enforce TIS XXXX-254X Gasoline Engined Vehicles:  Safety Requirements;  Emission from  Engine, Level 7 as a mandatory standard.  The standard specifies Level 7 as limit for 
gaseous pollutants (i.e. carbon monoxide, hydr ocarbon combined with oxides of nitrogen) 
emitted from gasoline engined vehicles.  Covers  passenger cars, trucks and passenger cars 
modified from trucks.  Excludes two-stroke engined vehicles and vehicles with unladen 
mass less than 400 kg. and designed speed not exceeding 50 km./hour.  Specifies 
requirements for type approval and productio n quality assurance.  Includes marking, 
labelling, sampling, criteria for conformity and testing. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Safety requirement and environmental protection. 
8. Relevant documents:   Publication in which the notification is published when adopted: 
- Government Gazette 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the 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:        
 