WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/THA/42
27 August 2001
(01-4121)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
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:   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):   Steel (HS: 72.09,
ICS: 77.080.20)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   TIS 2012-2543
(2000) Cold Reduced Carbon Steel Coil, Strip and Sheet of Commercial and DrawingQualities (17 pages, in Thai)
6. Description of content:   Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) has proposed to enforce
TIS 2012-2543 (2000) as a mandatory standard.  This standard covers cold reduced carbon
steel coil, strip and sheet of commercial and drawing qualities.  Classifies the product
according to application into four grades.  Specifies mass, dimensions and tolerances,
permissible variations, appearance, general characteristics, mechanical properties, chemical
compositions, marking and labelling, sampling and criteria for conformity and testing.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Safety
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:           