 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/THA/149 
6 July 2004 
 (04-2903) 
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):  Steels (HS Chapter 7208, 
ICS:  77.080.20) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft TIS 528-2547 
(2004) Hot Rolled Flat Carbon Steel of Co mmercial and Drawing Qualities (17 pages, 
available in Thai language) 
6. Description of content:   The Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) has proposed to 
withdraw TIS 528-2540(1997) which is a ma ndatory standard and replace it with 
TIS 528-2547(2004).  The standard classifies hot rolled flat carbon steel into four grades based on its application as HR 1 for commercial quality, HR 2 for drawing quality, HR 3 for deep drawing quality and HR 4 for extra d eep drawing quality.  Specifies basic mass, 
dimension and tolerances on thickness, width and length, permissible variations and 
out-of-squareness, chemical composition, app earance, tensile strength and elongation and 
bending.  Includes marking, labelling, sampli ng and criteria for conformity, and testing. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer protection 
8. Relevant documents:   Publication on which the notifi cation 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:        
 