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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.398
25 August 1999
(99-3534)
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:   Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI)
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):   Alcoholic Beverages
(ICS:  67.160.10)          
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   D r a f t  T I S
XXXX-254X (19XX) Standard for Wine (6 pages, available in Thai)          
6. Description of content:   The Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) proposes to
withdraw TIS 39-2516 (1973) Alcoholic Beverages, and establish new standard series of
Alcoholic Beverages which consist of three parts, namely, TIS 39-254X (19XX) Distilled
Liquors, TIS XXXX-254X (19XX) Wine, and TIS XXXX-254X (19XX) Beer.  In addition,
TISI proposes to enforce the mentioned three standards as mandatory standards.  ThisNotification covers TIS XXXX-254X (19XX) Wine, which prescribes the following items:
(1) Classification:  Wine is classified into four types:
- Grape wine, i.e. table wine, sparkling wine, fortified wine and
flavoured wine
- Fruit wine, i.e. table wine, sparkling wine, fortified wine, and
flavoured wine
- Wine obtained from othe r agricultural products
- Mixed wine
(2) Alcoholic strength and chemical requirements
(3) Food additives, i.e. sulphur dioxide, sorbic acid and its salt, benzoic acid
and its salt, and flavouring agents
(4) Contaminants, i.e. copper, iron. lead and arsenic
(5) PackingG/TBT/Notif.99.398
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(6) Marking and labelling
(7) Sampling and criteria for conformity
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   
Consumer Protection
8. Relevant documents:   Publication in which 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, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           