WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/THA/97
8 January 2003
(03-0071)
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:   Department of Energy Busine ss (DOEB), Ministry of Energy
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:   Thai Industrial
Standards Institute (TISI), Tel.:  (66 2) 2023512  Fax:  (66 2) 2478734E-mail:  thaistan@tisi.go.th, stdinfo@tisi.g o.th  Web site addr ess:  www.tisi.go.th
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):   Kerosene (HS Chapter
2710.002, ICS:  75.160.01 Fuels in general)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Notification of the
Department of Commercial Registration on Characteristic and Quality of Kerosene
B.E.2545(2002) (3 pages, available in Thai language)
6. Description of content:   This notification replaces the notification of Ministry of
Commerce No.2 B.E.2533(1990) on Quality of Kerosene dated 5 November 1990 which is
withdrawn.  This notification specifies characteristics and qualities of kerosene,(e.g. specific gravity, smoke point, flash point, sulphur content, corrosion, distillation and
saybolt colour).  In case where the characteristics or quality of some specific kerosenes are
different from the specified requirements, the kerosene traders must notify the differences to
and get approval from Director General of the Department of Commercial Registration.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer protection
8. Relevant documents:   Publication in which the notification is published when adopted:
- Government Gazette, Vol.119, Special Part 88 ngor., dated 20 September 2002
9. Proposed date of adoption:  13 September 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  21 October 2002
10. Final date for comments:   -
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:           