WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.267
20August 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3269)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: THAILAND
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: ThaiIndustrial Standards Institute
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [X],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Teats (HSChapter 4014)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: TIS969-2533 (1990)
Standard forRubber Nipples forBabies 'Bottles
6. Description ofcontent: Excludes rubber nipples forpremature babies. Specifies
requirements forappearance, workability, tensile properties, elasticity, resistance to
boiling, stability, safety requirements (i.e. heavy metal content intexture, soluble
matter). Includes packaging, marking, labelling, sampling, criteria forconformity, and
testing.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety
8. Relevant documents:
- JIST9160-1980 Rubber Nipples;
- Estimation ofVolatile N-Nitrosamines inRubber Nipples forBabies 'Bottles
Food Chem Toxic Vol.20,1982;
- Willappear intheGovernment Gazette when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption/Proposed dateofentry intoforce: Notlessthan60days
following publication intheGovernment Gazette.
10. Final dateforcomments: 22July1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: