WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.680
13October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4420)
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, Ministry ofIndustry
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Lowcarbon steelwire
rods
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: TIS348-2540 (1997)
LowCarbon Steel Wire Rods (4pages, available inEnglish)
6. Description ofcontent: TheThaiIndustrial Standards Institute (TISI) hasproposed to
withdraw TIS348-2532 (1989) andreplace itwithTIS348-2540 (1997) aswellasto
enforce itasamandatory Standard. ThisStandard covers 5.5-19 mm. diameter wire
rodstobeusedforthemanufacture ofgalvanized wire, wirefornails, annealed wire,
excluding wirerodsforcoreofcoated electrode. Divides theproduct intoeight types
bychemical composition asSWRM 6,SWRM 8,SWRM 10,SWRM 12,SWRM 15,
SWRM 17,SWRM 20andSWRM 22.Specifies tolerances ondiameters andonthe
difference between themaximum andtheminimum values ofdiameter atthesame cross-
section, chemical composition andappearance (e.g. freedom from splits andcracks).
Includes marking, labelling, sampling andcriteria forconformity, testing.
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer protection
8. Relevant documents:
1. TheIndustrial Product Standards Act,B.E.2511 (1968);
2. ISO8457-1-1989 Steel wirerod-PartI:Dimensions andtolerances;
3. JISG3505-1996 Lowcarbon steelwirerods.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
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10. Final dateforcomments: 5December 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
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