. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/THA/102
9 January 2003
(03-0082)
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) 2478734
E-mail: thaistan@tisi.go.th, stdinfo@tisi.go.thWeb site address:  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):
Fuel oil (HS Chapter 27.09, 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 Fuel Oil
B.E.2545(2002)  (3 pages, available in Thai language)
6. Description of content:   This notification replaces the notification of the Department of
Commercial Registration on Characteristic and Quality of Fuel Oil B.E.2544(2002) which is
withdrawn.   This notification specifies characteristics and quality of fuel oil (e.g. sulphur
content, specific gravity, viscosity, flash point, pour point, gross heat of combustion, ash
content, water and sediment and colour).  In case where the characteristics or quality ofsome specific fuel oil are different from the specified requirements, the fuel oil traders must
notify the differences to and get approval fr om Director General of the Department of
Commercial Registration.
This notification does not affect the approval  issued prior to the enforcement of this
notification.
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 2002G/TBT/N/THA/102
Page 2
9. Proposed date of adoption:  19 September 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2003
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:           