WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.410
26November 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-5013)
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 [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): Hot-rolled structural steel
sections
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: TIS1227-2539 (1996)
Standard forHot-Rolled Structural Steel Sections (Amendment No.1)
6. Description ofcontent: Amendment toTIS1227-2537 (1994) Standard forHot-Rolled
Structural Steel Sections. Thesubstantial revision isasfollows:
1. Additional classification ofstructural steelsections tocover grades denoted by
thesymbols SS400,SS490,andSS540;
2. amending relevant requirements tocorrespond tothementioned additional grades
(i.e.shape anddimensional tolerances ofHsection, chemical composition by
castanalysis, bending, yield point orproof stress, tensile strength, elongation,
impact test, marking andlabelling, sampling andcriteria forconformity,
testing).
7. Objective andrationale: Tocover structural steelsections available inthemarket.
8. Relevant documents: TheIndustrial Product Standards ActB.E.2511 (1968)
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 3December 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: