WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.8
15 January 1999
(99-0105)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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:  Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI)
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
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):  Steel wires for pre-stressed
concrete
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  TIS 95-2540 (1997) Steel
Wires for Pre-Stressed Concrete (16 pages, Thai language)
6. Description of content:  The Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) has proposed to
enforce TIS 95-2540 (1997) as a mandatory standard.  The Standard covers high tensile
strength cold-drawn round steel wires which ar e defined into four types:  plain, indented,
ribbed and crimped;  and which are classified into normal relaxation and low relaxation
stress relieved wires with nominal diameter  4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12.2 mm. and non-stress
relieved or mill coil wire with nominal diameter 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 mm. Specifies
chemical composition, requirements, packaging, marking and labelling, sampling and
criteria for conformity and testing.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  Safety
8. Relevant documents:  ISO 6934-1:1991  Steel for the pre-stressing of concrete
Part 1:  General requirements
ISO 6934-2:1991  Steel for the pre-stressing of concrete
Part 2:  Cold-drawn wire
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } To be determined
10. Final date for comments:  6 March 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:           