WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.172
19 April 1999
(99-1569)
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:  Department of Commercial Registration (DCR), Ministry of
Commerce
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above: Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI)
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):  Lubricants (ICS:  75.100)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Notification of Ministry
of Commerce No. 3 B.E. 2541 (1998) Quality Sp ecification of Lubricating Oil (5 pages,
available in Thai)
6. Description of content:  A modification of the quality specification of lubricating oil for
parts of internal combustion engine.  The Notification:
- Withdraws the Notification of Ministry of Commerce No. 2 B.E. 2538 (1995)
Quality Specification of Lubricating Oil dated 22 February 1995;
- specifies chemical and physical requirements (e.g. viscosity, viscosity index, flash
point, pour point, copper strip corrosion, water content by distillation, sediment by
centrifuge, foaming characteristics and stability etc.);
- specifies usage requirements for two- and four-stroke diesel engines, and
four-stroke gasoline engines.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer protection
8. Relevant documents:  Publication in whic h the Notification is published when adopted:
- Government Gazette Volume 116, Part 9 ngor, dated 2 February 1999.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  29 December 1998
Proposed date of entry into force:  3 May 1999
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the circulation date
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body: