./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/THA/29
12 June 2001
(01-2882)
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 Commercial Registration (DCR), Ministry of
Commerce
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.th, website 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):   Lubricants, industrial
oils and related products (HS: 2710, ICS: 75.100)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Notification of the
Department of Commercial Registration on Characteristic and Quality Specification ofEngine Oil (8 pages, available in Thai language)           
6. Description of content:
The Notification
- covers engine oil for four-stroke gasoline engines and diesel engines;
- specifies chemical and physical characteristics (e.g. viscosity, viscosity index;
flash point, pour point, corrosion, water content, sediment content and foaming
characteristics);
- specifies engine performance characteristic and quality.
All engine oil blenders, importers and tr aders who possess their own trade name or
trademark shall report the engine performance characteristic and quality to the Director
General and shall be granted and approved by DCR prior to trade.
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.118, Special Part 37 ngor, dated 23 April 2001          G/TBT/N/THA/29
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  5 April 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 May 2001
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the circulation date
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:           