WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.332
9July1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2856)
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: Department ofForeign Trade. Ministry ofCommerce
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [X],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Household refrigerator
utilizing CFC intheproduction process (H.S. 8418.210, 8418.220, 8418.290)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Notification ofthe
Ministry ofCommerce Regarding Imports (No.120), B.E.2540 (1997) (1page)
6. Description ofcontent: Household refrigerators utilizing CFC intheproduction process
areprohibited toenter Thailand.
7. Objective andrationale: Intheinterest ofenvironmental protection andpublic safety
8. Relevant documents: Import -Export ActB.E.2522 (1979)
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 4March 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 4April 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: -
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: Commodity Division II
Department ofForeign Trade. Ministry ofCommerce
Sanam-chai Road
Bangkok 10200
Thailand
Tel:(662) 6291540 Fax: (662) 6291539