WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.171
24April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1805)
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 may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Float glass (HS
Chapter 7005)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: TIS880-2532(1989)
Standard forFloat Glass
6. Description ofcontent: ThaiIndustrial Standards Institute (TISI) isproposing toenforce
TIS880-2532(1989) asamandatory standard. Thestandard covers twotypes offloat
glass, i.e.transparent andfrosted. Theproducts arerequired tomeet thespecified
requirements, i.e.sizes (width, length, thickness) andtolerances, permissible defects
(e.g.airbubble, inclusion, seam andtexture non-uniformity, hairline, crazing, waving,
warpage, etc.), packaging andlabelling, sampling andcriteria forconformity and
testing.
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer Protection
8. Relevant documents: TheIndustrial Product Standards ActB.E.2511(1968)
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 24May1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: