WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/THA/47
11 October 2001
(01-4950)
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,  webs ite 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):   Fuels in general (HS
Chapter: 2709, ICS: 75.160.01)          
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Notification of the
Department of Commercial Registration on Characteristic and Quality Specification of FuelOil (7 pages, available in Thai language).
6. Description of content:
− classifies duel oil into 2 types based on sulphur content.
− specifies characteristic and quality of fuel oil (e.g. sulphur content, specific gravity,
viscosity, flash point, pour point, gross heat of combustion, ash content, water and
sediment and colour).          
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 76 ngor, dated 7 August 2001           
9. Proposed date of adoption:  25 July 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 September 2001
10. Final date for comments:           
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:           