WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.219
29April 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-1742)
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, Ministry ofIndustry
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
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): Laundry detergent
powder
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: TIS78-2541 (1998)
Laundry Detergent Powder (6pages, Thailanguage)
6. Description ofcontent: TheThaiIndustrial Standards Institute (TISI) hasproposed to
withdraw TIS78-2528 (1985) andreplace itwithTIS78-2541 (1998) aswellasto
enforce asamandatory standard. TheStandard classifies laundry detergent powder into
three types, i.e.forhand laundry, formachine laundry andforhand ormachine
laundry. Specifies essential andoptional ingredients. Prescribes requirements for
appearance, odour, chemical andphysical properties (e.g.acidity-alkalinity, sequestering
builder, sudsing, total alkalinity), biodegradability. Includes packaging, netweight,
marking, labelling, sampling andcriteria forconformity, testing.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Consumer protection
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8. Relevant documents:
1.Reference document:
- TIS578-2528 (1985) Method ofanalysis andtestforlaundry detergent
powder.
2.Publication inwhich theproposal willbepublished when adopted:
- Government Gazette.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 14June1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: