WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.181
26June1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2435)
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 [],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): Light dutydiesel engined
vehicles (HSChapter 8703)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: TIS1370-2539
(1996): Standard forLight-Duty Diesel Engined Vehicles: Safety Requirements;
Emission from Engine, Level 3
6. Description ofcontent: Specifies Level 3aslimits forgaseous pollutants (i.e.carbon
monoxides, hydrocarbon combined with oxides ofnitrogen) emitted from light-duty
diesel engined vehicles. Applies topassenger carswith notmore thannineseats,
passenger carsmodified from trucks withgross mass notexceeding 3,500 kg.(seats
unlimited) andtrucks withgross mass notexceeding 3,500 kg.Forpassenger carswith
more thansixseats, passenger carsmodified from trucks, orpassenger carswithgross
mass exceeding 2,500 kg.andsmall trucks, thegaseous pollutants shallequal thelimit
ofgaseous pollutants emitted from passenger carswithnotmore thansixseats. Includes
marking, labelling, sampling andcriteria forconformity, testing.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety requirement andenvironmental protection
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8. Relevant documents:
- TIS1140-2636 (1993) Standard forLight-Duty Diesel Engined Vehicles: Safety
Requirements; Emission from Engine, Level 1.
- TIS1285-2538 (1995) Standard forLight-Duty Diesel Engined Vehicles: Safety
Requirements; Emission from Engine, Level 2.
- European Economic Community Directive 93/59/EEC (DRT 93/59/EEC).
Willappear intheGovernment Gazette when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1January 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 7June1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: