WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.182
26June1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2436)
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): Gasoline-engined vehicles
(HSChapters 8703)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: TIS1365-2539
(1996): Standard forGasoline Engined Vehicles: Safety Requirements; Emission from
Engine, Level 4
6. Description ofcontent: Specifies Level 4aslimits forgaseous pollutants (i.e.carbon
monoxide, hydrocarbon combined with oxides ofnitrogen) emitted from
gasoline-engined vehicles applies topassenger cars,passenger carsmodified from trucks
andtrucks. Defines twotypes ofemission limits, i.e.forvehicles withgross mass not
exceeding 3,500 kg.andvehicles withgross mass exceeding 3,500 kg.Forvehicles
withgross mass notexceeding 3,500 kg.,thelimit ofgaseous pollutants emitted from
passenger carswith more than sixseats, passenger carsmodified from trucks, or
passenger carswithgross mass exceeding 2,500 kg.andtrucks, thegaseous pollutants
shallequal thelimitofgaseous pollutants from passenger carswithmore thansixseats.
Includes marking, labelling, sampling andcriteria forconformity, testing.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety requirement andenvironmental protection
8. Relevant documents:
- TIS 1280-2538 (1995) Standard forGasoline-Engined Vehicles: Safety
Requirements; Emission from Engine, Level 3.
- European Economic Community Directive 93/59/EEC (DRT/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: