RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.125
3May1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-1142)
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
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): Bars androds,
cold-rolled ofiron(HSChapter 7215)
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: TIS1228-2537 (1994): Standard
forCold Formed Structural Steel Sections (23pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Covers onlystructural steelmade from mildsteelbytheprocess
ofcoldforming. Classifies intosixtypes, i.e.angle steel, channel steel, lipchannel
steel, light Zsteel, lipZsteel andhatsteel which areof1grades denoted bythe
symbol SSC400. Specifies sizes andtolerances (i.e.thickness, cross-sectional area,
moment ofinertia, radius ofgyration andmodulus ofsection) andchemical composition.
Prescribes requirements forworkmanship, yield strength, tensile strength andelongation.
Includes marking andlabelling andtesting.
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer protection andnational security
8. Relevant documents: JISG3350-1987, JISG0321-1966 (Reaffirmed: 1978),
JISG0303-1972 (Reaffirmed: 1988), JISZ2201-1980, TIS244: Part4-2525 (1982).
Willappear intheGovernment Gazette when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Notstated
10. Final dateforcomments: 6June1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: