WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.180
26June1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2434)
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: Department ofLand Transport, Ministry ofTransport and
Communications
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): Motor vehicle andsafety
seatbelt
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document:
- Categories ofMotor Vehicles (under theMotor Vehicle Act1979) ToBeFitted
withSafety SeatBelts (2pages)
- Categories ofMotor Vehicles (under theLand Transport Act1979) ToBeFitted
withSafety SeatBelts (2pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Certain categories ofmotor vehicles fortheinstallation ofsafety
seatbeltsarelisted: taxis, private passenger cars, pick-ups, motor vehicles usedforthe
carriage ofpassengers having notmore than15seats(except those having wheel discnot
more than12inches andnotmore thannineseats) andmotor vehicles used forthe
carriage ofgoods whose vehicle weight notexceeding 1,660 kg.
There aretwotypes ofsafety seatbelts: lapbelt, andacombined lapand
shoulder belt.
TheRegulation enforced thevehicle which isregistered since 1January 1996,
forvehicles registered before 1January 1996 itwillbeenforced on6October 1997.
7. Objective andrationale: Protection ofhuman safety
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8. Relevant documents:
- Ministerial Regulation No.22issued under theprovision oftheMotor Vehicle
ActB.E.2522 (1979)
- Ministerial Regulation No.49issued under theprovision oftheLand Transport
Act,B.E.2522 (1979)
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1January 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: -
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: Department ofLand Transport
1032 Phahonyothin Road
Bangkok 10900
Thailand
Fax: 66-02-272-3626