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1 November  2019 
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Council for Trade in Services  Original:  English  
 
  
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE III:3 OF THE  
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES  
The following notification, dated  22 October 2019 , from the delegation of Thailand , is being circulated 
to Members of the Council for Trade in Services . 
 
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1  MEMB ER NOTIFYING : 
Thailand  
2  NOTIFICATION UNDER : 
Article III:3 of the General Agreement on Trade in Services  
3  DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE : 
30 April 2019 
 
3.1  Duration:  
Indefinite  
 
4  AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE MEASURE : 
Department of Industrial Works, Ministry of Industry  
5  DESCRIPTION OF THE MEASURE : 
Measure:  
 
Hazardous Substance Act, No. 4, B.E. 2562 (2019) . 
 
Description:  
 
- A person making a transit of a hazardous substance shall notify the competent official before 
each transit and after receiving the notification, the competent official shall issue a transit 
license as an evidence of notification.  
 
- A transit license received from the notification shall be valid according to a period specified in 
such transit license but shall not exceed forty -five days since its issuance date .  
 
- A transit operator shall be a juridical person that operate s the hazardous substance import 
and export business that is registered in Thailand.  
 
- A hazardous substance requested for transit shall be brought out of the Kingdom within five 
days after release from the Customs House where the hazardous substance has entered the 
Kingdom.  S/C/N/ 977 
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- "Transit " Notification, applying for permission and issuance of a transit license shall be in 
accordance with rules, procedures and conditions set forth by the competent office with 
recommendation of the Committee, which is published in the Government Gazette, and which 
shall at least have a prescription requiring an insurance to be made for any expenses that 
may occur from a destruction or treatment of a hazardous substance.  
 
6  MEMB ERS SPECIFICALLY AFFECTED, IF ANY : 
None 
7  TEXTS AVAILABLE FROM : 
Department of Industrial Works  
75/6 R ama VI Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400  
Tel: (+66) 202 4000  
http://www.diw.go.th/hawk/en/index.php  
 
 
 
 
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