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16 January 2024  
(24-0355) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Ministry of Industry  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification  shall be indicated if different from above:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point and Notification Authority  
Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Ministry of Industry  
Tel: (662) 430 6831 ext. 2130  
Fax: (662) 354 3041  
E-mail: thaitbt@tisi.mail.go.th  
Website: https://www.tisi.go.th  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading.  ICS numbers may be provided in addit ion, where applicable):  Crash 
protection and restraint systems (ICS 43.040.80)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Ministerial 
Regulation on Vehicles with regard to the Protection of the Occupants in the Event of a 
Lateral Collision (TIS 2399 -256X(202X)); (10 page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Ministerial Regulation mandates the following vehicles 
to conform with the Thai Industrial Standard for Vehicles with regard to the Protection of 
the Occupa nts in the Event of a Lateral Collision (TIS 2399 -256X(202X)).  
1. Vehicles of category M1 with a maximum permission mass not exceeding 3,500 kg  
2. Vehicles of category M1 with a maximum permission mass exceeding 3,500 kg where 
the "R" point of the lowest seat is not more than 700 mm from ground level when the 
vehicle is in the condition corresponding to the reference mass  
3. Vehicles of category N1  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety   G/TBT/N/THA/587/Rev.3  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  UN Regulation No. 95 Uniform provisions Concerning the Approval 
of Vehicles with regard to the protection of the occupants in the event of a lateral collision  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  2 years following the date of its publication in the 
Government Gazette.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point and Notification Authority  
Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Ministry of Industry  
Tel: (662) 430 6831 ext. 2130  
Fax: (662) 354 3041  
E-mail: thaitbt@tisi.mail.go.th  
Website: https://www.tisi.go.th  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/THA/24_00511_00_x.pdf  
 