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Notifying Member: THAILAND

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible:

Thai Food and Drug Administration

Herbal Product Division, Tiwanon Road, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand

Tel: (+66) 590 7000 ext. 71509

Email: herbaldivision@fda.moph.go.th

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

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Herbal products

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft Notification of the Ministry of Public Health RE: Rules, Procedures and Conditions for Herbal Products Sold Exclusively to Healthcare Facilities (No. 2) B.E. ....; (13 page(s), in Thai)

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Description of content: This draft Notification repeals Annex 1 of the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Notification Re: Rules, Procedures and Conditions for Herbal Products Sold Exclusively to Healthcare Facilities B.E. 2566 (2023) and replaces it with Annex 1 attached to this Notification.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Protection of human health or safety

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Relevant documents:

Notification of the Ministry of Public Health RE: Rules, Procedures and Conditions for Herbal Products Sold Exclusively to Healthcare Facilities B.E. 2566 (2023)

(https://herbal.fda.moph.go.th/media.php?id=570428073724485632&name=herbal3-47.pdf)

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: 180 days after the date of its publication in the Government Gazette onwards.

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Final date for comments: 4 May 2025

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, 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