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Notifying Member: THAILAND

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

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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

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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): Hot-dip zinc-aluminium (5% and above)-magnesium (2% and above)-alloy-coated flat steel (ICS 77.140.50)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft Ministerial Regulation Prescribing Industrial Products for Hot-Dip Zinc-Aluminium (5% and above)-Magnesium (2% and above)-Alloy-Coated Flat Steel to Conform to the Standard B.E. .…; (53 page(s), in Thai)

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Description of content: The draft Ministerial Regulation mandates hot-dip zinc-aluminium (5% and above)-magnesium (2% and above)-alloy-coated flat steel to conform to the Thai Industrial Standards TISI 2981-25XX (20XX) Hot-Dip Zinc-Aluminium (5% and above)-Magnesium (2% and above)-Alloy-Coated Flat Steel.

This standard specifies technical specifications, characteristics, marking and labelling, sampling, and testing requirements for hot-dip zinc-aluminium (5% and above) - magnesium (2% and above) - alloy-coated flat steel that may be chemical-coated to adjust its surface, in the form of sheets, strips, and corrugated sheets with minimum thickness of 0.11 mm, with pitch of 76 mm and depth of 18 mm for large corrugated sheets, and pitch of 32 mm and depth of 9 mm for small corrugated sheets.

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

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Relevant documents:

AS 1397: 2021 Continuous hot-dip metallic coated steel sheet and strip - Coatings of zinc and zinc alloyed with aluminium and magnesium

AS 2505.1-2004 Metallic materials, Method 1: Sheet, strip and plate — Bend tests

JIS G 0320: 2022 Standard test method for heat analysis of steel products

JIS G 0321: 2017 Product analysis and its tolerance for wrought steel

JIS G 0404: 2014 Steel and Steel Products — General Technical Delivery Requirements

JIS G 3193: 2019 Dimensions, shape, mass and permissible variations of hot rolled steel plates, sheets and strips

JIS G 3323: 2022 Hot-dip zinc-aluminium-magnesium alloy-coated steel sheet and strip

JIS H 0401: 2013 Test methods for hot dip galvanized coatings

JIS K 0119: 2008 General rules for X-ray Fluorescence analysis

JIS Z 2248: 2022 Metallic materials — Bend test

KS D 3030: 2022 Hot-dip zinc-aluminium-magnesium alloy-coated steel sheets and coils

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: After 90 days following the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.

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Final date for comments: 30 days from notification

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone or 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