THAILAND: GASOLINE ENGINE VEHICLES The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 95.242. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: THAILAND. If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2). 2. Agency responsible: Thai Industrial Standards Institute. 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Gasoline engine vehicles (HS Chapters 8703). 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: TIS 1280-2538 (1995): Standard for Gasoline Engined Vehicles; Safety Requirements; Emission from Engine, Level 3 (48 pages). 6. Description of content: Specifies limits for gaseous pollutants emitted from gasoline engined vehicles conforming to TIS 1085 at a more intensely strict level (level 3) applicable to vehicles of all capacities, and adds requirements on evaporative emission from fuel tank and durability of pollution control device. Includes marking and labelling, sampling and criteria for conformity, and testing. 7. Objective and rationale: Safety requirement and environmental protection. 8. Relevant documents: Economic Commission for Europe Regulation No. 83 01 Series of Amendments (E.C.E.R. 83-01). Will appear in the Government Gazette when adopted. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: 31 March 1996. 10. Final date for comments: 15 August 1995. (242)

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