WORLD TRADE G/SG/N/1/THA/1/Rev.1
18October 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3136)
Original: English Committee onSafeguards
NOTIFICATIONS OFLAWS, REGULATIONS AND
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES RELATING
TOSAFEGUARD MEASURES
THAILAND
Revision
Thefollowing communication, dated 9October 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofThailand.
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Ihavethehonour torefer toArticle 12.6oftheAgreement onSafeguards andtherelevant
decisionoftheCommitteeonSafeguardsappertainingtheretoconcerningthenotificationoftheMembers'
laws, regulations, andadministrative procedures relating tosafeguard measures totheCommittee, and
toournotification dated 14March 1995 notifying totheCommittee thattheExport andImport
ActB.E.2522(1979) istherelevant Thailegislation which could beapplicable tosafeguards measures
covered bytheAgreement andtheCommittee hasalready circulated thislegislation totheMembers
indocument G/SG/N/1/THA/1 dated 27March 1995.
Inthisconnection, uponinstructions ofmyauthorities, Iwould liketoinform theCommittee
thattheExport andImport ActB.E.2522(1979) isnotasafeguard lawinthesense oftheAgreement
onSafeguards. ThesaidActisthelawofgeneral application which empowers theMinister of
Commerce, upon approval oftheCouncil ofMinisters, toimpose restrictions orprohibitions onthe
importation orexportation ofcertain goods from coming inorgoing outofThailand forthesakeof
economic stability, public interests, public health, national security, peace andorder orgood morals
ofthepeople, orforanyother interests ofthecountry.
Theprimary purpose oftheExport andImport ActB.E.2522(1979) istoenable theexecutive
authorities toprotect Thailand 'snational security andinterests andtofulfil Thailand 'srights and
obligations derived from international agreements, including therights andobligations ofThailand
inaccordance withArticles XXandXXIoftheGeneral Agreement ofTariffs andTrade 1994(1947).
TheExport andImport ActB.E.2522(1979) hasnever beeninvoked andapplied toanygoods
forsafeguard reasons.
Inaddition, Thailand isnowintheprocess ofconsidering howtofulfil thecountry 'srights
andobligations derived fromtheAgreement onSafeguards, thefulfilment ofwhich maycome inthe
formofasafeguard law,ormore detailed regulations onthismatter issued under theauthority ofthe
Export andImport ActB.E.2522 (1979), oranyother forms asappropriate.
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Inthemeantime while Thailand asyethasnosafeguard laworamore detailed regulation on
thismatter, theMembers canbeassured thatinthecasewhere Thailand needs toapply safeguard
measures, itshallactinconformity withtheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994 andthe
Agreement onSafeguards.
Asandwhen Thailand hassuchasafeguard lawormore detailed regulations onthismatter,
itwillnotify ittotheMembers inaccordance withArticle 12.6oftheAgreement.
Intheabsence ofsuchasafeguard lawormore detailed regulations onthismatter, however,
Iwould liketomake acorrection toourearlier notification andtorequest thatthesaidnotification
bewithdrawn, theExport andImport ActB.E.2522 (1979) bedeleted from thereviewing agenda,
andtheexplanation contained inthisnotebecirculated totheMembers fortheircorrect understanding.
Lastly, Iwould liketoapologise forthemisunderstanding andinconvenience ourearlier
notification hascaused theCommittee andtheMembers.