Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/255/REV.1 |
S-II§20 |
Thailand |
2011 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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Some concern has been expressed in the past about the complexity of Thailand's laws and regulations, but in the period covered by this Review, the greatest regulatory uncertainty arose from two court cases, one of them held up investment in dozens of large-scale projects in the eastern seaboard industrial zone of Mab Ta Phut, from 2009 to 2010, on environmental grounds
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/255/REV.1 |
S-II§24; S-III§146 |
Thailand |
2011 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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In the Doha Development Agenda negotiations, Thailand has been active in a number of areas, including the support of proposals to amend the TRIPS Agreement to require patent applicants to disclose the origins of genetic material and any associated traditional knowledge used in inventions, and to show evidence of prior informed consent and benefit sharing ("the disclosure proposal" under the relationship between TRIPS and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/255/REV.1 |
S-II§44 |
Thailand |
2011 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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Although negotiations on an East Asia Free Trade Area (EAFTA) between ASEAN Plus Three (China, Japan, and Republic of Korea) have yet to start, cooperation continues in areas such as rules of origin, customs issues, energy, food security, sustainable forestry, climate change and many others
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Climate
Forest
Sustainable
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/255/REV.1 |
S-II§53-58 |
Thailand |
2011 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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Thailand participates in sub-regional or regional development or cooperation groups that have as their aim, among others, the promotion of biodiversity, the environment and natural disaster management or natural resources
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Bio
Energy
Environment
Natural resources
Sustainable
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/255/REV.1 |
S-III§48; Table III.3 |
Thailand |
2011 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition, Import licences |
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Yellowfin tuna, used motor vehicles, waste and scrap of plastics, as well as several other products are subject to import licensing and prohibition for reasons of environmental protection
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Conservation
Environment
Forest
Waste
Ozone
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/255/REV.1 |
S-III§50-51 |
Thailand |
2011 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition, Import licences |
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Imports of a wide range of endangered fish, molluscs, amphibians, and coral are banned under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/255/REV.1 |
S-III§56 |
Thailand |
2011 |
Measures |
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From 1 January 2007 to 31 May 2011, Thailand made 189 notifications, mostly of measures to address safety or environmental protection, to the WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (including addenda and corrigenda)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/255/REV.1 |
S-III§60 |
Thailand |
2011 |
Measures |
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For export, the TISI (Thai Industrial Standard Institute) maintains a list of organizations certified as competent to provide export certificates and those accredited as competent to certify quality systems (ISO 9000); environmental management systems (ISO 14000), inspection services(ISO/IEC 17000), laboratories (ISO/IEC 17025), and personnel and training registration
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/255/REV.1 |
S-III§67 |
Thailand |
2011 |
Measures |
Technical regulation or specifications |
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Thailand prohibits imports of several food products on health grounds including some types of genetically modified maize
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/255/REV.1 |
S-III§6, 75, 78 |
Thailand |
2011 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition, Export licences |
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Export controls in the form of registration requirements, export licensing, quotas, and prohibitions apply to some 30 products, mainly for purposes of, inter alia, environmental reasons
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