On June 19th, Thailand’s Ministry of Industry revealed a major update to its List of Hazardous Substances (No. 8) and Ministry Regulation No. 5, issued under the Hazardous Substances Act B.E. 2535, which will come into effect the day after its publication in the Royal Gazette. Just note that The Minister had already signed the revision.

Related web site: http://reg3.diw.go.th/haz/

Ministry of Industry Notification on the List of Hazardous Substances (No. 8) B.E. 2568

The key changes are as follows:

Removal of hazardous substances controls (2 entries)

1. One entry from the List 1.2 [extracts from plants such as neem, galangal, citronella, etc. used for preventing and destroying insects and pests], under the control of the Department of Agriculture
   
   
2. One entry from the List 4.1 [citronella oil], under the control of the Food and Drug Administration

Revision of Control measures (17 entries)

1. One entry from the  List 1.1, under the control of the Department of Agriculture
   
   
2. Four entries from List 1.2, under the control of the Department of Agriculture
   
   
3. One entry from List 4.1, under the control of the Food and Drug Administration
   
   
4. One entry from List 4.2, under the control of the Food and Drug Administration
   
   
5. Ten entries from List 5.1, under the control of the Department of Industrial Works

Addition of new hazardous substances controls (2 entries)

(1) Two new entries on List 1.1 [Pentachlorobenzene and Hexachlorobutadiene], under the control of the Department of Agriculture

Ministry Regulation No. 5, issued under the Hazardous Substances Act B.E. 2535

The key changes are as follows:

1.  Addition the second paragraph of Section 15 of the Ministerial Regulation B.E. 2537 issued under the Hazardous Substances Act B.E. 2535: "A license issued electronically must contain the text or essential content as appears in the license form under paragraph one, and may specify additional text or electronic symbols."
    
2. The name of Chapter 5 shall be repealed "Amendment and renewal of licenses" and the contents of Sections 22 and 23 of the Ministerial Regulation (B.E. 2537) and use the following instead.
   
   
3. The content of Section 24 shall be repealed of the Ministerial Regulation (B.E. 2537) and use the following instead.
   
   
4. Applications for or renewals of licenses to produce, import, export or possession of hazardous substances, including applications for amendments to items in licenses submitted prior to the effective date of this Ministerial Regulation, shall be proceeded by the officer.