Thailand Update: Declaration of hazardous substances

Recently, the Ministry of Industry (MOI) published the MOI Notification RE: Declaration of hazardous substances under authorization of Department of Industrial Works (No. 2) B.E. 2563 (2020).

Under the current revision a producer, importer, exporter or holder of 206 hazardous substances (previously 53 hazardous substances) is required to declare hazardous substances to the competent official using the WoAo./AoKo.7 form. Anyone handling more than 100 kg of these 206 hazardous substances in business between January - June or July - December each year, is obliged to declare them online at Thailand’s Department of Industrial Work (DIW) or at the Hazardous Substances Management Division.

The list of 206 hazardous substances can be downloaded as PDF.

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