Thailand proposed Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Subject: Criteria, methods and conditions on tobacco product and cigarette packaging B.E. 2561 (2018)

Bureau of Tobacco Control proposed Packaging of domestic or imported cigarette must have the format and characteristics as prescribed where there shall be no text, picture, logo, sign, trademark, image, marking, design or other matters apart from those allowed in this Notification, e.g.

-     Package or container of cigarettes, and box, case or carton of cigarettes must be rectangle in shape,

-     All sides of the outer surface of package or container of cigarettes, and box, case or carton of cigarettes must be in matt opaque couche (Pantone Opaque Couche -Pantone 448 C,

-    Brand or variant must be in Thai or English, using "TH Sarabun PSK" font as font type and not exceeding 1.5 mm in height. The font colour must be pale gray (Pantone Cool Grey 2 C). Display is allowed only in one position, etc.

Products covered: Tobacco products

HS code: 24

Proposed date of adoption: 13-12-2018

Proposed date of entry into force: 10-09-2019

Final date for comments: 14-04-2019

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