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The Council of Ministers met on Tuesday 27 October B.E. 2569 (2026). It approved no new legislation of direct consequence for business. Its principal decisions were three energy programmes with a combined budget of approximately THB 71.6 billion, each financed by borrowing under an emergency decree of 2026.
Reports circulating on social media say that from 1 January 2027 the Comptroller General's Department will make civil servant patients pay the difference for every originator drug, cap dispensing at 14 days for acute conditions and 30 days for a first chronic prescription, and require a police report before lost medicine can be replaced. None of this has been decided.
The Council of Ministers met on Tuesday 20 October B.E. 2569 (2026). Most of its decisions of relevance to business are not yet law. A new Thai regulation or notification binds only once it is published in the Royal Gazette, the official journal in which legislation is promulgated, and from the date it specifies; most of the measures below have yet to be issued and published.
The Cabinet met on Wednesday 14 October B.E. 2569 (2026), moved from Tuesday because of the public holiday. Every employer should read item 1. Importers and users of coated steel sheet should read item 2.
The Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group return to Bangkok from 12 to 18 October 2026, thirty-five years after Thailand first hosted them in the same building.
The Council of Ministers (the Cabinet) met on Tuesday 6 October B.E. 2569 (2026). None of the draft instruments it approved is yet in force. A draft has no legal effect until it is published in the Royal Gazette, the official journal in which Thai legislation is promulgated (and, for a draft Act, until it has also passed Parliament and received royal assent). It then takes effect on the date its own text specifies.
The Council of Ministers met on Tuesday 29 September B.E. 2569 (2026). It approved several draft instruments of direct relevance to businesses operating in Thailand, none of which is yet in force. Under Thai law, a draft instrument acquires binding effect only upon publication in the Royal Gazette, the official journal in which legislation is promulgated. This alert sets out, for each decision, the businesses concerned, its current legal status and the steps we recommend.
The Council of Ministers met on Tuesday 22 September B.E. 2569 (2026). Two of its decisions have immediate consequences for businesses operating in Thailand. Three further decisions approved draft instruments in principle; these create no present obligation but warrant monitoring. This alert identifies the status of each.
The Thai Cabinet met on Tuesday 15 September B.E. 2569 (2026), chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn. Below are the four decisions that matter to business, each marked with whether it is in force or still a draft, plus a short watch list of things that need no action yet.
The Thai Cabinet met on Tuesday 8 September B.E. 2569 (2026), chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn. This alert sets out the five decisions of most consequence to companies operating in or investing into Thailand, and states in each case whether the decision is now operative or remains a draft.