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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.184
20 April 1999
(99-1584)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  MALAYSIA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Standards Malaysia
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:  Standards Development Unit, SIRIM Bhd
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Timber panel product
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Code of Practice for
Structural Use of Timber:  Part 1:  Permissible Stress Design, Materials and Workmanship:
Section 4:  Timber Panel Product:  Subsection 4.3:  Cement Bonded Particleboard(13 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:  This subsection of draft Malaysian Standard specifies the
characteristic and test methods of compressed cement bonded particleboard, intended to be
used for internal and external load bearing applications.  This draft Malaysian Standard is
intended to be published separately and was developed based on the information adapted
from ISO 8335:  1987, MS 934:  1986 and BS 5669 Part 4:  1989.  This new subsection ofdraft Malaysian Standard is to be included in the revision of MS 544:  1978.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  Cement
bonded particleboard
8. Relevant documents:           
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } To be decided
10. Final date for comments:  31 May 1999G/TBT/Notif.99.184
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:
Standards Development Unit
SIRIM Berhad1 Persiaran Dato' Menteri
P.O. Box 7035, Section 2
40911 Shah Alam
MALAYSIA
E-mail: std_develop@sirim.my
Fax:  603-5506389