WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.479
5 October 1999
(99-4141)
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):   Multiple credit advice
message (CREMUL)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Specification for
Multiple Credit Advice Message (CREMUL) for the Payment of Customs Duty (In English)
6. Description of content:   This draft Malaysian Standard provides the definition of the
Multiple Credit Advice Message (CREMUL) to be used in Electronic Data Interchange(EDI) between trading partners involved in administration, commerce and transport.
A Multiple Credit Advice Message is sent by an Account Servicing Financial Institution to
the Account Owner or to a third party, which has agreed bilaterally in advance that its
account(s) has been or will be credited for specified amount(s) on the date(s) indicated, in
settlement of the referenced business transaction(s).
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Credit advice message system used by financial institution
8. Relevant documents:           
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be decided
10. Final date for comments:   31 October 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:
WTO Enquiry Point
SIRIM Berhad1 Persiaran Dato' Menteri
P.O. Box 7035, Section 2
40911 Shah Alam
Malaysia
E-mail:  isd_resource@sirim.my
Fax:  03-556 7114