WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.271
23August 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3297)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: MALAYSIA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Standards andIndustrial Research Institute ofMalaysia (SIRIM)
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Limestone, Quicklime
andHydrated Lime
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Methods ofTestfor
Chemical Analysis ofLimestone, Quicklime andHydrated Lime (First Revision)
6. Description ofcontent: Thisrevised draftMalaysian Standard covers chemical analysis
oflimestone, quicklime andhydrated lime.
Themajor changes featured inthisrevision areasfollows:
(I) Theincorporation ofanalternative method forthedetermination ofiron,
aluminium, calcium andmagnesium;
(II) Thedeletion ofdetermination for:
(a)Total ironi.e.constant boiling HCL routine method, and
(b)Ferrous iron.
ThisdraftStandard isintended tosupersede MS850:1983
7. Objective andrationale:
8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Tobedecided
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:
10. Final dateforcomments: 30September 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
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