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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.423
18 August 1998
(98-3250)
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):
Flake Graphite (Grey) Cast Iron
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:
Specification for Flake Graphite (Grey) Cast Iron (21 pages, English)
6. Description of content:
This draft Malaysian Standard establishes a classification for grey cast iron.  The
classification comprises six grades based on the tensile properties of test pieces machined
from separately cast test samples.
Where the hardness of the material in the casting is of main interest of the
purchaser, reference should be made to Appendix A, which is not a mandatory part of this
Standard.
This draft Malaysian Standard is applicable only to grey cast iron, cast in sand
moulds or mould of comparable thermal diffusivity.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
Specification for Flake Graphite (Grey) Cast Iron
8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:}To be decidedG/TBT/Notif.98.423
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10. Final date for comments:   30 September 1998
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:
  Standards Development Unit
SIRIM Berhad
1 Persiaran Dato' MenteriP.O. Box  7035, Section 2
40911 Shah Alam
MALAYSIA Fax:  603-5506389