./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.182
20 April 1999
(99-1582)
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 4.1:  Structural Plywood (16 pages, inEnglish)
6. Description of content:  This subsection of draft Malaysian Standard specifies
recommendations for the use of sanded and unsanded plywoods, intended to provide
structural capacity for normal construction.  This draft Malaysian Standard is intended to be
published separately and was developed based on the information adapted from BS 5268:
Part 2:  1996, AS/NZS 2269:  1994, AS 1720: 1975, BS 6566:  Part 1-8:  1985, BS 1088:
1966, MS 228:  1991, CP3:  1972, BS 6399 Part 1-2:  1984 and FRIM Timber TechnologyBulletin No. 1:  1995.  This new subsection of draft 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:
Structural plywood
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.99.182
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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