WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.62
24 February 1999
(99-0711)
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
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 6:  Workmanship, Inspection and Maintenance (First Revision) (16 pages, in
English)
6. Description of content:  This section of draft Malaysian Standard provides
recommendations for the preparation, fabrication, inspection, storage, handling and
maintenance of timber materials and components.  This draft Malaysian Standard is the first
revision of MS 544 "Code of Practice for Struct ural Use of Timber".  This draft Malaysian
Standard is intended to be published separately to prescribe the moisture contents,
machining, joints, assembly of structural units, storage, painting, preservation,
transportation and erection of timber materials and components.  Modifications have been
made on the requirements for machining of timber and timber joints.  This revised section
of draft Malaysian Standard is intended to supersede the workmanship, inspection andmaintenance considerations in MS 544:  1978.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Structural use of timber
8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } To be decided
10. Final date for comments:  31 March 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body: WTO Enquiry Point
SIRIM BerhadP.O. Box 7035
40911 Shah Alam
Selangor Fax:  (603) 556 7114