. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.468
5 October 1999
(99-4130)
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 [ X], 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):   Paints and varnishes
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Methods of Test for
Paints and Varnishes:  Part E6:  Cross-cut Test (First Revision) (In English)
6. Description of content:   This draft Malaysian Standard is equivalent to ISO 2409:  1992 in
technical content.  It is one of a series of standards dealing with the sampling and testing ofpaints, varnishes and related products.  It specifies a test method for assessing the resistance
of paint coatings to separation from substrates when a right-angle lattice pattern is cut into
the coating, penetrating through to the substrate.  The property measured by this empirical
test procedure depends, among other factors, on the adhesion of the coating to either the
preceding coat or the substrate.  This procedure is not to be regarded however as a means ofmeasuring adhesion.
The method described may be applied either as a pass/fail test or, where circumstances are
appropriate, as a six step classification test.  When applied to a multi-coat system,
assessment of the resistance to separation of individual layers of the coating from each other
may be made.
The test may be carried out on finished objects and/or on specially prepared test specimens.
The method is not suitable for coatings of total thickness greater than 250 µm or fortextured coatings.
This draft Malaysian Standard supersedes MS 133:  Part E6:  1976.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Cross-cut test
8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be decidedG/TBT/Notif.99.468
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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 Berhad
1 Persiaran Dato' Menteri
P.O. Box 7035, Section 240911 Shah Alam
MALAYSIA
Email: isd_resource@sirim.my
Fax: 03-556 7114