WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.476
5 October 1999
(99-4138)
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):   Industrial helmet
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Specification for
Industrial Helmet (First Revision) (In English)          
6. Description of content:   This draft Malaysian Standard specifies physical and performance
requirements, methods of test and marking requirements for industrial safety helmets.  The
mandatory requirements apply to helmets for general use in industry.  Additional optionalperformance requirements are included to apply only where specifically claimed by the
helmet manufacturer.
This draft Malaysian Standard supersedes MS 183:  1983
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Physical and performance requirements for industrial helmet
8. Relevant documents:           
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be decided
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
E-mail:  isd_resource@sirim.my
Fax:  03-556 7114          