STANDARDS MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT SIRIM BERHAD

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PROCESS FOR MALAYSIAN STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT SIRIM
BERHAD 25/08/04
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International
Regional
Agriculture
Engineering
Commerce
Chemicals
Transport
Education
Forestry
Building
Textiles
Science
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Food
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Subject
Terminology
Classification
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Methods of testing and analysis
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Diagrammatic representation of standardization
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Standards, Technical Regulations and SPS Measures
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MALAYSIAN STANDARD
Malaysian standard is a consensus document
developed by Standards Development Committees
within the Malaysian Standards Development System
and approved by the Minister of Science,
Technology and Innovation in accordance with the
Standards of Malaysia Act 1996 ( Act 549)
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PROCESSES FOR MALAYSIAN STANDARDS
Indigenous
Adaptation
Adoption
Revision
PROCESSES
Amendment
Confirmation
Withdrawal
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MALAYSIAN STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURE
Minister, Ministry of Science, Technology and
Innovation
Malaysian Standards and Accreditation Council
Director-General, Department of Standards
Malaysia (DSM)
DSM (NSB)
National Standards Committee
National Accreditation Committee
National IEC Committee
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Industry Standards Committees (ISCs)
Standards-Writing Organisations (SWOs)
ISC A TC/WG ISC B TC/WG ISC C
TC/WG ISC D TC/WG ISC E TC/WG ISC F
TC/WG ISC G TC/WG ISC H TC/WG ISC I
TC/WG ISC J TC/WG
ISC K TC/WG ISC L TC/WG ISC M
TC/WG ISC N TC/WG ISC P TC/WG ISC Q
TC/WG ISC R TC/WG ISC W TC/WG ISC Y
TC/WG ISC Z TC/WG
MPMA C CA MRB CIDB MPOB MECWA MTIB
TEEAM JPP FMM-MIGMA IFEM MWPA DOSH IEM
SIRIM Berhad (National Standards Development
Agency)
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INDUSTRY STANDARDS COMMITTEES (ISCs)

• ISC A Food and Agriculture
• ISC B Chemicals and Materials
• ISC C Consumer Products, Personal Safety and
  Services
• ISC D Building and Civil Engineering
• ISC E Electro-technical Engineering
• ISC F Mechanical Engineering
• ISC G IT, Telecommunications and Multimedia
• ISC H Petroleum and Gas
• ISC I Halal Standards
• ISC J Plastics and Plastics Products
• ISC K Packaging and Distribution
• ISC L Road Vehicles
• ISC M Fire Safety and Prevention
• ISC N Rubber and Rubber Products
• ISC P Iron and Steel
• ISC R Medical Equipment and Devices
• ISC Q Textiles and Apparels
• ISC W Occupational Health and Safety
• ISC Y Quality Management and Quality Assurance

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STANDARDS-WRITING ORGANISATIONS (SWOs)

• SWOs
• Selected Malaysian organisations appointed to
• undertake standards development in specific
  sectors
• Objectives
• To broaden the base of the national system
• To accelerate production of Malaysian Standards
• Current status
• 14 appointed SWOs. These SWOs programme are
• coordinated by the ISCs and SIRIM Berhad

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STANDARDS-WRITING ORGANISATIONS (SWOs)
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Malaysian Standards Development System

• The Department of Standards Malaysia (DSM) is the
  National Standards Body and has the
  responsibility of developing Malaysian Standards.
  
• DSM has appointed SIRIM Berhad as the sole
  National Standards Development Agency with the
  following tasks
• Managing the standards development
  infrastructure

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Malaysian Standards Development System

• Managing Malaysian representation in
  international standards bodies
• Undertaking special projects (such as
  organisation of international meetings and
  standards promotional programmes) and
• Publishing, printing, selling and distributing
  Malaysian Standards.

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National Standards Infrastructure Managed
Industry Standards Committees (ISCs)
20 Technical Committees/Working Groups (WGs)
234 Current standards projects undertaken
600 Standards-Writing Organisations (SWOs)
14 Committees members involved
2,400
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Malaysian Standards Development Process is
governed by
gt ISO/IEC Guide 59 1994 - Code of
Good Practice for Standardization
and gt Annex 3 of WTO/TBT Agreement
entitled Code of Good Practice for the
Preparation, Adoption and Application of
Standards
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Participation in Standards Development Process
is accessible to all interested parties through
representation at
gt Industry Standards Committees (ISCs) gt
Technical Committees (TCs) gt Working Groups
(WGs) and gt Public comment process. Interested
party may initiate new work proposals for
standardisation or comment on existing standards
or draft standards.
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REPRESENTATIONS FROM
Institutions of Higher Learning
Government Agencies
Industries
Professional Bodies
REPRESENTATIONS
Consumer Associations
Trade and Manufacturer Association
Research Organisations
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ALIGNMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
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ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

• To adopt a common understanding of how to align
  national standards with international standards,
  Malaysia has adopted ISO/IEC Guide 21 1999 -
  Adoption of International Standards as Regional
  or National Standards.

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ISO/IEC GUIDE 21 1999

• Provides the methods of adoption for
  International Standards as regional or national
  standards.
• Provides a system for indicating the degree of
  correspondence with International Standards.

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ISO/IEC GUIDE 21 1999 (Contd.)

• Greater uniformity in the indication of both
  correspondence and deviations among countries
  will aid communication, avoid confusion and
  facilitate trade.

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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LISTED IN THE ISO/IEC
KWIC INDEX OF INTERNATIONAL
Name Official
Acronym International Bureau of Weights and
Measures BIMP The International
Bureau for the Standardization of Man-made Fibres
BISFA Codex Alimentarius Commission
CAC Customs Co-operation Council
CCC/CCD International Commission on
Illumination CIE International
Special Committee on Radio Interference
CISPR International Atomic Energy Agency
IAEA/AIEA International Air Transport
Association IATA International Civil
Aviation Organization
ICAO/OACI International Commission on Radiation
Units and Measurements, Inc. ICRU
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Name Official
Acronym International Dairy Federation
IDF/FIL International Electrotechnical
Commission IEC/CEI International
Federation of Library Associations and
Institutions IFLA International Institute of
Refrigeration IIR/IIF International
Labour Organization ILO/OIT International
Maritime Organization
IMO/OMI International Olive Oil Council
IOOC/COI International Commission on
Radiological Protection ICRP/CIPR Internat
ional Telecommunication Union
ITU/UIT International Office of Epizootics
OIE
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Name Official
Acronym International Organization for
Standardization ISO International
Organization of Legal Metrology
OIML International Vine and Wine Office
OIV International Union of Railways
UIC United Nation Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization UNESCO World Health
Organization WHO/OMS World Intellectual
Property Organization WIPO/OMPI
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REVIEW OF MALAYSIAN STANDARDS

• Standards be reviewed on a periodic basis
  (ISO/IEC Guide 59 - Code of good practice for
  standardisation).
• Malaysian Standards be reviewed after every 5
  years or earlier.
• Review may be initiated based on request by
  interested parties.

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REVIEW OF MALAYSIAN STANDARDS

• Review will result in either
• Confirm or endorse the standard as current if
  there are no amendments or changes to it
• Make technical and/or editorial amendment/
  technical corrigendum to the standard

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REVIEW OF MALAYSIAN STANDARDS

• Revise the standard or
• Withdraw the standard.

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REVIEW OF MALAYSIAN STANDARDS

• Confirmation, editorial amendment, technical
  corrigendum and withdrawal require ISCs
  acceptance and Ministers approval.
• Technical amendments and revision require public
  comment, ISCs acceptance and Ministers
  approval.

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MALAYSIAS MEMBERSHIP STATUS IN ISO AND IEC 2004
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Participation In The Work Of International
Technical Committees and Sub-Committees and
Regional Standardisation Activities

• APEC - Sub-committee on Standards and
  Conformance
• ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards
  and Quality
• Pacific Area Standards Congress (PASC)
• ASEM TFAP SCA (Asian Europe Meeting - Trade
  Facilitation Action Plan - Standards and
  Conformity Assessment)
• ISO ITSIG (Information Technology Strategy
  Implementation Group)

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MALAYSIAS PARTICIPATION AT INTERNATIONAL
LEVEL P-MEMBERSHIP TECHNICAL COMMITTEES 1. TC
28 PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND LUBRICANTS 2. TC
34 AGRICULTURAL FOOD PRODUCTS 3. TC 45 RUBBER AND
RUBBER PRODUCTS (SECRETARIAT) 4. TC
61 PLASTICS 5. TC 104 FREIGHT CONTAINERS 6. TC
122 PACKAGING 7. TC 138 PLASTICS PIPES, FITTINGS
AND VALVES FOR TRANSPORT OF FLUID 8. TC
157 MECHANICAL CONTRACEPTIVES 9. TC 176 QUALITY
MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY ASSURANCE 10. TC
181 SAFETY OF TOYS 11. TC 204 TRANSPORT
INFORMATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS 12. TC 206 FINE
CERAMICS 13. TC 207 ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT 14. TC 210 QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND
CORRESPONDING GENERAL ASPECTS FOR MEDICAL
DEVICES 15 TC 211 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION/GEOMATICS

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MALAYSIAS PARTICIPATION AT INTERNATIONAL
LEVEL P-MEMBERSHIP TECHNICAL COMMITTEES 16. TC
59 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 17. TC 218 SAWN TIMBER
AND SAWLOGS (SEMI-MANUFACTURERS OF
TIMBER) 18. TC 222 PERSONAL FINANCIAL
PLANNING 19. TC 11 PRESSURE VESSELS 20. TC
89 WOOD-BASED PANELS 21. JTC 1/SC 27 IT SECURITY
TECHNIQUES 22. JTC 1/SC29 CODING OF AUDIO,
PICTURE, MULTIMEDIA AND HYPERMEDIA
INFORMATION O-MEMBERSHIP NO. OF TECHNICAL
COMMITTEES AND SUB-COMMITTEES - 201 IN
ISO/IEC
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MALAYSIAS INVOLVEMENT AS SECRETARIAT OF ISO
TECHNICAL COMMITTEES AND SUB-COMMITTEES a) ISO/TC
45 - RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS b) ISO/TC
45/SC 1 - HOSES (RUBBER AND PLASTICS) c) ISO/TC
45/SC 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS AND d) ISO/TC
157 - MECHANICAL CONTRACEPTIVES.
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