G/LIC/Q/MYS/11  
 
12 August 2014  
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Committee on Import Licensing  Original: English  
 
 RESPONSES BY MALAYSIA TO THE QUESTIONS FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION 
REGARDING ITS NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 7.3 OF THE  
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES  
 
The following communication, dated 11 August 2014, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Malaysia. 
 
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Following Malaysia’s annual notification in accordance with Article 7.3 of the Import Licensing 
Agreement, Malaysia would like to provide our responses to the questions from the EU 
(G/LIC/Q/MYS/8) as follows:  
1  ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT 
1.1.  Why is an import license needed when a product must in any case have a 
Certificate of Approval based on a test report? 
Response: Import licence is not required for electrical equipment. Please refer to Corrigendum 
G/LIC/N/3/MYS/9/Corr.2 notified by Malaysia dated 22 July 2014.    
 
1.2.  What additional administrative and technical requirements are imposed through 
the import licenses that are not required for th e Certificate of Approval and if so what is 
the public policy objective of such additional requirement? 
Response: Import licence is not required for electrical equipment. Please refer to Corrigendum 
G/LIC/N/3/MYS/9/Corr.2 notified by Malaysia dated 22 July 2014.   
 
1.3.  Are like domestic products subject to  similar requirements regarding both the 
Certificate of Approval and the import license? 
Response: Domestic manufacturers that manufacture electrical equipment under regulation 97(1) 
of the Electricity Regulations 1994 are required to apply for the Certificate of Approval (CoA).  
 
Import licence is not required for electrical equipment. Please refer to Corrigendum 
G/LIC/N/3/MYS/9/Corr.2 notified by Malaysia dated 22 July 2014. 
 
1.4.  Why is the import license and the Certif icate of Approval only valid for 12 months, 
when test reports usually have a longer validity? 
Response: Import licence is not required for electrical equipment. Please refer to Corrigendum 
G/LIC/N/3/MYS/9/Corr.2 notified by Malaysia dated 22 July 2014. 
 
For the Certificate of Approval, a validity period  will be issued by the Energy Commission of 
Malaysia for not less than one year but not more th an 5 years, provided that there are no changes 
on the test report throughout the validity period.  G/LIC/Q/MYS/11 
 
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2  INTOXICATING LIQUOR, TOBACCO AND DENATURED SPIRIT 
2.1.  What is the rational for the level of fee and what services and their related costs 
are intended to be covered? 
Response: Import licences are for the purpose of control and fees are related to the adminstrative 
costs of processing. 
 
2.2.  Are like domestic produc ts imposed the same fees as a condition for sale on the 
Malaysian market? 
Response: Domestic products such as liquor, tobacco/cigarette and denatured spirit are subjected 
to licence for manufacturing and fees under Section 20, Excise Act 1976. Fees for Licence under 
the Excise Act are: 
 
a. For manufacture of cigarettes/liquor – RM2,400.00 per year; and 
b. For manufacture of tobacco (other than cigarettes) – RM360.00 per year. 
3  TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT 
3.1.  Why is an import license  needed when a product must in any case be type approved 
by SIRIM QAS International? 
Response: The import license in the form of Certificate of Approval is to enable verification that 
only a product having a valid type approval can be imported. Type Approval is granted to a specific 
model of communications product.  
3.2.  What additional administrative and technical requirements are imposed through 
the import licenses that are not required for th e Certificate of Approval and if so what is 
the public policy objective of such additional requirement? 
Response: No additional administrative and tec hnical requirements imposed through the import 
licenses that are not required for the Certificate of Approval. 
 
3.3.  Are like domestic products subject to  similar requirements regarding both the 
Certificate of Approval and the import license? 
Response: Domestic products are also subject to similar administrative and technical requirements 
for the Certificate of Approval.  
 3.4.  Why is the import license only valid for 12 months? 
Response: The import license is valid only for (3) three months as it is issued per shipment basis. 
  
4  LOGS ETC. 
4.1.  Could Malaysia explain the rational an d public policy objectives being pursued for 
subjecting the products to co ntrol under an import licence? 
Response: The reason of the imposition of import licensing for logs is for monitoring/statistical 
purposes and to ensure that logs imported are from legal sources.  
 
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