G/TBT/N/MYS/73  
 
20 January 2017  
(17-0394) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original : English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member : MALAYSIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved  (Article 3.2 and 7.2) : 
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co -opera tives and Consumerism  
Consumerism Standards Division  
Level 4, Block Podium 2  
No. 13, Persiaran Perdana, Presint 2  
62623 Putrajaya, Malaysia  
Tel: +(603) 8882 5886/5862  
Fax: +(603) 8882 6960  
Website : http://www.kpdnkk. gov.my   
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification  shall be indicated if different from above :  
3. Notified under Artic le 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) : Safety glass for motor 
vehicles (ICS : 43.040.60, HS : 70.07). Safety glass for motor vehicles includes zone -
toughened glass, uniformly toughened glass, laminated glass, glass -plastics and organic 
glass installed in a vehicle of any description, propelled by means of mechanism contained 
within itself and constru cted or adapted so as to be capable of being used on roads, and 
includes a trailer . 
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document : Trade Description 
(Marking of Safety Glass For Motor Vehicles) Order 2017 (3 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content : The draft order states that safety glass for motor vehicles that 
are sold or supplied in Malaysia must conform to the prescribed safety standards and bear 
the mark as specified in th e Second Schedule of the Order.  
The safety standards prescribed under this order are:  
 Malaysian Standard MS 595  – Specification for Safety Glass for Motor Vehicles : Part 
1 : General Requirements (Second Revision) and Part 2 : Methods of Test (Second 
Revision); or   
 United Nation Economic Commission for Europe  UNECE Regulation 43  – Uniform 
Provisions Concerning the Approval of Safety Glazing Materials and Their Installation 
on Vehicles.  
For the purpose of this trade description, the order shall not apply to:  
a) safety glass for motor vehicles used for test samplin g; and  
b) safety glass for motor vehicles manufactured or imported before the date of entry 
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  7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The main objective of Trade Description (Marking of Safety Glass For Motor 
Vehicles) Order in Malaysia is to ensure that the motor vehicles safety glass supplied in 
Malaysian market are safe by complying to the prescribed safety standards. Motor vehicles 
safety glass plays a vital role in preventing crashes by not interferi ng with the driver's 
vision when damaged and reducing injury by minimising shards that can cause lacerations 
to face and eyes. Thus, the regulation is in need to protect the safety of consumers against 
risk or dangers associated due to the supply of unsafe  and defective safety glass in Malaysia 
and decrease the rate of the accident.  
8. Relevant documents : 
1. Trade Description Act 2011  
2. Malaysian Standard MS 595  – Specification for Safety Glass for Motor Vehicles : Part 
1 General Requirements (Second Revision) a nd Part 2 : Methods of Test (Second 
Revision)  
3. United Nation Economic Commission for Europe UNECE Regulation 43  – Uniform 
Provisions Concerning the Approval of Safety Glazing Materials and Their Installation 
on Vehicles  
9. Proposed date of adoption : March 2 017 
Proposed date of entry into force : All local manufacturers, importers, distributors and 
retailers shall be given a grace period of not more than twelve months from gazette date in 
order to comply with the prescribed safety standards for motor vehicles safety glass 
sold/supplied/displayed in the Malaysian market.   
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:  
The Malaysian Standards referred can be purchased from:  
i) Standards Department  
SIRIM STS Sdn. Bhd.  
No. 1, Persiaran Dato' Menteri  
Section 2, 40700 Shah Alam  
Selangor,  
MALAYSIA  
Tel.: (+603) 5544 6118  
Fax: (+603) 5544 6114  
Email : msonline@sirim.my  
ii) Department of Standards Malaysia  
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia (MOSTI)  
Century Square, Level 1 & 2, Block 2300  
Jalan Usahawan, 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor  
Tel: (+603) 8318 0002  
Fax: (+603) 8319 3131  
Email : central@standardsmalaysia.gov.my   
The Malaysian Standard is also available online at : http://www.msonline.gov.my   
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