Describes the country's standards landscape, identifies the national standards and accreditation bodies, and lists the main national testing organization(s) and conformity assessment bodies.
Last Published: 8/23/2019

The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation’s Department of Standards oversees standards in Malaysia.  As the National Standards Body its mandated function is to spearhead the Strategic Reform Initiatives – Competition Standards & Liberalization (SRI-CSL) while ensuring the competencies of Standards Development Agencies (SDAs).  It does this through ongoing monitoring and technical training in order to develop credible Malaysian Standards (MS) in compliance with set guidelines.

Overview
Standards are widely used in all sectors of Malaysian society, and the national standardization system uses a consensus process to develop new standards, allowing manufacturers, traders, consumers, government, and others to provide input and consideration into the development process. Malaysia adheres to the WTO's “Standard Code" on Technical Barriers to Trade. SIRIM Berhad, formerly known as the Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia, is the government-owned company providing institutional and technical infrastructure for the Government.

Standards
Working closely with other Standards Development Agencies (SDAs), Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) as well as the various Advisory Committees, the Malaysian Standards is a market-relevant standards developed and published to ensure quality, safety & environmental protection as well as to gain global competitiveness for the industry at large.  It is also developed to be on par with international excellence and relevant to individual sectors, catering to the specific needs of the industry.

The Standards Malaysia accreditation system is in accordance to the international standard, MS ISO/IEC 17011 to ensure that the accreditation services provided are impartial, non-discriminatory and credible. The Standards Malaysia accreditation system is set up through 3 operational levels i.e.:
 

  1. strategy and policy,

  2. decision, and

  3. assessments to ensure fair and impartial accrediation.

 
The Standards Malaysia Accreditation services ensure non-discriminatory review and is open to and accessible by any conformity assessment body, irrespective of government or private bodies that fulfills the accreditation conditions.  These accreditation conditions are specified and published by Standards Malaysia Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) and include the testing & calibration laboratories, certification bodies and inspection bodies.

Testing, inspection and certification
The Department of Standards Malaysia (Standards Malaysia) is Malaysia’s national standards body and national accreditation body.  Its goal is to provide confidence to various stakeholders, through credible standardization and accreditation services for global competitiveness.  SIRIM, the government-owned company providing institutional and technical expertise to the government is a member of International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC).

Foreign exporters are requireed to conform to the same standards that domestic producers must follow. Malaysia certifcation requirements do not impose undue burdens onto U.S. exporters or products.  U.S. testing laboratories are able to operate in Malaysia as long as they comply with the domestic regulatory requirements. 

Publication of technical regulations
Malaysia is a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Under the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement), members are required to report all proposed technical regulations that could affect trade with WTO member countries. 
Notify U.S. (www.nist.gov/notifyus) is a free, web-based e-mail registration service that captures and makes available for review and comment key information on draft regulations and conformity assessment procedures. Users receive customized e-mail alerts when new notifications are added by selected country(ies) and industry sector(s) of interest, and can also request full texts of regulations.  This service and its associated web site are managed and operated by the USA WTO TBT Inquiry Point housed within the National Institute of Standards and Technology, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Contact Information

  • Department of Standards Malaysia

Century Square, Level 1 & 2,
Block 2300, Jalan Usahawan,
63000 Cyberjaya,
Selangor Darul Ehsan,
MALAYSIA
Tel :                +60 (3) 8318 0002
Fax :               +60 (3) 8319 3131
Email :           central@jsm.gov.my
Website:       http://www.jsm.gov.my/

  • SIRIM Berhad

1, Persiaran Dato' Menteri, P.O. Box 7035,
Section 2, 40700 Shah Alam, Selangor,
Malaysia
Tel:                 +60 (3) 5544 6000
Fax:                +60 (3) 5544 6694
Email:            web@sirim.my
Website:       http://www.sirim.my/

  • SIRIM QAS International n Bhd

Building 8, SIRIM Complex
No. 1 Persiaran Dato’ Menteri
Section 2, P.O. Box 7035
40700 Shah Alam
Selangor
Malaysia
Tel:                 +60 (3) 5544 6400
Fax:                +60 (3) 5544 6810
Email:            qas_marketing@sirim.my
Website:       http://www.sirim-qas.com.my/

“Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are required under the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement) to notify to the WTO proposed technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures that could affect trade. Notify U.S.
(www.nist.gov/notifyus) is a free, web-based e-mail registration service that captures and makes available for review and comment key information on draft regulations and conformity assessment procedures. Users receive customized e-mail alerts when new notifications are added by selected country or countries and industry sector(s) of interest and can also request full texts of regulations. This service and its associated web site are managed and operated by the USA WTO TBT Inquiry Point housed within the National Institute of Standards and Technology, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce.”

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