ST COA Safety Certificate

Malaysia combines mandatory and voluntary product safety certification system. Mandatory certification is ST COA. Products not under the mandatory certification can apply for voluntary confirmation letter. At present, Malaysia only has safety requirements and no implementation on EMC.

Malaysia ST COA (Certification of Approvals) is a mandatory safety certification controlled by Suruhanjaya Tenaga (ST). In accordance with the "Electricity Supply Act (1990)" and "Electricity Regulations (1994)," ST implements compliance certification system for electrical and electronic products. Controlled products must obtain COA, then can enter into Malaysia market.

SIRIM Berhad is the only standard-setting body, is a government-owned and non-profit company. Its predecessor is restructured by the government agency Standard and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM). SIRIM QAS INTERNATIONAL SDN BHD is a wholly owned subsidiary of SIRIM Berhad, which is Malaysia's leading certification, inspection and testing organization.

The national standard of Malaysia is MS (Malaysia Standard). MS Standards for product safety certification is basic use of equivalent national IEC standards.

COA is a clearance certificate. After products enter into the customs, importers with COA can have batch application to purchase MS label from SIRIM. Extraordinarily, if the factory wants to directly affix mark, it needs to apply for factory inspection from SIRIM. Because of the high cost, this approach is generally for ship manufacturers who have high frequency.

ST COA certification covers a total of 34 kinds of products, mainly in the following categories:

ST COA certification corresponding label has two types, one is SIRIM label, the other is the SIRIM certification mark. Note that all labels must be affixed on the product itself, it can not be affixed to the package. Here is the description for these two types of label:

1.SIRIM label:as below

2.SIRIM certification mark：there are 2 situations that can affix this mark, as below pic

Energy Label

Just like safety certification ST COA, energy efficiency certification is implemented Suruhanjaya Tenage (ST). On May 3, 2013, ST announced new Electricity (Amendment) Regulation 2013, to enforce energy efficiency labeling and minimum energy performance Standard (MEPS) for household appliances 5 categories including televisions, refrigerators, lamps, fans and air conditioners. Product which does not meet the requirements of MEPS will not be allowed on the market. Implementation of the regulations has 1-year transitional period, that is from May 3, 2014, all controlled products must get through energy efficiency testing for product to obtain ST COA certificate containing the energy efficiency standards, and affix energy efficiency label.

Energy efficiency has no single certificate, but incorporated into the safety certificate ST COA. when applying it requires to submit safety report and energy efficiency report at the same time, so the issued ST COA certificate will also include safety and energy efficiency standards

SIRIM Certification

In 1998, Malaysia issued a new “Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, CMA”, which has made detailed specifications for Malaysian telecommunications services and communications market access conditions. Meanwhile, the new telecommunications regulatory agencies Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (SKMM) also was born. In addition to the "Communications and Multimedia Act," the relevant laws and regulations have as well as "Communications and Multimedia (Technical Standards) regulations 2000".

According to "Communications and Multimedia Act," communications equipment on the market need to apply for type certification (Type approval) from SKMM or its designated certification bodies, to obtain equipment certificate COC, and apply for affixed SIRIM CM mark. SIRIM QAS as Certifying Agency (CA) authorized by SKMM, currently the Communications and Multimedia Certification Section (CMCS) of SIRIM QAS issues SIRIM cert.

In addition to Type Approval, for specific purposes, such as exhibitions, training, engineering model, R & D and other uses of wireless communications products exported to Malaysia, it requires to apply for Special approval.

SIRIM certification covers all bands lower than 3000 GHz and wireless communications equipment and systems that its motherboard or devices are connected to the public network. They are within the scope of SIRIM mandatory certification.