G/TBT/N/LKA/37  
 
16 October 2018  
(18-6409) 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: SRI LANKA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment  
Department of Imports and Exports Control  
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 Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [ X], 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): Products 
covered under and HS codes are given in the Gazette Extraordinary of the Democratic 
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka No. 2079/70 dated  13 July 2018 amended 10 August;  and 
2079/42 dated 12 July 2018 amended 8 August 2018.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: The Gazette of 
the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary No.2083/37 dated 
10.08.2 018 amending Gazette Extraordinary no 2079/70 dated 13.07.2018 and Gazette 
Extraordinary no 2083/3 dated 06.08.2018 amending Gazette Extraordinary no 2079/42 
dated 12.07.2018, on vehicular exhaust emission standard and Safety 
Measures/Standards regulation.   
6. Description of content: As per the Budget Proposal No 19 read together with the 
Technical Notes No. 15 & 16 of the Budget Speech 2018, new regulations were drafted 
related to the vehicular exhaust emission and safety standards. The measures related to 
the vehicular exhaust emission were based on Euro 4 standards. The Motor vehicles below 
the Emission Standards of the EURO 4 or its equivalent will be prohibited.  
Importation of Motor Vehicles which are not complied with the safety standards will be 
prohibited to import.  
The required safety measures for importation, manufacturing or assembling of vehicles 
were published in the above mentioned Gazette Notifications.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Sri Lanka has been imported large amount of motor vehicles which did not 
meet the above required standards resulting significant deaths and various health related 
issues. This necessitated Sri Lanka to take urgent action for the following: Protect the 
huma n health and safety ; Protect the environment . G/TBT/N/LKA/37  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Gazette Notification No. 2079/70 dated 13 July  2018 amended 10 August 2018.  
• Gazette Notification No. 2079/42 dated 12 July 2018 amended 8 August 2018.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 9 November 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: 13 July 2018  
10. Final date for comments: - 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
Notification Point:  
Department of Commerce, Sri Lanka  
4th Floor, Rakshana Mandiraya  
21, Vauxhall Street  
Colombo 02  
Tel: +94112329733  
Fax: +94112430233  
Email: fortrade@doc.gov.lk   
Websites of:  
Ministry of Mahawel i Development and Environment ( http://mmde.gov.lk/web ) 
Department of Imports and Exports Control  (http://www.imexport.gov.lk/index.php/en )