G/TBT/N/LKA/36  
 
28 May 2018  
(18-3166) 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: Sri Lanka Standards Institution  
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 [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): Products 
covered and HS Codes are given in the Gazette Notification No. 2064/34 of 29 March 2018  
5. Title, number  of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Imports 
(Standardization and Quality Control) Regulations 2017 - Gazette Extraordinary of the 
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka No. 2064/34 dated 29 March 2018 (16 pages, in 
English)  
(Import Regu lations (Standardization and Quality Control) published in Gazette 
Extraordinary No.1844/49 of 8 January 2014 and as amended by Gazette Extraordinary 
No. 2032/10 of 15 August 2017 are hereby repealed.)  
WTO Notifications G/TBT/N/LKA/33 of 29 January 2014 and G/TBT/N/LKA/33 Add. 1 of 
25 February 2015 will be repealed and replaced by this notification. (16 page(s), in 
English)    
6. Description of content: Under the Compulsory Import Inspection Scheme of Sri Lanka 
operated by Sri Lanka Standards Institution,  importers are not permitted to import the 
specified items to Sri Lanka unless they conform to the relevant Sri Lanka Standards. The 
list of items specified under this scheme have been revised and the Gazette Extraordinary 
of the Democratic Socialist Repub lic of Sri Lanka No. 2064/34 dated 29 March 2018 has 
been published indicating a total of 122 items.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  Gazettes Extraordinary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of 
Sri Lanka No. 2064/34 dated 29 March 2018, No. 1844/49 dated 08 January 2014 and 
No. 2032/10 of 15 August 2017   
9. Proposed date of adoption: - 
Proposed date of entry into force:  The Import Inspection Scheme is in operation. This 
notification updates the items applicable under this scheme.  G/TBT/N/LKA/36  
 
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  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:   
Sri Lanka Standards Institution  
17 Victoria Place  
Elvitigala Mawatha  
P.O. Box: 17  
Colombo 08  
Sri Lanka  
Fax : +94 11 2671553  
E-mail: ddi@slsi.lk  
Web: http://www.slsi.lk  
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