G/TBT/N/LKA/39  
 
18 February 2019 
(19-0933) 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 [ 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: 2107/45 of 
25 January  2019.  
5. Title, num ber of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Imports and 
Exports (Control) regulation No 01 of 2019 - Gazette Extraordinary of the Democratic 
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka No 2107/45 dated 25 January 2019, 5 (five) pages, in 
English   
(Imports a nd Exports control regulations published in Gazette (Extraordinary) No 2079/70 
dated 13 July 2018 and Gazette (Extraordinary) No 2083/37 dated 10 August 2018 are 
hereby repealed)  
WTO Notifications G/TBT/N/LKA/37 of 16 October 2018 will be repealed and repl aced by 
this notification   
6. Description of content: These regulations were 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. Compliance with Vehicular Exhaust Emission 
limits shall not be required for all Electric Vehicles. Compliance with Vehicular Exhaust 
Emission limits and Safety Measures/ Standards shall not be required for Vintage Vehicles 
manufactured prior t o 30 November 1956.  
Importation of Motor vehicles which are not complied with the safety standards will be 
prohibited to import.  
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 protect the human heath 
and safety and protect the environment.  G/TBT/N/LKA/39  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Gazette (Extraordinary) No 2079/42 dated 12 July 2018  
• Gazette (Extraordinary) No 2083/03 dated 06 August 2018  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  - 
Proposed date of entry into force: 28 January 2019  
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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