G/TBT/N/LKA/33  
 
29 January 2014  
(14-0498)  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 telephon e 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. 1844/49. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Imports 
(Standardization and Quality Control) Regulations 2013 - Gazette Extraordinary of the 
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka No. 1844/49 dated 08 January 2014 (11 pages, 
in English) 
(The Schedule I of the Imports (Standardiza tion and Quality Cont rol) Regulations 2006, 
published in the Gazette Extraordinary No.1447/28 of 1 June 2006 as amended by the regulations published in the Gazette Extraordinary No.1627/3  of 9 November 2009, is 
hereby repealed). 
WTO Notifications G/TBT/N/LKA/31 of 31  July 2006 and G/TBT/N/LKA/32 of 
21 January 2010 will be repealed and replaced by this notification. 
6. Description of content:  Under the Compulsory Import Inspection Scheme of Sri Lanka 
operated by Sri Lanka Standards Institution, the list of compulsory items has been revised and 23 new items have been introduced. Accordingly, the Gazette Extraordinary 
of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka No. 1844/49dated 08 January 2014 has 
been published indicating a total of 123 items.  
According to the regulation, Importers are not permitted to import 123 items to Sri 
Lanka unless they conform to the relevant Sri Lanka Standard. 
Items available in Schedule 1(A) were subj ected to Import Inspection previously as 
informed by the Notification G/TBT/N/LK A/31 of 31 July 2006 and G/TBT/N/LKA/32 of 
21 January 2010.  Schedule 1(B) contains the new items introduced. 
(The Schedule I of the Imports (Standardization and Quality Control) Regulations 2006, 
published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1447/28 of June 1, 2006 as amended by the 
regulations published in the Gazette Extraordinary No.1627/3of November 9, 2009, are 
hereby repealed. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer protection  G/TBT/N/LKA/33 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Gazette Extraordinary of the Democratic Socialist  
Sri Lanka No. 1844/49 dated 08 January 2014 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    Schedule 1(A) shall come into operation on 
08 January 2014 and the Schedule 1(B) shall come into operation on 01 May 2014. 
Schedule 1(A) - 08 January 2014 
Schedule 1(B) - 01 May 2014 
10. Final date for comments:  - 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the 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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