. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/LKA/19 
9 August 2010 
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  SRI LANKA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Food Control Administration unit 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Food packaging materials and articles 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  The Draft Food (Packaging Materials and Articles) 
Regulations 2010  Language:  English  Number of pages:  3   
6. Description of content:  These regulations on Food (Packaging Materials and Articles) 
cover: 
− Control of import, manufacture, transport, advertise for sale, expose for sale, sell, 
package, store, use and distribute any food packaging, article and material. 
− A certificate issued by the manufacturer to the effect that the raw material used for the 
manufacture of the material meets the requi red quality or grade in compliance with 
international standards.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No G/SPS/N/LKA/19 
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   If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  -   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  2 January 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  2 January 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :   
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  8 October 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Additional Secretary/ Medical Services I 
Ministry of Health "Suwasiripaya" No.385, Rev. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha 
Colombo - 10 
Sri Lanka Tel.:  +(94 11) 269 3175 Fax:  +(94 11) 269 1605 E-mail:  codexlanka@health.gov.lk OR codexcontact@gmail.com  
             ddgphs@gmail.com 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Additional Secretary/ Medical Services I  
Ministry of Health "Suwasiripaya" No.385, Rev. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha Colombo - 10 
Sri Lanka 
Tel.:  +(94 11) 269 3175 Fax:  +(94 11) 269 1605 E-mail:  codexlanka@health.gov.lk OR codexcontact@gmail.com               ddgphs@gmail.com