. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/LKA/14 
14 October 2009 
 (09-5027) 
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:  Department of Agriculture 
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):  Wood packaging material 
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 Regulation to be made under the Plant 
Protection Act No. 35 of 1999 concerning wood packaging materials  Language:  English  
Number of pages:  6 
6. Description of content:  Draft regulations to be implemented by Sri Lanka on the export 
and import of wood packaging material.  Author ization is provided to register the producers 
and treatment providers of wood packaging mate rial exported from the country, to grant the 
official mark as per the ISPM No.15, to a udit the procedures and the treatment providers 
etc. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] 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)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  ISPM 15  
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    G/SPS/N/LKA/14 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Available 
only in English 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  8 March 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  8 March 2010  
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) :  13 December 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Director General of Agriculture 
Department of Agriculture Old Galaha Road 
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 
Tel:  +(94 81) 238 6484 Fax:  +(94 81) 238 8333 E–mail:  dgagriculture@gmail.com   
Director (Seed Certification and Plant Protection) 
Seed Certification and Plant Protection Centre 
P O Box 49 
Gannoruwa Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Tel:  +(94 81) 238 8044 Fax:  +(94 81) 238 8077 
E–mail:  scppc@sltnet.lk  
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
http://www.agridept.gov.lk  → Home page → Institutes/centres → National Plant 
Quarantine → Service (NPQS) → Act → Regulation to be made under the plant Protection 
Act No.35 of 1999 concerning the wood packaging materials.  
Deputy Director General 
Public Health Services I 
Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition "Suwasiripaya" No.385, Rev. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha Colombo - 10, Sri Lanka   Tel:  +(94 11) 267 4682 
Fax:  +(94 11) 269 0035 
E – mail: codexlanka@health.gov.lk    dtcs@health.gov.lk