. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/LKA/8
17 October 2001
(01-5106)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SRI LANKA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Sri Lanka Standards Institution which functions under the Ministry of
Science and Technology
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
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):   Residual current
operated circuit breakers with integral overcurrent protection for household and similar uses
(RCBO’s)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Sri Lanka Standard
Specification for Residual current operated circuit breakers with integral overcurrentprotection for household and similar uses (RCBO’s)
6. Description of content:
Part 1:1994 General Requirements  (General Rules) (=IEC 61009/1)
Part 2-1:1995 Applicability of the general requirements to RCBO’s functionally
independent of line voltage (=IEC 61009/2.1)
Part 2-2:1995 Applicability of the genera l requirements to RCBO’s functionally
dependent of line voltage (=IEC 61009/2.2)
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
For consumer protection
8. Relevant documents:   A Regulation will be published in the Gazette of the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka  under the Imports and Exports (Control) Act where importof Residual current operated circuit breakers with integral overcurrent protection for
household and similar uses (RCBO’s) to Sri Lanka will not be permitted unless it conforms
to SLS 1022
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:  December 2001G/TBT/N/LKA/8
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10. Final date for comments:
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Sri Lanka Standards Institution
17 Victoria Place
Elvitigala Mawatha
P O Box 17Colombo 08
Sri Lanka
Fax: 94 1 671579
E-mail: slsi@slt.lk