 
 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/LKA/24 
18 November 2004 
 (04-4989) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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  
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):   Sanitary Towels 
HS Code: 56.01.10 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Specification for 
Sanitary Towels  (13 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content:   This specification (SLS 111) prescribes the requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for Sanitary Towels. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer Protection 
8. Relevant documents:   A regulation will be published in the Gazette Extraordinary of the 
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri La nka under Imports (Standardization & Quality 
Control) Regulations where import of Sanitary  Towels to Sri Lanka will not be permitted 
unless it conforms to SLS 111 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be decided 
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 
Colombo 08 
Sri Lanka Fax:  +94 112 671579 E-mail:  ddi@slsi.slt.lk 
 