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 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/LKA/22 
18 November 2004 
 
 (04-4988) 
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Cement Tiles  
HS Code:  69.08.10 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Specification for 
Cement Concrete Tiles SLS 863:  1989 
 
 Part 1:  Specification for manufacture 
  Part 2:  Test methods 
6. Description of content:   Specification for cement concrete tiles  
 Part 1:  Specification for manufacture  
This specification covers requirements for ce ment concrete floor tiles and wall tiles made 
with cement and aggregate commonly refe rred to as pressed cement tiles, but excludes 
terrazo tiles.  Part 2:  Test methods 
 
Specifies the tests to be conducted on cement concrete floor and wall tiles. 
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 cement tiles to Sri Lanka will not be permitted unless 
it conforms to SLS 863. G/TBT/N/LKA/22 
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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 
 