WORLD TRADE G/TBT/2/Add.27
8November 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4748)
Original: English Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OFTHE AGREEMENT
ONTECHNICAL BARRIERS TOTRADE
Thefollowing statement under Article 15.2oftheAgreement hasbeenreceived from the
delegation ofSriLanka.
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1. Standardization activities inSriLanka comes under thejurisdiction oftheSriLanka
Standards Institution (SLSI) which istheNational Standards body. SLSI wasestablished under
theBureau ofCeylon Standards ActNo.38of1964. TheInstitution functioned under thename
ofBureau ofCeylon Standards untiltheActwasrepealed andreplaced bytheSriLanka Standards
ActNo.6of1984. TheInstitution nowfunctions under theMinistry ofScience, Technology and
Human Resources Development. Oneoftheprimary functions oftheSLSI astheNational
Standards body istoformulate andpromote theapplication ofnational standards inallsectors of
theeconomy.
2. SLSI willensure thatinthestandards formulation process SriLanka Standards willfallin
linewiththerelevant International Standards asfaraspossible.
3. Notices ofproposed technical regulations, standards andconformity assessment procedures
arepublished intheSriLanka Government Gazette andtheSLSI Bulletin. Draft SriLanka
Standards arepublicized inthedaily papers andgiven adequate timeforthose interested to
comment ontheproposed standards.
4. Tosupport theGovernment ofSriLanka intheimplementation oftheAgreement a
National Committee hasbeenestablished intheabove Ministry whose Terms ofReference arein
theprocess ofbeing formulated.
5. According totherequirements oftheAgreement, theGovernment ofSriLanka through
theMinistry ofInternal andExternal Trade, Commerce andFood hasdesignated theSLSI asthe
national enquiry point andnotification body.
Theaddress oftheenquiry point isasfollows:
SriLanka Standards Institution (SLSI)
53,Dharmapala Mawatha
Colombo -07
SriLanka
Tel: +941326051
+941326052
+941326053
Fax: +941446018
E-mail: ddi@slsi.ac.IR