  
 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/LKA/19 
18 November 2004 
 
 (04-4996) 
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):   Leaf springs for 
automobile suspensions HS Code: 87.08.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   SLS 639:1984 
Specification for Leaf Springs for Automobile Suspensions (22 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content:   This specification (SLS 639) cove rs general requirements for leaf 
spring assemblies and individual spring leaves, for automobile suspensions. 
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 leaf spri ngs for automobile suspensions to Sri Lanka 
will not be permitted unless it conforms to SLS 639. 
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 
 