WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TRIMS/N/1/LKA/1
31 March 2000
(00-1317)
Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5.1 OF THE AGREEMENT
ON TRADE-RELATED MEASURES
SRI LANKA
The following communication, dated 14 March 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
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The Permanent Mission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka wishes to notify
under Article 5.1 of the Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs) that Sri Lanka
does not have any investment measure according prot ection to domestic industries which violates the
national treatment provisions of para. 4 of Article III of GATT 1994, and that no quantitative
restrictions are applied in the investment regime of Sri Lanka inconsistent with the provisions ofpara. 1, Article XI of GATT 1994.  The investment regime does not provide for local content
requirements, trade balancing requirements, foreign exchange balancing requirements, exchange
restrictions resulting in import restrictions or dom estic sales requirements involving restrictions on
exports which are inconsistent with the prov isions of Articles III and XI of GATT 1994.
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