WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/BOP/N/36
28 May 1998
(98-2228)
Committee on Balance-of-Payment Restrictions Original:  English
NOTIFICATION UNDER PARAGRAPH 9 OF THE UNDERSTANDING
ON THE BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS PROVISIONS OF THE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994
Communication from Sri Lanka
The following communication, dated 15 May 1998, has been received from the Permanent
Mission Sri Lanka.
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1. The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka is pleased to inform the WTO that the Government of
Sri Lanka has decided to disinvoke Article XVIII:B of GATT 1994 wi th immediate effect.
2. The Government of Sri Lanka is deeply appreciative of the understanding shown and the
support extended to Sri Lanka by the Members of the WTO, particularly its trading partners on thismatter in the past.
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