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No. 1447/28 THURSDAY, JUNE 01, 2006
The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
(Published by Authority)
PART I : SECTION (I) GENERAL
Government Notifications
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EXTRAORDINARY
1 A
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS (CONTROL) ACT, No. 01 OF 1969
REGULATIONS made by the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Marketing Development under Section 20
of the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, No. 01 of 1969, as amended by Act, No. 48 of 1985 and No. 28 of 1987.
JEYARAJ FERNANDOPULLE,
Minister of Trade, Commerce, Consumer
Affairs and Marketing Development.
Colombo 02,
Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Consumer Affairs
and Marketing Development,
16th May, 2006.
Regulations
1. These regulations may be cited as the Imports (Standardization and Quality Control) Regulations 2006.
2. No importer shall import the articles set out in Column I of the Schedule hereto unless they conform to the Sri Lanka
Standard set out in the corresponding entry in Column II of that Schedule.
3. Every importer shall in respect of each article imported by him, furnish to the Director General of the Sri Lanka
Standards Institution, periodically as required by him, a certificate of compliance with the standard stipulated for that article,
issued by a laboratory in the exporting country, either accredited by a recognized accreditation body or recognized by the Sri
Lanka Standars Institution.
4. Every importer who imports any article set out in the Schedule shall (before Customs Clearance) make available to
the Director General of Sri Lanka Customs and the Director General of the Sri Lanka Standards Institution, all documents
relating to the articles and such samples from each consignment as may be required by them.
5. The article (s) covered under this Regulations shall be assessed for conformity to standards on the basis of
relevant conformity assessment procedures and guidelines, laid down by the Director General of the Sri Lanka Standards
Institution.
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6. No importer shall sell, offer for sale, use or distribute articles covered under this Regulation unless approval is
granted to him to do so, by the Director General of the Sri Lanka Standards Institution.
7. Where the articles are found to be not conforming to the standards specified in the Schedule, the Director General,
Sri Lanka Standards Institution shall have the authority to permit such items to be re-processed under supervision to meet the
prescribed standard or to permit the importer to return the consignment to the seller in the exporting country or to order
disposal of such items in an appropriate manner in consultation with the Director General, Sri Lanka Customs and managing
Director the Sri Lanka Ports Authority.
8. Imports (Standardization and Quality Control) Regulations 1988 published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 517/
15 of 4th August 2001, Imports (Standardization and Quality Control) Regulations 2001 published in the Gazette Extraordi-
nary No. 1203/29 of 28th September, 2001 and amendments thereto are hereby repealed.
THE SCHEDULE
H.S. Code Serial Column I Column II
No. Items Sri Lanka Standards
0402.10.00 01 Skimmed Milk Powder SLS 731 Specification for milk powder
0402.21.00 02 Full Cream Milk Powder SLS 731 Specification for milk powder
0402.29.00
0402.99.01 03 Condensed Milk SLS 179 Specification for sweetened full cream condensed
milk
0405.10.00 04 Butter SLS 279 Specification for butter
1507.10.00 05 Soya Bean Oil SLS 293 Specification for Soya Bean Oil
1507.90.00
1508.10.00 06 Groundnut Oil (Peanut Oil) SLS 947 Specification for groundnut oil (peanut oil)
1508.90.00
1511.90.02 07 Palm Oil SLS 720 Specification for palm oil
1511.10.00
1511.90.09 08 Palm Olein SLS 961 Specification for palm olein
1511.90.01 09 Palm Stearin SLS 960 Specification for palm stearin
1512.11.00 10 Sunflower Seed Oil SLS 946 Specification for sunflower seed oil
1512.19.00
1513.11.01 11 Coconut Oil SLS 32 Specification for coconut oil
1513.11.09
1513.19.01
1513.19.09
1513.21.00 12 Palm Kernel Oil SLS 862 Specification for palm kernel oil
1513.29.00
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1515.21.00 13 Corn Oil SLS 905 Specification for maize (corn) oil
1515.29.00
1515.50.00 14 Seasame Oil SLS 231 Specification for sesame oil (sesame oil/
gingelly oil)
1517.10.00 15 Margarine SLS 277 Specification for margarine
1604.11.00 16 Canned Fish SLS 591 Specification for Canned fish
1604.12.00
1604.13.00
1604.14.00
1604.15.00
1604.16.00
1604.19.00
1604.20.00
1604.11.00 17 Canned Fish Curry SLS 1106 Specification for canned fish curry
1604.12.00
1604.13.00
1604.14.00
1604.15.00
1604.16.00
1604.19.00
1604.20.00
1701.11.00 18 Brown Sugar SLS 883 Specification for brown sugar
1701.12.00
1902.11.00 19 Noodles (including instant SLS 420 Specification for pasta products
1902.19.00 noodles)
1902.20.00
1902.30.00
1902.11.00 20 Rice Noodles SLS 858 Specification for rice noodles (rice vermicelli)
1902.19.00
1902.20.00
1902.30.00
1905.31.00 21 Biscuits SLS 251 Specification for biscuits
1905.40.00 22 Rusks SLS 251 Specification for biscuits
2007.99.00 23 Jams, Jellies, Marmalades and SLS 265 Specification for jams, jellies, marmalades and
2007.10.00 Preserves - Homogenised preserves
2007.91.00 preparations
2009.11.00 24 Fruit Squashes, Fruit Syrups and SLS 214 Specification for fruit squashes, fruit syrups and
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2009.12.00 Fruit Cordials fruit cordials
2009.19.00
2009.21.00
2009.29.00
2009.31.00
2009.39.00
2009.41.00
2009.49.00
2009.50.00
2009.61.00
2009.69.00
2009.71.00
2009.79.00
2009.80.01
2009.80.09
2009.90.00
2009.11.00 25 Fruit Concentrates SLS 730 Specification for fruit cordial concentrates, fruit
2009.12.00 squash concentrates and fruit syrup
2009.19.00 concentrates
2009.21.00
2009.29.00
2009.31.00
2009.39.00
2009.41.00
2009.49.00
2009.50.00
2009.61.00
2009.69.00
2009.71.00
2009.79.00
2009.80.01
2009.80.09
2009.90.00
2009.11.00 26 Ready-to-serve Fruit Drinks SLS 729 Specification for ready-to-serve fruit drinks
2009.12.00
2009.19.00
2009.21.00
2009.29.00
2009.31.00
2009.39.00
2009.41.00
2009.49.00
2009.50.00
2009.61.00
2009.69.00
2009.71.00
2009.79.00
2009.80.01
2009.80.09
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No. Items Sri Lanka Standards
2009.90.00
2103.20.00 27 Tomato Sauce SLS 260 Specification for tomato sauce
2103.90.00 28 Chillie Sauce SLS 581 Specification for chillie sauce
2105.00.00 29 Ice Cream SLS 223 Specification for ice cream
2106.90.19 30 Milk Added Drinks SLS 917 Specification for milk added drinks
2202.10.00
2201.90.01 31 Bottled Drinking Water SLS 894 Specification for packaged (bottled) drinking
water
2201.10.01 32 Bottled Natural Mineral Water SLS 1038 Specification for bottled natural mineral water
2202.10.00 33 Synthetic/Artificial Cordials SLS 221 Specification for synthetic/artificial cordials
2523.10.00 34 Ordinary Portland Cement SLS 107 Specification for ordinary portland cement
2523.29.02 Part I Requirements
2523.29.03
3303.00.00 35 Baby Cologne SLS 589 Specification for baby cologne
3304.91.00 36 Skin Powder for infants SLS 187 Specification for skin powder for infants
3306.10.00 37 Toothpaste SLS 275 Specification for toothpaste
3401.11.00 38 Toilet Soap SLS 34 Specification for toilet soap
3401.11.00 39 Baby Soap SLS 547 Specification for baby soap
3401.19.00 40 Laundry Soap SLS 554 Specification for laundry soap
3605.00.00 41 Safety Matches SLS 11 Specification for safety matches in boxes
3808.10.01 42 Mosquito Coils SLS 453 Specification for mosquito coils
3808.10.09 43 Mosquito Mats SLS 930 Specification for mosquito mats
8547.10.00 44 Conduits for electrical installations SLS 993 Specification for conduits for electrical
8547.20.00 installations
8547.90.00 Part 1 General requirements
3917.00.00 Part 2 Rigid plain conduits of insulating material
3917.21.00
3917.22.00 Part 3 Pliable conduits of insulating material
3917.23.00
3917.23.00 45 Rigid unplasticized polyvinyl SLS 147 Specification for rigid unplasticized polyvinyl
Chloride pipes for potable cold chloride pipes for potable cold water supplies
water supplies
3917.40.00 46 Unplasticized polyvinyl SLS 659 Specification for unplasticized polyvinyl chloride
Chloride pipe joints and fittings pipe joints and fittings for potable cold water
for potable cold water supplies supplies
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3925.10.00 47 Polyethylene Water Storage Tanks SLS 1174 Specification for polyethylene water storage tanks
3925.90.00
4011.50.00 48 Bicycle Tyres SLS 224 Specification for bicycle tyres
4013.20.00 49 Bicycle Tubes SLS 127 Specification for bicycle tubes
4820.20.00 50 Exercise Books SLS 382 Specification for exercise books
5204.11.00 51 Cotton Sewing Thread SLS 112 Specification for cotton sewing thread
5204.20.00
5508.10.00 52 Spun Polyester Sewing Thread SLS 757 Specification for spun polyester sewing threads
5508.20.00
6506.10.00 53 Protective Helmets SLS 517 Specification for protective helmets for vehicle
users
6811.10.00 54 Asbestos Cement Corrugated Sheets SLS 9 Specification for asbestos cement products
Part 2 Corrugated sheets
6811.20.00 55 Asbestos Cement Flat Sheets SLS 9 Specification for asbestos cement products
Part 1 Flat sheets
7214.10.01 56 Plain Steel Bars for the reinforcement SLS 26 Specification for plain steel bars for the
7214.10.09 of concrete reinforcement of concrete
7214.20.01
7214.91.01
7214.91.02
7215.50.00
7215.90.00
7213.20.00
7213.91.00
7213.99.00
7213.10.00 57 Ribbed Steel Bars for the reinforcement SLS 375 Specification for ribbed steel bars for the
7214.20.00 of concrete reinforcement of concrete
7215.90.00
7213.10.01 58 Hot rolled, steel bars for structural and SLS 949 Specification for dimensions of hot rolled, bars for
7213.10.09 general engineering purposes : structural and general engineering purposes
7213.91.00
7213.99.00 (i) Round bars Part 1 Round bars
7214.10.01 (ii) Square bars Part 2 Square bars
7214.91.01 (iii) Hexagonal bars Part 3 Hexagonal bars
7214.91.02 (iv) Flats Part 5 Flats
7214.91.09
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7216.10.00 59 Hot rolled structural steel sections SLS 907 Specification for dimensions and sectional
7216.21.00 properties of hot rolled structural steel sections
7216.22.00 i U sections (channels) Part 3 U Sections (channels)
7216.31.00 ii. L Sections (equal and unequal angles) Part 4 L Sections (equal and unequal angles)
7216.40.00 iii. T Sections (tees) Part 5 T Sections (tees)
7216.50.00
7217.20.00 60 Mild Steel Wire C S139 Specification for mild steekl wire for general
7217.20.01 engineering purposes
7217.10.00
7217.20.02
7217.20.09
7217.20.02 61 Cold drawn mild steel wire for SLS 7 Specification for cold drawn mild steel wire for the
7217.20.09 manufacture of wire nails manufacture of wire nails
7311.00.09 62 Transportable welded Steel Gas SLS 1178 Specification for transportable welded steel gas
Containers containers of 0.5 1 up to 150 1 water capacity
for capacity for liquefied petroleum gas
7615.11.00 63 Wrought alumunium utensils CS 69 Specification for wrought aluminium utensils
7615.19.00
8414.51.00 64 Electric fans and regulators SLS 1178 Specification for electric fans and regulators
Part 1 Performance
Part 2 Safety requirements
8504.10.00 65 Ballasts for tubular fluorescent lamps SLS 1150 Specification for ballasts for tubular fluorescent
lamps
Part 1 General and safety requirement
8506.10.01 66 Primary Cells and Batteries SLS 1198 Specification for primary cells and batteries
8506.10.09 Part 2 General requirements
8506.30.00 Part 2 Specification sheets
8506.40.00
8506.50.00
8506.60.00
8506.80.00
8506.90.00
8507.10.00 67 Lead-acid starter batteries SLS 1126 Specification for lead-acid starter batteries
Part 1 General requirement and methods of test
Part 2 Dimensions of batteries and imensions and
marking of terminals
Part 3 Dimensions of batteries for heavy commercial
vehicles
8516.10.00 68 Electric immersion water heaters SLS 1193 Specification for electric immersion water heaters
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8516.60.00 69 Electric Hot Plates SLS 646 Specification for electric hot plates
8516.79.09 70 Electric Kettles SLS 630 Specification for electric kettles
8536.20.00 71 Circuit breakers for over-current SLS 1175 Specification for circuit breakers for over current
protection for household and similar protection for household and similar installatiions
installations
8536.20.00 72 Residual current operated circuit SLS 1099 Specification for residual current operated circuit-
breakers without integral over- breakers without integral over-current protection
current protection for household for household and similar uses (RCCBs)
and similar uses
Part 1 General reuirements
Part 2.1 Applicability of the general requirements to
RCCBs functionally indepnedent of line voltage.
Part 2.2 Applicability of the general requirments to
RCCBs functionally dependent on line voltage.
8536.20.00 73 Residual current operated circuit SLS 1022 Specification for residual current operated circuit-
breakers with inegral over-current breakers with integral over-current protection for
protection for household and househol and similar uses (RCBOs)
similar uses (RCBOs)
Part 1 General requirements (general rules)
Part 2.1 Applicability of the general requirements to
RCBOs functionally independent on line voltage.
Part 2.2 Applicability of the general requirements to
RCBOs functionally dependent on line voltage.
8536.50.01 74 Switches for househol land similar SLS 1000 Specification for switches for household and
8536.50.02 fixed electrical installations similar fixed electrical installations
Part 1 General requirements
8536.50.01 75 Glow starters for tublar SLS 882 Specification for glow starters for tubular
Flourescent lamps flourescent lamps
8536.61.01 76 Insulated bayonet lamp holders SLS 138 Specification for insulated bayonet lamp holders
8536.50.09 77 Household electric plugs, SLS 948 Specification for three-pin Plugs socket-outlets and
sockets-outlets and adopters socket-outlet adopters
Part 1 Three-pin plugs socket-outlets and socket-
outlet.
adopters
Part 2 Plugs made of resilient material
Part 3 Switched socket-outlets
8536.50.09 78 13- A fused plugs and switched and SLS 734 Specification for 13 - A fused plugs and
unswitched socket outlets switched and unswitched socket-outlets
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85.39.22.00 79 Tungsten filament lamps for domestic SLS 984 Specification for tungsten filament lamps for
and similar general lighting purposes domestic and similar general lighting purposes
Part 1 Safety and interchangeability requirements
Part 2 Performance requirements
85.40.00.00 80 Conductors in insulated calbes and SLS 695 Specification for conductors in insulated cables
cords and cords
85.44.00.00 81 PVC insulated cables with copper SLS 733 Specification for PVC insulated cables with copper
conductors for electric power and conductors for electric power and lighting
lighting
85.44.00.00 82 PVC insulated flexible cords SLS 1143 Specification for insulated flexible cords
Part 1 General requirements
Part 3 Requirements for PVC insulated flexible cords
85.44.00.00 83 PVC insulated electric cables SLS 987 Specification for PVC insulated electric cables
600/1000V 600/1000V
96.17.00.00 84 Vacuum Flasks SLS 397 Specification for vacuum ware, insulated flasks,
jars and jugs
2523.29.02 85 Portland limestone cement SLS 1253 Specification for portland limestone cement
2523.29.03
2523.90.00 86 Blended hydraulic cement SLS 1247 Specification for blended hydraulic cements
3917.23.00 87 PVC-U Pipes for soil and waste SLS 1202 Specification for unplasticised poly (vinyl chloride)
discharge systems inside buildings (PVC-U) pipes for soil and waste discharge systems
inside buildings
3917.40.00 88 PVC-U fittings for soil and waste SLS 1210 Specification forunplasticised poly (vinylchloride)
discharge systems inside buildings (PVC-U) pipe fittings for soil and waste discharge
systems inside buildings
4011.40.00 89 Motor cycle and scooter tyres SLS 890 Specification for diagonal-ply motorcycle and scooter
tyres
5601.10.00 90 Sanitary towels SLS 111 Specification for sanitary towels
6601.91.00 91 Umbrella SLS 1207 Specification for umbrella
6601.99.00 Part 1 Non-folding umbrella
part 2 Folding umbrealla
6905.10.00 92 Roofing tiles SLS 2 : Specification forclay roofing tiles
6907.10.01 93 Ceramic Tiles SLS 1181 Specification for ceramic floor and wall tiles
6907.10.09
6907.90.01
6907.90.09
6908.10.01
6908.10.09
6908.90.01
6908.90.09
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6810.19.00 94 Cement Tiles SLS 863 Specification for cement concrete tiles
Part 1 Specification for manufacture
Part 2 Test methods
6911.10.00 95 Porcelain ware SLS 1222 Specification for porcelain tableware
Part 1 Requirements
Part 2 Test methods
7304.00.00 96 Galvanized steel pipes and SLS 829 Specification for galvanized steel pipes and
7306.00.00 fittings fittings
7307.00.00
7305.00.00
7314.42.00 97 Chain link fence fabric SLS 1148 Specification for zinc coated and plastics
7314.41.00 coated steel chain link fence fabric
8539.31.01 98 Self ballasted lamps for general SLS 1231 Specifiction for self ballasted lamps (integral
lighting services type compact fluorescent lamps) for general
lighting services
Part 1 : Performance requirements
Part 2 : Safety requirements
8708.10.00 99 Leaf springs for automobile SLS 639 Specification for leaf springs for automobile
suspensions suspensions
8708.91.00 100 Radiator core SLS 740 Specification for automotive radiator cores
8544.30.00 101 Cables for motor vehicles SLS 412 Specification for cables for motor vehicles
Part 1 General wiring cables
8547.20.00 102 Cable trunking SLS 1206 Specification for cable trunking made of
insulating material
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