Colombo, Sri Lanka
January 22, 2008
USDA/FAS GAIN Report Number: CE8001
Report highlights
The Ministry of Health
issued on January 08, 2008, draft plant protection
regulations covering plants, plant products, organisms, soil
and other culture media. These regulations are due to come
into effect on May 01, 2008.
Introduction
This report provides a
brief overview of the draft plant protection regulations
notification (G/SPS/N/LKA/9) issued by the Ministry of
Health.
Disclaimer
This summary is based on an
initial review of the subject announcement and therefore
should not, under any circumstances, be viewed as a
definitive reading of the regulation in question, or of its
implications for U.S. agricultural exports to Sri Lanka.
Type of regulation
Draft regulations of Plant
Protection Act No: 35 of 1999.
Important dates
- Publication Date: December
12, 2007
- Notification to the WTO:
January 08, 2008
- Proposed Date of Adoption:
May 1, 2008
- Proposed Date of Entry
into Force: May 1, 2008
- Comment Deadline: March 7,
2008
Products affected
Plants, plant products,
soil, organisms, and other culture media
Agency in charge
Department of
Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture.
Post comments
The draft regulations
can be found at:
www.agridept.gov.lk – Application forms – Plant
Protection Act – Draft regulations
This website is mentioned
for reader’s convenience; USDA does NOT in any way
endorse, guarantee the accuracy of, or necessarily
concur with the information contained in the above
website.
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