Provisional Translation
| OTO No. | 432 | Classification | MHW-207 |
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| Date of Acceptance | October 8, 1990 | Ministry/Agency Receiving Complaint | Economic Planning Agency |
| Responsible Ministries | Ministry of Health and Welfare | Related Laws | Food Sanitation Law |
| Complainant | Domestic firm | Exporting Countries | Sri Lanka |
| Subject | Standardization and lowering of import inspection fees. | ||
| Details of Measures | All foodstuffs which are suspected of possibly being in violation of the Food Sanitation Law must be inspected at a quarantine station upon import so as to protect the public health. In so doing, the quarantine stations accept and consider inspection results and other materials submitted by such non-profit corporations as designated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The inspection agencies cited in this complaint are private-sector organizations, and it was explained that it would be very difficult for a government agency to intervene and to instruct them to standardize and lower their rate structures and that, since it is assumed that their rate structures are set on a non-discriminatory manner based upon market forces, such intervention would possibly be in violation of the Law Concerning the Prohibition of Private Monopoly and Preservation of Fair Trade (the Antimonopoly Law). |
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| Classification of Processing | D | Directions | IV |
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