Related Keywords: an Union import tariff, EU Ambassador to Sri Lanka, EU denied the facility to Sri Lanka, failure to implement international conventions, GSP plus, lack of progress, meeting criteria in some areas of focus, tariff lines covering textile to fisheries, Tung-Lai Margue, with effect from nineteenth May
Sri Lanka will start enjoying the European Union import tariff GSP plus despite lack of progress in meeting criteria in some areas of focus, with effect from May 19, said EU Ambassador to Sri Lanka Tung-Lai Margue.
The EU had denied the facility to Sri Lanka in 2010 due to the country’s failure to implement 27 international conventions on human rights, labour conditions, protection of environment and good governance.
