Sri Lanka. 18.0 ............. 90 Swaziland............................... 32.0 ............. 75
Sri Lanka. There are no country-specific provisions. SOUTH AFRICA Responsibility for Taxes. The following provision supplements Section 8 of the Agreement: By accepting the RSUs, the Participant agrees to immediately notify the Employer of the amount of any gain realized upon vesting of the RSUs. If the Participant does not inform the Employer of the sale, transfer or other disposition of shares of Common Stock acquired under the Plan and the Employer is subject to penalties or interest as a result of not being able to withhold Tax-Related Items, the Employer may recover any such penalty and interest amounts from the Participant. In addition, if the Participant fails to advise the Employer of the gain realized upon vesting of the RSUs, then he or she may be liable for a fine. The Participant will be responsible for paying the difference between the actual Tax-Related Items liability and the amount withheld.
Sri Lanka. The AAPL tribunal indeed found that the Sri Lanka-United Kingdom BIT ‘is not a self- contained closed legal system’.76 By way of illustration, there is a compelling inter- 73 See Part III – Section 4.2.2.
Sri Lanka. 25.0......................70 Sweden.................................5.0......................65 Swaziland.............................45.0......................70 Switzerland............................5.0.....................
Sri Lanka. Compared to India, Sri Lanka’s draft offers are somewhat limited. Sri Lanka’s offers build upon what is on the table at the current Doha round of WTO GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Agreement) and include a few additional sectors based Sri Lanka’s service import needs. Offers in mode 4 (movement of professionals) are almost nil and other offers are all either at or below the current level of liberalization that is autonomously ac- corded through Sri Lanka’s investment and exchange laws. In telecom, Sri Lanka’s offers are the same as those re- flected in the WTO but instead of numerical ceilings, ser- vice provision in the specific sub-sectors will be allowed once a license is obtained through the standard proce- dure. In financial services, banking, Sri Lanka provides 100 foreign equity in Mode 3 conditional upon licens- ing. There is also a minor increase in Mode 4 allowance for foreign executives, conditional upon extra capital in- vestment. In computer and related services Sri Lanka’s draft offer allows access through modes 1,2 and 3 but mode 4 is limited to expert trainers and high end techni- cians – again conditional upon capital investment. In con- vention services Sri Lanka provides market access through modes 1 and 2 while mode 3 is allowed as long as it is in the form of a joint venture. In health services Sri Lanka has made an offer in mode 1 (telemedicine) on a doctor-doctor basis for purposes of a 2nd opinion. This does not include doctor – patient contact. In mode 3 in health services market access is liberalised outside the Western Province. There are no commitments in mode 4 in health services. In tourism services market access is allowed in modes 1, 2 and 3. In maritime services, offers are made in passenger transportation (not freight) with 40 foreign equity in commercial presence. In freight forwarding the offers reflect what is allowed autono- mously – that is 40 foreign equity. In maintenance and repair of sea-going vessels, stakeholder consultations with Sri Lankan service providers including Colombo Dockyards made it clear that the ability to deliver the export of vessel repair services was being impaired by shortages of certain skill categories. Accordingly, Sri Lanka’s draft offer included the import of certain skill categories from India in the maintenance and repair of sea going vessels including naval architects, skilled weld- ers and fitters, project/ship repair managers, repair engi- neers and automation engineers. This...
Sri Lanka. For products offered concessions under the Second Round, India was the most important market for Sri Lanka, followed by China and the Republic of Korea, as can be seen in table 17. The share of Sri Lanka in the world imports of other member countries shows a decline. Table 16. Imports of APTA member countries from the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the world: products under National and Special Lists of Concessions – end of the Third Round (1999-2003) (Thousands of United States dollars) APTA members Imports from 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 China Lao People’s 632 654 808 1 788 2 739 (2) Democratic Republic World 94 070 273 820 234 286 302 972 61 174 Share (%) 0.67 0.24 0.34 0.59 4.48 Source: Estimated from the PC-TAS database, 2005. Note: Figures in parentheses indicate the number of products imported in 2003. Table 17. Imports of APTA member countries from Sri Lanka and the world: products under National Lists of Concessions – Second Round (1999-2003) (Thousands of United States dollars) APTA members Imports from 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Bangladesh Sri Lanka n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1 381 (3) World n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 8 666 Share (%) --- --- --- --- 15.94 China Sri Lanka 910 1 846 2 583 4 099 4 555 (12) World 113 045 1 536 643 1 517 773 1 758 429 2 240 797 Share (%) 0.80 0.12 0.17 0.23 0.20 India Sri Lanka 4 874 4 278 23 010 17 473 11 142 (12) World 29 928 24 594 76 615 61 832 100 013 Share (%) 16.29 17.39 30.03 28.26 11.13 Republic of Korea Sri Lanka 1 313 1 041 1 337 1 863 1 914 (111) World 93 051 106 903 110 594 144 591 171 261 Share (%) 1.41 0.97 1.21 1.29 1.12 Lao People’s Sri Lanka n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Democratic Republic Source: Estimated from the PC-TAS database, 2005. Note: Figures in parentheses indicate the number of products imported in 2003. With regard to products offered concessions under the Third Round, China was the largest market for Sri Lanka in 2003, followed by the Republic of Korea and India, as can be seen in table 18. At the end of the Third Round, China became the largest market of Sri Lanka in 2003, followed by India and the Republic of Korea, as can be seen in table 19. Table 18. Imports of APTA member countries from Sri Lanka and the world: products under National Lists of Concessions – Third Round (1999-2003) (Thousands of United States dollars) APTA members Imports from 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Bangladesh Sri Lanka n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1 023 (1) World n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 2 023 Share (%) 50.57 China Sri Lanka 4 414 5 885 2 0...
Sri Lanka. Notifications
Sri Lanka. Product standards are not available for SWH systems in Sri Lanka; the efforts are being put in to develop standards and may likely to come out in near future. The Sri Lanka Standards Institute (SLSI)4 is the premier national body associated with the task of developing product standards.
Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka does not have any approved solar water heaters testing laboratories within the country. However, the NERD has all the facilities required for testing of the units.
Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka does not have any approved solar water heaters testing laboratories within the country. However, the National Engineering Research and Development (NERD) 11 is instrumental in fabrication of SWH from locally available materials and also have all the facilities required for testing of the units.
