The GSP Plus trade concessions granted to Sri Lanka by the European Union (EU) will be subject to scrutiny this month by a delegation of the EU scheduled to visit the country this month.
The EU delegation will assess Sri Lanka’s compliance with the conditions under which the GSP Plus trade concessions has been granted.
Deputy Head of the Political Section of the Delegation of the EU to Sri Lanka and the Maldives Anne Vaugier Chatterjee has told The Sunday Morning that a GSP Plus Monitoring Mission will be in Sri Lanka during the last week of August.
Meanwhile, Ambassador-designate of Sri Lanka to the EU Grace Asirwatham had reportedly discussed details on the visit of the GSP Plus Monitoring Mission to Sri Lanka with European Commission Head of the South and South East Asia Division of the Directorate General of Trade (DG Trade) Peter Berz.
Accordingly, Ambassador Asirwatham has discussed Sri Lanka’s desire to further expand bilateral trade with the EU and to increase the utilisation level of the GSP Plus facility granted to Sri Lankan exporters.
Sri Lanka had committed to comply with 27 conventions related to human rights and labour rights in order to be eligible for the EU GSP Plus trade facility.
However, concerns have been raised recently on several human rights violations in Sri Lanka, especially those related to conventions mentioned by the EU, especially the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and capital punishment.
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