Export Development of Organic Products Regulations 2014.

These Regulations are enacted in accordance with the Export Development Act, No. 40 OF 1979.
The Board shall be deemed to be the Organic Control Body of Sri Lanka for the purposes of cultivation, production processing, manufacturing, sale, export and import of organic agricultural products. Sri Lanka Organic Standards shall be formulated by the Sri Lanka Standards Institution. The Board shall ensure that the Sri Lanka Standards Institution has given consideration to - (a) the requirements relating to the manufacture, production, processing and labeling of organic agricultural products ; and (b) the guidelines issued by the International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movement, Codex Alimentarius and any similar international body recognized with organic agriculture or agricultural products and where appropriate, any regulation made by importing or exporting countries pertaining to the manufacture, import, export or sale of organic products including the European Union countries
A certification or inspection body or a laboratory which has been granted accreditation by the Sri Lanka Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment, may apply to the Board to be registered. Every exporter or importer of organic agricultural products shall be required to register itself with the Board.
Every producer, processor or manufacturer of organic agricultural products shall be required to obtain a Certificate of Conformity from a registered certification body or a registered laboratory, to enable such product to be exported or to be sold in the domestic market, as an organic agricultural product.