. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BEL/36
3 December 2002
(02-6654)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  French
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BELGIUM
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:
Ms. Nina Galle
Ministry of Justice
Boulevard de Waterloo 115
B-1000 Brussels
Tel.:  +32 2 542-6537Fax:  +32 2 542-7034
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site
addresses, if available) of  theagency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   The European
Commission called Belgium to order on 17 December 2001 for failure to comply with
Article 8, paragraph 1, of Directive 98/34/EC  of 22 June 1998. The offence, No. 2001/0630,
relates to four Royal Decrees of 22 December 2000, published in the Belgian Official
Journal " Moniteur Belge " on 30 December 2000.
The four draft Royal Decrees currently notified to the European Commission
replace the four Royal Decrees which are the subject of the above-mentioned offence No.
2001/0630.
The titles of the draft Royal Decrees are identical to those of the Royal Decrees of
22 December 2000. The texts have been supplemented and amended in the light of
developments with regard to games of chance in Belgium.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Royal Decree on the
Operating Procedures for Games of Chance Which May Be Operated in Class II Gaming
Establishments.
6. Description of content:  See point 4.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
See point 4.G/TBT/N/BEL/36
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8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }60 days
10. Final date for comments:
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of another body:  Belgian
Information Centre on Standards and Technical Regulations (CIBELNOR)