WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.497
23September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3919)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: NETHERLANDS
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofEconomic Affairs
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above: National enquiry point
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Gaming machines, both
gambling machines andgames-of-skill machines
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Further Rules
Regarding Gaming Machines (Gaming Machines Regulation)
6. Description ofcontent: Gaming machines shall, inaccordance with theBetting and
Gaming Act(Title Va), beofanapproved model. TheRegulations which amodel
gaming machine shall fulfil inorder tobeapproved areincluded inthisGaming
Machines Decree andareelaborated upon intheGaming Machines Regulation. TheAct,
Decree andRegulation willbenotified simultaneously. Anindicative summary ofthese
technical Regulations canbefound below:
-Anexemption provision forcertain types offairground machines (asspecified inan
appendix) (Article 2);
-arequirement concerning thedurability ofgaming machines (Article 5);
-anumber ofprovisions regarding themethod ofcalculation ofcertain Regulations
from theGaming Machines Decree (Article 6).
Inaddition, theAppendices totheGaming Machines Regulation contain specimens
ofapplication forms tobeused, thedeclaration ofthemodel approval ofagaming
machine, aswellasadepiction oftherejection stamp.
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7. Objective andrationale: IftheGaming Machines Decree contains quantitative import
restrictions ormeasures ofequivalent effect these arejustified toprotect theplayers
against fraud andabuse (lawandorder andconsumer protection) andexcessive and
problematic game behaviour (public health).
8. Relevant documents: Fortheevaluation oftheGaming Machines Regulation, the
following documents (appended hereto) areimportant:
-TheBetting andGaming Act(Title Va);
-TheGaming Machines Decree. Theoriginal Regulation wasnotaccompanied
byanexplanatory note.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 2November 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 3November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 1November 1997
TheNetherlands willproceed toimplement theproposed measure after45daysifno
comments orrequests forextension ofthetime-limit have been received from other
Members within thattime.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: