. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ESP/23
31 March 2003
(03-1802)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SPAIN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   Regional
Government of Castilla-La Mancha
2. Agency responsible:
Regional Ministry of Public Administration
Avda. de Portugal, s/n 45071 Toledo
Tel.:  +34 925 26 62 00
Fax:  +34 925 26 62 66Web site:  http://www.jccm.es
E-mail:  rufinos@jccm.es
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site
addresses, if available) of  agency 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):
Type "A", "B" and "C" gaming machines, which are defined as follows:
TYPE "A" MACHINES:  Amusement and recr eation machines which, in exchange for
payment of the game price, offer users a certain length of playing time without any kind of
prize, either in cash or as points exchangeable for objects or cash.  This category includes
machines which offer players an additional incent ive, based on their skill, in the form of the
opportunity to continue playing for the same price, either as an extension of the initial gameor additional games.
TYPE "B" MACHINES:  Machines which, in exchange for payment of the game price,
offer users a certain length of playing time and, depending on the game programme, a
possible cash prize, the value of which may not exceed the statutory limit.
TYPE "C" MACHINES:  Machines which, in accordance with statutory characteristics and
limits and in exchange for payment of a given stake, offer users a certain length of playing
time and a possible cash prize. Winning always depends on chance;  to this end, chance
shall be understood to mean that the result of a game does not depend on combinations or
on previous or subsequent results.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Decree Approving the
Castilla-La Mancha Gaming Machine Regulation  (75 pages, in Spanish).G/TBT/N/ESP/23
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6. Description of content:   Establishes the rules governing the manufacture, marketing,
installation and operation of gaming machines in the Autonomous Community of Castilla-
La Mancha in order to develop the Castilla-La Mancha Law on Gaming No. 4/1999 of
31 March 1999.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Develop the Castilla-La Mancha Law on Gaming with regard to the operation of gaming
machines in the region in order to provide for the smooth development of gaming activitiesand ensure the legal security of all persons involved, with a particular focus on players' and
gamblers' rights, and the suppression of clandestine gaming.
8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed date of adoption:  15 June 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  16 June 2003
10. Final date for comments:   60 days
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body: