. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NLD/14
23 March 2001
(01-1418)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE NETHERLANDS
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Economic Affairs
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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:   National Enquiry
Point – EC WTO TBT Enquiry Point
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):   Gaming machines, both
betting machines and skilful games machines
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Inspection Protocol
for Gaming Machines 2000
6. Description of content:   Article 30m of the Betting and Gaming Act stipulates that gaming
machines may only be manufactured or imported in the Netherlands if they are in
accordance with a model authorised by the Minister for Economic Affairs.  On the basis ofArticle 30n, paragraph 1 of the aforementioned Act, this model must comply with
regulations given by or pursuant to general administrative regulation.  These regulations
(model authorisation requirements) have been laid down in the Gaming Machine Decree2000 and the Gaming Machine Regulation 2000.  The provisions relate, to a large extent, to
technical standards with which the gaming machines must comply before they are
authorised for the market by the Minister for Economic Affairs.  Up to now, there have been
three inspection establishments which test these technical standards.  In the inspectionprotocol, for all articles which relate to the inspection of gaming machines, as mentioned in
the Gaming Machine Decree 2000, the Gaming Machine Regulation 2000 and the Decision
on Casino Games 1996, it shall be stated how these should be interpreted.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   It
is important that every individual gaming machine inspection takes place according to thesame method with comparable means and on the basis of the same interpretation and
application of the inspection requirements, so that the results of the individual inspections
are simply comparable irrespective of which inspection establishment is involved.  For thisreason, the Inspection protocol for gaming machines 2000 has been set up in which these
inspection requirements have been laid down.G/TBT/N/NLD/14
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8. Relevant documents:   - Betting and Gaming Act (in particular the recently revised VA title
of this Act); Gaming Machine Decree 2000; Gaming Machine Regulation 2000; Decision
on Casino Games 1996.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry  into force: }31 May 2001
10. Final date for comments:   16 May 2001
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: