. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ESP/27 
16 June 2004 
 (04-2606) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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):   Autonomous 
Community of Aragón 
2. Agency responsible:  
Government of the Autonomous Community of Aragón 
Department of the Office of the Pr esident and Institutional Relations 
Department of the Interior 
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:  Article 3.2 
of the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Amusement and gaming 
machines and arcades 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Decree of the 
Government of Aragón Amending Decree No. 332/2001 of 18 December 2001 Approving 
the Regulations on Gaming Machines and Arcades  (19 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   This draft Decree introduces changes to amusement machines 
offering prizes in kind and technical chang es to type “B” gaming machines or amusement 
machines with programmed cash prizes. It also covers applications for and the validity, 
expiry and revocation of installation and lo cation permits, the regulations governing class 
“B” arcades, and the consolidation of  installation and location permits. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
 This draft Regulation develops and im plements the principles of Gaming Law 
No. 2/2000 of 28 June 2000 of the Autonomous Community of Aragón, improves administrative management and makes technical changes to type “B” gaming machines as a 
result of the agreements reached by the National Gaming Commission
 and the application 
of technological innovations to the gaming machine sector. 
8. Relevant documents:   Gaming Law No. 2/2000 of 28 June 2000 of the Autonomous 
Community of Aragón, and Decree No. 332/20 01 of 18 December 2001 of the Government 
of Aragón approving the Regulations on Gaming Machines and Arcades. G/TBT/N/ESP/27 
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9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   November 2004  
10. Final date for comments:   One month from the date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site address es, if available, of other body:  
Diputación General de Aragón 
Departamento de Presidencia y Relaciones Institucionales Dirección General de Interior 
Paseo María Agustín, 36 
C.P. 50071, Zaragoza Tel.: (976) 71 55 16 and 71 56 30 Fax: (976) 71 43 83 E-mail: elenperez@aragob.es 
  