WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BEL/16
26 July 2001
(01-3725)
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:
Ministry of Justice
Directorate-General of Criminal Legislation and Human Rights
Boulevard de Waterloo 115B-1000 Brussels
Tel.: +32 2 542-6511
Fax: +32 2 538-8375
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):   These Royal Decrees
relate to technical inspections of both new machines and machines installed before
15 April 2001 and the corresponding fees. New machines are subject to a four-stage
procedure involving type approval (inspection of the type of game of chance with a view todetermining whether it complies with the related standards and operational regulations),
initial verification (verification prior to entry into service), periodic verification (inspection
of machines which underwent an initial verifica tion) and technical control (check to ensure
that machines which underwent an initial veri fication still comply with legal standards).
The procedure is identical for installed machines except that they benefit from apresumption of conformity to avoid bringing sector activities to a standstill.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   R o y a l  D e c r e e
Establishing the Sum and Method of Collect ion, by the Metrology Department of the
Ministry of Economic Affairs, for Fees Regarding Subsequent Inspections of Games of
Chance and Royal Decree Relating to Inspection Procedures Prior to Approval, Monitoring
and Inspection Methods for Games of Chance.
6. Description of content:   See point 4.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
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:  
CIBELNOR