WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.714
7November 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4885)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: THE NETHERLANDS
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofAgriculture, Nature Management andFisheries
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): Equipment which isused
intheparticipation, price determination andestablishment oftotalizer winners.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Totalizer Decision
1997
6. Description ofcontent: Article 23oftheGames ofChance Actprohibits theuseofa
totalizer unless alicense hasbeengranted forthispurpose. Pursuant toArticle 24ofthe
Act, alicence isgranted inthe1993 Totalizator Decision forusing atotalizator.
Article 18oftheTotalizator Decision specifies thatthemechanical, electrical and
electronic processes which areused intheparticipation, price determination and
establishment ofwinners aresubject toprior approval andperiodic inspection bythe
Ministers forJustice andAgriculture, Conservation andFisheries.
7. Objective andrationale: Article 18oftheDecision isjustified bytheneed toprotect
players against fraud andmisuse (public order andconsumer protection). The
requirements which areestablished apply without distinction toequipment ofDutch and
foreign origin. Amutual recognition provision hasnotbeen incorporated. Such a
provision isonlyrelevant ifthetrade intheproduct isimpeded butnotiftheuseofa
product isimpeded byatechnical regulation.
8. Relevant documents: Games ofChance Act
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:16December 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 15December 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: