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28 June 2022  
(22-4988) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  State of 
Washington  
2. Agency responsible:   
Washington State Gambling Commission, State of Washington [1916]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [X], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Disposable 
bingo card; Equipment for entertainment (ICS code(s): 97.200)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Disposable 
Bingo Card Packing Slip; (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of conten t: Proposed rule - This rule making requires that manufacturers 
of disposable bingo card label each marketing unit to include an I.D. stamp number. This 
also requires manufacturers and distributors to document the I.D. stamp number for 
disposable bingo car ds on sales invoices.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
Vol. 22, Issue 12, Washington State Register 15 June 2022: 
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/law/wsr/2022/12/22 -12.htm  
Gambling Commission/Filing: HTM, PDF, Expedited  
WTO Members and their stakeholders are as ked to submit comments to the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 1 August 2022. Comments received by 
the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their st akeholders will be shared with 
the regulator.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  G/TBT/N/USA/1885  
 
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  10. Final date for comments:  1 August 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_4359_00_e.pdf  
 