L ' Players Association and the European Roller (EGBA) has welcomed the European Commission's decision to issue an official statement concerning the draft decree for the regulation of remote gambling, but he also wants recognition for the protective measures already implemented by operators licensed in other European countries. Italian
The draft, which describes the requirements necessary for operators who want to offer their services in Italy in the field of remote gambling (online gambling), has created concern in Malta, expressed as a detailed review (Detailed Opinion ).
These arguments do not allow Italy to adopt the decree in its present form before April 29, 2008 and should lead to changes.
Sigrid Ligné, EGBA Secretary General said: "The decision of the Committee suggests that although Italy has proven to strive to adapt its legislation with EU laws, the Italian legislation on gambling still contains measures which are not for the interest of public order ".
In particular EGBA believes that in an effort to protect citizens, the Italian authorities should take into account the protection already provided by operators who already have full operational requirements in Europe.
The new decree also imposes severe restrictions on the types of games that a bettor can use based in Italy, reducing competition and harm further the possibility of the player's choice.
addition, the requirement for operators to continually deal with the central computer system of the Italian regulator AAMS represents an expense and a technological hurdle for foreign operators.
While this imposed this requirement to limit the crime is disproportionate to the task and takes no account of other, less complex and cumbersome to successfully perform the same function in other European countries.
"Hopefully in the coming weeks the Italian authorities will modify the draft decree in an attempt to resolve the remaining problems," he added Ligné.
The Italian draft decree was submitted (...) at the end of December 2007. The notification procedure is aimed to prevent the EU member states create new barriers to the free market giving the opportunity to the European Commission and other Member States to assess the contents of the drafts before they are adopted.
translation of an article on eu-ba.org by gastardo . Thanks
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