MAGAZINE OF THE EUROPEAN LOTTERIES, 2011, SEPTEMBER ...

EL LEGAL AFFAIRS SEMINAR
A YEARLY EVENT TO REFRESH YOUR
KNOWLEDGE AND MEET YOUR
COLLEAGUES FROM ALL OVER EUROPE
BUDAPEST / HUNGARY
Last May 26/27, the EL Legal Affairs Seminar was held
in Budapest.
The seminar focused on key legal topics which are currently
under legislative or consultative review from the
EU institutions and in particular under consultation of
the Green Paper on online gambling.
Different presentations were delivered by
Vlaemminck&Partners, in the persons of Philippe
Vlaemminck and Delia Orabona; whereby they gave
an overview of the EL Submission to the Green Paper
consultation, of white labels; together with Claudia Ricchetti,
Legal and European Regulatory Affairs Director
from Lottomatica Group (Italy), of the unfair commercial
practices directive and of the notification directive.
The seminar focused mainly on the Green Paper
consultation and on key legal topics related to the
consultation; with a deeper insight on the engagement
of the European Lotteries in the submission of an ove-
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rall representative, up-to-date, of all EL Members, reply
to the European Commission. The presentation
showed the internal organisation of ELWorking Groups
(the Green Paper Coordination WG, the Responsible
GamingWG, etc.) in contributing to the reply.
This proves that EL is supported by a strong network of
experts who are taking this very historical momentum
to exploit the opportunity to give a clear signal to Europe
of their stands.
Other important topics were delivered by representatives
of some Lotteries such as Paulo Calado, Lawyer
from SCML – Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
(Portugal), who presented on the CJEU jurisprudence
on responsible gambling (which has shown the need of
a general political response to gambling related issues);
Dirk Messens, Legal Domain Manager from Loterie Nationale
(Belgium), who gave an insight on the Council
Working Group; Patrick Raude, European Affairs Director
at La Française des Jeux (France), who presented
on taxation and the possible way to reduce gambling
addiction.
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