MAGAZINE OF THE EUROPEAN LOTTERIES, 2011, SEPTEMBER ...
MAGAZINE OF THE EUROPEAN LOTTERIES, 2011, SEPTEMBER ...
MAGAZINE OF THE EUROPEAN LOTTERIES, 2011, SEPTEMBER ...
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Other lawyers presented on national cases: Hubert<br />
Sicking, Legal Adviser from the Westdeutsche Lotterie<br />
GmbH & Co. OHG (Germany), presented on the German<br />
Draft Law, which is currently under examination<br />
by the European Commission, and Ángel Montero<br />
López, Legal Consultant from ONCE (Spain), on the<br />
new Spanish law. Finally, a presentation on anti-money<br />
laundering rules implemented in the Italian jurisdiction,<br />
such as client identification and verification,<br />
reinforced obligations for adequate player control, was<br />
given by Claudia Ricchetti.<br />
The overview of the jurisprudence on responsible gaming,<br />
the presentation on white labels, and on unfair<br />
commercial practices directive, the one on the work at<br />
the CouncilWorking Group level have all contributed to<br />
discuss on the need of defining a minimum framework<br />
for the European Lotteries to be calibrated into the submission<br />
to the Green Paper consultation.<br />
The issues which are currently at stake involve all the<br />
national Lotteries in an effort to respond to common<br />
goals and needs of regulation especially in terms of integrity<br />
and traceability of the game, advertising, sponsoring<br />
and licensing.<br />
In particular, on the white label model, Claudia Ricchetti<br />
and Philippe Vlaemminck highlighted the need<br />
to identify the new threats which may occur from this<br />
new model of gambling and the need of a clear definition<br />
of it.<br />
The importance of such a debate, in this very particular<br />
moment, is crucial. EL is looking forward to further occasions<br />
for legal briefings in order to offer to its Mem-<br />
WORKSHOPS<br />
bers the opportunity to share views on how to shape<br />
the gambling sector in Europe.<br />
The Chairman of the Legal, Statutes and Members<br />
Committee, Tjeerd Veenstra, then closed the seminar<br />
by saying thanks to all participants and to our host,<br />
Szerencsejáték Zrt., for their nice welcome.<br />
Delia Orabona<br />
EL Legal Advisor<br />
NEXT SEMINAR<br />
Law Enforcement Meeting (October 13 afternoon) &<br />
European Legal Affairs Briefing (October 14 from<br />
09:30 to 16:00)<br />
in Rome, Italy, upon the invitation of Lottomatica<br />
SpA<br />
31 NEWS 37 <strong>SEPTEMBER</strong> <strong>2011</strong>
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