Activities of Françoise CASTEX related to 2011/2084(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on online gambling in the internal market
Amendments (4)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the high level of legal uncertainty in the EU online gambling sector, as evidenced by seven preliminary rulat, while the Court of Justice has clarified a number of important legal questions concerning online gambling in the EU, legal uncertainty remaings of the European Court of Justice on gambling since June 2010; with regard to a number of other questions, which can only be solved at the political level;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the CEN Workshop Agreement3 as an importaReaffirms its position that, in the area of gambling, industry self-regulation can only complement ‘building block’ for an EU legal frameworkt not replace statutory legislation;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Is concerned at the increasing number of cases of fraud and corruption in the field of sports betting and urges the Member States to protect competition organisers from any unauthorised commercial exploitation and to make any attempt to undermine the integrity of competitions into a criminal offence, as is already the case in some countries;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce effective measures to raise awareness of the risks of gambling addiction, targeting young people in particular;