30 Amendments of Christel SCHALDEMOSE related to 2012/2322(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the Council conclusions of 10 December 2010 and the progress reports of the French, Swedish, Spanish and Hungarian Council Presidencies on the framework for gambling and betting in the EU Member States,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 10 March 2009 on the integrity of online gambling1,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
- having regard to its resolution on match- fixing and corruption in sports2,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, in the absence of harmonisation and with due regard to the principle of subsidiarity, the Member States maintain a margin of discretion to regulate online gambling in accordance with their own values and pursued objectives of general interest;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas currentlyin application of the principle of subsidiarity, the supply of online gambling services is not subject to sector- specific regulation at European Union level, remaining – nevertheless – subject to a nand due to its specific nature, online gambling was exempted from the E- Commerce, Services and Consumber of EU secondary legislative actRights Directives;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has confirmed that the provision of games of chance or gambling is an economic activity, which consequently falls within the scope of fundamental of a special nature to which internal market rules, namely freedoms of the TFEU, notably the free movement of services, and any restrictions imposed thereto need to comply with those provided for by the TFEU, notably under Articles 51 and 52establishment and freedom to provide services, cannot fully apply;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the risks involvedof online gambling in terms of consumer protection, fraud prevention and law enforcement against illegal activities, such as money laundering and match fixing, require coordinated actionhave put emphasis on the need of looking into better coordinated action between Members States and at EU level;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that the Member States, in line with the subsidiarity principle, have the right to determine how the offer of online gambling services is to be organised and, regulated and enforced at the national level, while observrecognising the bcasic EU Treaty principlese- law of the European Court of Justice;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that Member States shall retain the right to impose measures to address illegal online gambling in order to implement national legislation and exclude illegal providers from market access;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Respects the decision by a number of Member States to ban all or certain types of online gambling or to maintain government monopolies in that sector, in accordance with the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the risks associated with a general prohibition of online gambling services and with excessive restrictions for consumers; cCalls on the Commission and the Member States to weighdiscuss, as part of the work of the group of experts on gambling services, the social costs of permitting regulated gambling activities against the harmful effects of consumers resorting to illicit markets;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that Member States that open up their online gambling marketsector must provide for a transparent licensing procedure based on objective and non- discriminatory criteria, in full compliance with EU law and with sufficient and strict consumer protection, including a limit on advertising by licensed operators;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the need to introduce a principle whereby no gambling company can operate in one Member State if the gambling company in question operates in contravention to the laws in any other Member State;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the expert group on gambling services and on the Commission to facilitate, as much as possible, the flow of data sharing of best practice and information between regulators in the Member States in order to allow for the establishment of a common system for identifying players and to make self- exclusion mechanisms applicable throughout the EU, urges furthermore the Member States to restart the dialogue on online gambling services in forum of the Council working group on establishment of services;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance for the expert group to work towards removing unnecessary administrative burdens within each licensing system that prevent legal online operators from offering their services to consumers, meanwhile the reduction in administrative burdens must never compromise the protection of the consumers;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that national regulatory authorities should be able to agree on equivalence clausesexchange best practice that would facilitate the application of national licenses, including agreement on technical standards for gaming equipment;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Agrees with the Commission that a fair offer of gambling services is necessary for consumer protection, in order to ensure a high level of consumer protection, a fair and legal offer of gambling services - all of which is to be determined by the Member States in accordance with the EU law - with a responsible level and character of advertising within the Member States can be necessary, because in its absence some consumers are more likely to turn to unreliableillegal gambling websites;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes that since there is no protection of minors and vulnerable consumers against advertising by online gambling operators shown during the day in connection to sport events, strict rules to limit the amount of advertising of online gambling operators must be established;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to continue to explore measureactions at the EU level to protect consumers, among these vulnerable consumers such as minors, including formalised cooperation between regulators, and the introduction of an only authorities ine trustmark for legal operatorhe Member States;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. BelievStresses that the unquantifiablcompulsive gambling is in fact a behavioural disorder; believes that the scope of compulsive gambling points to the urgent need for additional research and data, and therefore calls on all Member States and the Commission to carry out further studies to understand problem gambling;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to consider legislation toexplore the possibility of createing an EU-wide self- exclusion register, accessible by national authorities and licensed gambling operators, so that any customer who chooses to exclude him- or herself from one gambling operator has the opportunity to be automatically self-excluded from all other licensed gambling operators;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the workshop agreement published in February 2011 by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN)23 could serve as a basis for identifying the content of common standards; notes, however, that self- regulation through standards can only complement national laws;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that common standards for online gambling shouldcan address the rights and obligations of both the service provider and the consumer, including by means of measures to ensure a high level of protection for playconsumers, particularly minors and other vulnerable persons, and the prevention of misleading and excessive advertisements;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recommends the introduction of uniform and pan-European common standards for electronic identification and cross border e-verification services; notes that the different registration procedures across the EU undermine regulated operators, and can push consumers into the hands of illegal operators; calls, therefore,calls for registration and identification procedures to be streamlined and made more efficient;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the fact that online gambling is a non-cash-based environment and that – given the dependencyNotes that sufficient measures are needed at Union level in order to combat money laundering through online gambling, supports in that regard the inclusion of online gambling in the scope onf third-party financial service providers – additional safeguards against money laundering can be found in the EU's regulatory framework for establishing and licensing financial service providee future legislative framework for anti-money laundering1 in the EU; notes the importance of transparency in the online gambling sector and calls in that regard on the Commission to investigate the possibility of compulsory annual reporting of the financial activities of the online gambling operators;
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that the fight against match fixing requires more effective cooperation between all stakeholders, including public authorities, law enforcement agencies, the sport industry, gambling operators and, gambling regulators, athletes and supporters in view of the transnational nature of match fixing;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Highlights that match fixing must be combated through strict law enforcement, including the inclusion of match fixing as a criminal offence in the jurisdictions of the Member States, as well as through enhanced cooperation between the authorities of the Member States, Europol and Interpol;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses that a bottom-up approach, consisting of a dialogue with the athletes, their unions, sports federations and supporters in order to introduce codes of conduct, promote education against match fixing and enhancing the awareness of the issue, must complement the law enforcement approach on the prevention of match fixing;
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Stresses the need of looking into the possibility of a ban on "sport fixing", where it is possible to bet on certain bets during a competition, inter alia the first goal kick, free kick and yellow card in a football match;