8 Amendments of Dirk STERCKX related to 2011/2084(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reiterates that the Court of Justice of the European Union has confirmed that cross-border gambling services – including those provided electronically – constitute an economic activity which falls under Article 56 TFEU on freedom to provide services; confirms that restrictions on this freedom to provide cross-border gambling services are justified on the basis of the grounds for exceptions referred to in Articles 51 and 52 TFEU or on the basis of reasons of overriding public interest, in accordance with the case-law of the Court of Justice;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Confirms that it is the Commission’s task, as the guardian of European law, to investigate whether Member States are complying with this legal framework;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes the importance of transparency in the on-line gambling sector; envisages in this connection annual reporting obligations, which should demonstrate, inter alia, what activities of general interest and/or sports events are financed and/or sponsored by means of proceeds from gambling; calls on the Commission to investigate the possibilities of compulsory annual reporting;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. takes the view that the proliferation of illegal on-line gambling can represents a threat to the integrity of sport; stresses that keeping sporting events credible and honest is vital to the sports industry as a whole; considers that the European Union must play a more prominent role in safeguarding the integrity of sport, a goal to be pursued by all stakeholders;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. cCalls, theref on national regulatores, for the establishment of a European Agency fosports organisations, gambling operators and other Iintegrity and Fair Play in Sport consistent with Articles 6, 83 and 165 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, with a specific remit to promote player education andrested parties to cooperate across borders and exchange information and knowledge concerning (1) education of players and sports clubs, (2) coordinateion of action against fraud and corruption in sport by sharing information and expertise and by applying the common definition of offences and sanc; calls on the Commission and Member States to promote this cooperations;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. stresses that on-line gambling is a major source of funding for the sports industry; recalls that on-line betting is one form of the commercial exploitation of sporting events; calls on the Commissioncertain activities of general interest, including certain sports; calls on the Commission, in consultation with all interested parties, to look at ways in which revenues from sports bettgambling might be routinely used to safeguard the integrity of popular sport and develop it; calls on the Commission to ensure that there is a high level of legal security, particularly regarding application of the rules on state aid.and development of activities of general interest, including popular sport; stresses the importance of a stable legal framework for state aid for activities of general interest, including for the financing of sports clubs and sports infrastructure;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that measures against the illegal on-line gambling market should be stepped up; is convinced that, in view of the international character of on-line gambling services, structural cooperation between national regulators is of crucial importance;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)