12 Amendments of Liisa JAAKONSAARI related to 2012/2322(INI)
Amendment 35 #
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 discretionhave the right to regulate online gambling in accordance with their own values and pursued objectives of general interest;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas currentlybecause of its specific nature and in application of the subsidiarity principle, the supply of online gambling services is not subject to sector- specific regulation at European Union level, remaining –and gambling has been excluded from secondary legislation such as the E- commerce, the Services, and the Consumer Rights Directives, while remaining, nevertheless –, subject to a number of EU secondary legislative acts;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas a comprehensive overview of the online gambling market,sector in terms of information and data regarding domestic and cross-border, intra-EU and global, authorised and unauthorised offer, is currently missing;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that the, in application of the subsidiarity principle, Member States have the right to determine how the offer of online gambling services is to be organised and regulated, atnd the national levelright to enforce measures against illegal gambling services, while observing the basic EU Treaty principles;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that the competent national regulatory authorities should be able to agree on equivalence clausexchange good practices that would facilitate the application of national licenses, including agreement on technical standards foron technical standards and gaming equipment; and calls on the competent national regulatory authorities to introduce a regulatory principle whereby a gambling equipment; company can only operate (or bid for the required national licence) in one Member State if it does not operate in contravention of the law in any other Member State;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Agrees with the Commission that a fairproperly regulated offer of gambling services is necessary for consumer protection, because in its absence consumers are more likely to turn to unreliableillegal gambling websiteoperators;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to consider legislationexplore with Member States to create an EU-widenational self- exclusion register,s accessible by national authorities and licensed gambling operators, so that any customer who chooses to exclude him- or herselfself- excluding from one gambling operator has the opportunity to be automatically self- excluded from all other licensed gambling operators;
Amendment 320 #
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)1 could serve as self-regulatory initiatives can serve as contributions for identifying the content of common standards; reaffirms its position that, in as sensitive an area basis for identifying the content of common standard gambling, industry self- regulation can only complement but not replace national regulations;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that common standards for online gambling should address the rights and obligations of both the service provider and the consumer, including by means of measures tothe forthcoming European Commission Recommendations on consumer protection and advertising common standards for online gambling should include enforcement measures that Member States need to put in place for ensureing a high level of protection for players, particularly minors and other vulnerable persons, and the prevention of misleading advertisements as well as the prohibition of advertising by illegal operators;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recommends the introduction of uniform and pan-European common standards forexchange of best practices between Member States on electronic identification and cross border e-verification services; notes that the different registration procedures across the EU undermine regulated operators, and can push consumersas well as on enforcement measures such as the blacklisting and the banning of illegal websites, definition of safe and traceable payment solutions and banning measures for transactions in order to ensure that consumers cannot turn into the hands of illegal operators;, calls, therefore, on Member States for registration and identification procedures to be streamlined and made more efficient;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the importance of funding from gambling for public interest causes, calls for the specific features and the sustainable contributions from lotteries to society to be recognised and taken into account in any coordinated approach at EU level;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls for the strict regulation or the prohibition, after an evaluation conducted at the level of each Member State, of dangerous forms of gambling;