13 Amendments of Piotr BORYS related to 2011/2084(INI)
Amendment 6 #
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 2010with regard to a number of other questions, which can only be solved at the political level;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights that Member States have the right to regulate and control their gambling markets in accordance with European internal market legislation and with their traditions and culture;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. DeplorNotes the fact that nomore progress hascould have been made on pending infringement cases since 2008 and that no Member State has ever been referred to the European Court of Justice;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. BWelcomes the presentation of a Green Book by the Commission as a step in the right direction and believes that the lack of action by the Commission is leading to furthern this field is needed to avoid fragmentation of the internal market and denyingto ensure consumers' access to safe and properly regulated online services;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the CEN Workshop Agreement3 as an important ‘building block’ for an EU legal framework; stresses nevertheless that self regulation of the industry is not sufficiently effective and can only be seen as an addition;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Reaffirms its position that sports bets are a form of commercial use of sporting competitions, and recommends that the European Commission and Member States protect sporting competitions from any unauthorised commercial use, notably by recognition of sports bodies' property rights over the competitions they organise, not only to secure a fair financial return for the benefit of all levels of professional and amateur sport, but also as a means to strengthen the fight against match-fixing;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Urges Member States to ensure that the fraudulent manipulation of results for financial or other advantage is prohibited by establishing as a criminal offence any threat to the integrity of competitions, including those linked to betting operations;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to bring forward meaningful legislative proposals to provide a legal framework that will create legal certainty for legitimate European businesses and protect consumers., while respecting subsidiarity in the area of gambling, to study the need for EU measures that could complement regulatory and enforcement measures taken by the Member States come forward legislative proposals as soon as possible;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that bthe risk of fraud in sports competiting on, in particular,ons – although present since the outset – has been exacerbated since the emergence of the on-line sports betting sector; stresses that this risk is particularly acute in minor-sports competitions may, and therefore represents a risk to the integrity of sport; is therefore of the view that sport fraud and betting fraud should be penalised throughout Europe;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Reaffirms its position that sports bets are a form of commercial use of sporting competitions, and recommends that the European Commission and Member States protect sporting competitions from any unauthorised commercial use, notably by setting up a system for acquiring betting rights and by recognising sports bodies’ property rights over the competitions they organise, not only to secure a fair financial return for the benefit of all levels of professional and amateur sport, but also as a means to strengthen the fight against sports fraud, particularly match-fixing;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls for instruments to increase cross-border police and judicial cooperation and, at the same time, for a framework for cooperation with organisers of sports competitions to be considered with a view to facilitating the exchange of information between sports disciplinary bodies and state investigation and prosecution agencies, by setting up, for example, dedicated national networks and contact points to deal with cases of match-fixing;