5 Amendments of Sophie AUCONIE related to 2012/2322(INI)
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Whereas a sustainable financing model for the promotion of horseracing and sport and the organisation of sport events, on which bets are placed and gambling operators earn an income, must be ensured;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission, in carrying out the ongoing infringement procedures and the analyses of national regulations, to recognise that Member States are allowed to ensure that a fair share of the benefits of gambling are directed towards the financing of professional and grass- roots sports and the equine sector; 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 397 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Considers that establishing a legal link between sports event organisers and online gambling operators, with a view to exerting an ethical and financial control over bets that are placed on sports events, will help strengthen the integrity of sport;
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Highlights the importance of the support of the European Union to the ongoing work within the Council of Europe towards the negotiation of an international Convention on the Protection and the promotion of sports integrity, and calls on the European Commission to propose a uniform definition of sports fraud as a criminal offence, which should be included in the law of all Member States;
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls for the adoption at national level of effective measures in order to prevent conflicts of interests, notably by avoiding wagers of all stakeholders from the world of sports on bets organized on competitions in which they are involved; invites Member States to ban the most dangerous forms of betting, in particular betting exchanges and spread betting;