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Belgian bill about online games : Interpellation of the European Commission
After the adoption by the Belgian Council of Ministers of the government bill about online games in this country in March, the European Commission has just asked this State about the law that it wants to apply. Last Monday, a letter from the European Commission was addressed to the Belgian government. Forcing operators to have game servers established in Belgium for a preliminary obtaining of a licence to operate are among the points that the Commission wants to bring amendments. Indeed, law in this country ought also to take into account of the homologation of an operator already fulfilled conditions in other countries members of the European Union. Numerous sites of online games which already acquired licences in Italy, Gibraltar, Malta, England… like Poker 770, Casino Riva, Bet 770… ought indeed to be eligible for this licence. “We want to get response from Belgium”, Ton Van Lierop, spokesman of the European commissioner in charge of the Industry, told.
“Requiring to the operators that they would be established in Belgium constitutes a violation the most flagrant of the community’ treaty”, Maarten Haijer, director of the European Gaming en Betting Association (EGBA), emphasizes. Indeed, regulations, licenses and controls in other countries members of the European Union ought to be validated by Belgium. Because of this remark of the latest minute, voting for the application of this law by July 30th will become so difficult to this country even though operators lose patience for such opening.
Source: Poker 777
Thursday, 02 July 2009
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