The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has introduced that there ought to be an research into Dutch lottery licences.
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) made the unique criticism lower back in 2016, however the European Commission closed the case in 2020 with out an research.
However, EGBA appealed the selection some months after this, following the Commission’s announcement that claimed the licensing method did now no longer offer incumbent lotteries with any shape of unlawful kingdom useful resource.
Maarten Haijer, EGBA Secretary General, said: “We welcome the CJEU’s ruling to annul the Commission selection, and locate in EGBA’s favour, however frankly speakme we aren’t amazed with the aid of using it.
“The information and facts of this situation raised critical doubts approximately the compliance of the Dutch licensing method with EU regulation, which must have warranted the Commission to open a proper kingdom useful resource research to cope with the ones doubts.
“We are assured the Commission will now perform a radical research, and we’re prepared to offer any essential facts and facts.”
EGBA argued that due to the fact that incumbent holders may want to renew their lottery licences with out transparency, this constituted as unlawful kingdom useful resource.
At the moment, the renewal system for incumbent holders isn’t completed thru open, obvious and non-discriminatory license allocation system, and the operators can accomplish that with out attention of the marketplace rate.
On the modern day selection, the CJEU said: “Due to the entire absence of suitable research with the aid of using the Commission on the initial exam level of whether or not the contested degree conferred an oblique benefit on the ones our bodies, even as the remittance of a part of the proceeds generated with the aid of using the pastime of the licence holders to our bodies that serve the not unusualplace hobby exact with the aid of using the ones licences constituted one of the foremost functions of the rules at trouble, the reality that this trouble became now no longer tested withinside the contested selection does now no longer make it viable to rule out the lifestyles of significant problems in that connection.”
The formal kingdom research might be carried out with the aid of using the European Commission, which has additionally been ordered with the aid of using the CJEU to pay for the charges collected with the aid of using EGBA for the appeal.
Haijer continued: “It is important for the Commission to uphold EU regulation constantly throughout all sectors, with out worry or favor, along with the playing sector.
“The selective enforcement of EU regulation undermines the Commission’s institutional function because the father or mother of the Treaties.”