Comments on: Greece to ignore EC opinion https://www.livedealer.org/greece-to-ignore-ec-opinion/ Sun, 09 Nov 2025 22:36:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26 By: LD https://www.livedealer.org/greece-to-ignore-ec-opinion/#comment-223 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:13:40 +0000 http://www.livedealer.org/blog/?p=3280#comment-223 Surprise, surprise…

The European Gaming & Betting Association (EGBA) & the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) today confirmed that they’d together filed a suit against Greece’s new online gambling laws with the EC.

EGBA’s Sigrid Ligné…
“Allowing Greece to proceed with this legislation unchallenged would represent an abject failure of those responsibilities. We trust the Commissioner will urgently investigate our compliant against Greece & take action accordingly against Greece as well as on several other pending complaints.”

RGA’s Clive Hawkswood…
“Where a regime is contrary to the provision of the Treaties, challenges are unfortunately necessary & unavoidable. We therefore look to the Commission, as guardian of the Treaties, to enforce those provisions in relation to gambling, as the European Parliament has recently requested.”

]]> By: LD https://www.livedealer.org/greece-to-ignore-ec-opinion/#comment-222 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:48:21 +0000 http://www.livedealer.org/blog/?p=3280#comment-222 The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the new online gambling law was passed by the Greek Parliament Thursday 4 August.

It was passed as part of an omnibus bill that will bring in a raft of reforms from gambling to public sector bonuses and tourism developments.

WSJ notes…

“Greece may also face legal challenges from the European Commission over the gambling reforms, which appear to contravene EU law”

Indeed.

Full article at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903366504576487743782591856.html?

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