3 Amendments of Dimitar STOYANOV related to 2012/2322(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the presentation of the Commission communication entitled ‘Towards a comprehensive European framework for online gambling’ (COM(2012)0956) as a step towards ensuring that consumers have access to safe and properly regulated online services, and takes the view that efficient regulation of the online gambling sector should, in particular prevent fraud and other offences, preclude risks of gambling addiction and ensure that gambling is proper, fair, responsibleprotect participants, and especially vulnerable groups and minors in particular; believes also that gambling websites should carry notices clearly indicating ‘no underage gambling’, and stresses the need to ensure that gambling is conducted in a lawful, fair and transparent manner;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the creinforcement of cooperation between Member States and national authoritiation of conditions that strengthen cooperation between the competent regulatory authorities of the Member States, in particular as regards responsive enforcement measures and the prevention ofin connection with the prevention of online gambling and money laundering;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reaffirms its position that sports bets are a form of commercial useexploitation of sporting competitions, and recommends that the Commission and the Member States develop models to protect sporting competitions from any unauthorised commercial use, notably by recognising sports bodies’ property rights over the competitions they organise, not only in order to secure a fair financialjust returns for the benefit of all levels of professional and amateur sport, but also as a way tof strengthening the fight against match-fixing;