14 Amendments of Mitro REPO related to 2012/2322(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that protecting minors from exposure to online gambling should remain a major policy objective; underlines the need to implement EU-wide standards forstrict and reliable age and identity verifications to prevent underage gamblers from accessing remote gambling products;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that almost 2 % of the European population suffers from gambling addiction; is concerned that easy access to online gambling websites is likely to increase this percentage, especially among young people; considers, therefore, that efficient preventive measures should be enforced, such as the implementation of strict deposit limits and loss limits set by the player himself;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of funding from gambling for public interest causes (sport, culture, social projects, research and other causes of general interest); 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; stresses also the importance of the lotteries sector for indirect employment generation;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the risks associated with a general prohibition of online gambling services and with excessive restrictions for consumers; calls on the Commission andof online gambling services for consumers and stresses the balance theat Member States to weigh, as part of the work of the group of experts on gambling services, the social costs of permitting regulated gambling activities against the harmful effects of consumers resorting to illicit marketneed to find on the social costs of gambling activities;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Agrees with the Commission that a fairproperly regulated offer of gambling services, as defined by each Member State, is necessary for consumer protection, because in its absence consumers are more likely to turn to unreliableillegal gambling websiteoperators;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to continue to explore measures at the EU level to protect vulnerable consumers, including formalised cooperation between regulators, and the introduction of an online trustmark for legal operatoand the Member States' competent authorities to continue to explore measures to protect minors and other vulnerable players;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that the unquantifiable scope of compulsive gambling points to the need forcompulsive gambling requires additional research and data, and therefore calls on all Member States to systematically and periodically carry out further studies to understand problem gambling;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that common standardactions for online gambling should address the rights and obligations of both the service provider and the consumer, including by means of measures to ensure, ensuring a high level of protection ofor players, particularly of minors and other vulnerable persons, and the prevention of misleading advertisements;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to include in its recommendations on responsible gambling advertising a ban on advertising for online gambling services aimed at minors; in particular on social media;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recommends the introduction of uniform and pan-European common standards forexchange of best practises between Member States on electronic identification and cross border e-verification services; notes that the different registration procedures across the EU undermine regulated operators, and can push consumers into the hands of illegal operators; calls, therefore,calls on Member States for registration and identification procedures to be streamlined and made more efficient;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Underlines the need to implement strict and reliable age and identity verifications, as well as implementation of strict loss limits set by the player himself before any gaming; stresses the importance of a strong identification procedures especially in order to prevent minors and other vulnerable players from accessing online gambling products;
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls for more cooperation at European level, under the coordination of the European Commission, to identify and prohibit online betting operators engaged in illegal activities such as, inter alia, match-fixing or betting on junior competitions involving minors;