The European Betting & Gaming Association (EGBA) highlighted the importance of the EU’s TRIS notification procedure when amending gambling laws.
The trade body reiterated the importance of the notification procedure after citing a recent ruling in the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) striking a Lithuanian gambling law after it failed to notify the European Commission about it.
EGBA said the CJEU has consistently upheld draft national gambling regulations, which are “technical regulations” under EU law, must be submitted through the Technical Regulation Information System (TRIS) procedure.
The court ruled recently that failure to notify the Commission of any amendments that expand the scope of existing national laws, or that add new requirements, makes those provisions unenforceable against gambling operators.
