Brussels, 28/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 28 November, the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) and the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) stated that they had filed a complaint with the European Commission regarding the recently adopted Greek online gambling law. The complaint details a range of uncompetitive measures and non-EU compliant barriers to new market entrants, which place unnecessary and unjustified economic burdens on new operators, such as forcing them to have a permanent establishment in Greece and limiting financial transactions to Greek banks. The two associations also criticise the fact that the law imposes a higher age limit for online gambling with no justifiable evidence to support this restriction. They are particularly concerned about the new tax regime that will require licensed gambling operators currently operating in Greece to potentially pay their taxes on any revenues earned from Greece-based customers retroactively from the 1 January 2010. The lobbies are therefore calling for both tough and swift action from Commissioner Barnier (internal market), whose staff had also raised a number of questions this summer regarding respect for Community law. These two associations are not the only ones to have filed a complaint with the Commission. The British organisation, Betfair, has also lodged a complaint against the Greek law. (SP/transl.fl)