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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8581

8 November 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
Italy cannot both promote games of chance on its territory and ban them on Internet from United Kingdom

Luxembourg, 07/11/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Court of Justice has returned a ruling in the Gambelli case, in which it indicated that laws which allow only the State or its concessionaries to collect bets should be justified by imperative requirements in the general interest, says a press release. The Court's reasoning is as follows: Italian law restricts freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services. It can be justified if it is necessary to protect the consumer and social order....

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