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State monopoly on on-line gaming allowed under certain conditions

Brussels, 08/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - According to a ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday 8 September, a monopoly on online gambling, such as that operated by the Portuguese charity Santa Casa da Misericórdia, is legal under Community legislation on the internal market and competition. The ECJ recognises the restrictive effect of such a monopoly but underlines that this can be justified for reasons of general interest, such as crime prevention and insofar as the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Considerations regarding Irish referendum and Commission presidency
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Good start for Barroso in address to European Parliament political groups - opposition to temporary appointment
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: German ratification on track
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Dimas presents measures proposed by Commission to calculate economic, environmental and social well-being beyond GDP
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Council divided on how to help dairy producers survive crisis
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Council adopts new rules for animal by-products
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Calls from Parliament for Commission to work to have bluefin tuna included on CITES list of endangered species
(EU) EU/COPYRIGHT/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EP/TELECOMS: Seminar organised by Greens/EFA demonstrates group's desire to find balanced compromise on Telecoms Package without compromising free access to internet
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2009:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Antonio Tajani wants a more European rail sector
(EU) EU/TRADE: Catherine Ashton speaks out in defence of more investment between EU and China
(EU) EU/CHINA: Economic and social situation in Tibet and dialogue with China's civil society on agenda of Mauro Sepi's visit to Beijing and Lhassa
(EU) EU/ANTIDUMPING:
(EU) EU/ANTIDUMPING:
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission wants police to be able to access European asylum seekers' file
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission allocates further €53.5 million in emergency aid to drought victims in Africa
(EU) EU/FISHERIES/ENVIRONMENT: Commission decides to support keeping Atlantic bluefin tuna on CITES list of endangered species
(EU) EU/FRAUD: Spanish national is found guilty of defalcation of EU aid funds in favour of Paraguayan rural communities
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: In Bremen, discussion on competitiveness of shipbuilding sector
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: State monopoly on on-line gaming allowed under certain conditions
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: R&D spending remains stable in EU in 2007
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/EIB/GREECE:
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