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Act on the amendment of the Gambling Activities Act and certain other acts.

Notification Number:

2016/0398/PL (Poland)

Date received:

29/07/2016

End of Standstill:

31/10/2016 (30/11/2016) (closed)

Issue of comments by:

European Commission

Issue of detailed opinion by:

Malta

Draft Text:

PL RO SV BG CS EL FI ES PT DE SL HU ET IT DA NL HR EN SK FR LT LV MT

Impact assessment:

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Final Text:

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Message 002

Communication from the Commission - TRIS/(2016) 02351
Directive (EU) 2015/1535
Translation of the message 001
Notification: 2016/0398/PL

No abre el plazo - Nezahajuje odklady - Fristerne indledes ikke - Kein Fristbeginn - Viivituste perioodi ei avata - Καμμία έναρξη προθεσμίας - Does not open the delays - N'ouvre pas de délais - Non fa decorrere la mora - Neietekmē atlikšanu - Atidėjimai nepradedami - Nem nyitja meg a késéseket - Ma’ jiftaħx il-perijodi ta’ dawmien - Geen termijnbegin - Nie otwiera opóźnień - Não inicia o prazo - Neotvorí oneskorenia - Ne uvaja zamud - Määräaika ei ala tästä - Inleder ingen frist - Не се предвижда период на прекъсване - Nu deschide perioadele de stagnare - Nu deschide perioadele de stagnare.

(MSG: 201602351.EN)
1. MSG 002 IND 2016 0398 PL EN 29-07-2016 PL NOTIF

2. PL

3A. Ministerstwo Rozwoju, Departament Doskonalenia Regulacji Gospodarczych
Plac Trzech Krzyży 3/5, 00-507 Warszawa,
tel.: (+48) 22 693 54 07, e-mail: notyfikacjaPL@mr.gov.pl

3B. Departament Podatków Sektorowych, Lokalnych oraz Podatku od Gier, Ministerstwo Finansów,
ul. Świętokrzyska 12, 00-916 Warszawa,
tel.: (+48) 22 694 58 04, e-mail: sekretariat.ps@mf.gov.pl

4. 2016/0398/PL - H10

5. Act on the amendment of the Gambling Activities Act and certain other acts.

6. Player protection.
Gambling games.
Games of chance.
Card games.
Gaming devices.
Gaming machines.

7. -

8. In keeping with the draft, operators offering online gambling games and games on gaming machines shall have an obligation to implement the regulations on responsible gaming in order to protect minors and players. With this purpose in mind, the draft implements regulations on the establishment of a Domain Registry for the Offering of Gambling Games Contrary to the Act, rules for blocking web domains placed on the Register and a ban on the provision of paid services by fee-service providers for websites using domains placed on the Register. The draft also introduces the possibility of operating gambling games on the internet in the form of a monopoly organised by a sole shareholder undertaking of the State Treasury (with the exclusion of betting and promotional lotteries). The draft implements the right to offer games on gaming machines outside casinos by a sole shareholder undertaking of the State Treasury, in the form of a State monopoly for this kind of activity and limits the holding of gaming machines (this not concern entities offering legal gaming on gaming machines). The draft also provides greater freedom to the rules of organising poker games. The obligation for supervisors and persons directly involved in the management of gambling to obtain professional certificates is waived.

9. The draft Act on the amendment of the Gambling Activities Act and certain other Acts implements significant changes on the gambling games market dictated by the need to limit the illegal operation of gambling games, guarantee the highest possible level of protection to players against the negative impact of gambling and increase the level of social awareness with regard to the dangers stemming from the use of services provided by illegal gambling operators. The purpose of attaining the objectives referred to above is to guarantee, as far as possible, a reduction in the socially and economically detrimental impact of gambling.

10. Reference(s) to basic text(s): The Games of Chance Act of 19 November 2009 (Journal of Laws [Dziennik Ustaw] 2016, item 471).
The basic texts were forwarded with an earlier notification: 2014/0537/PL: 2010/622/PL

11. No

12. -

13. No

14. No

15. Yes

16. TBT aspect

No - the draft is neither a technical provision nor a conformity assessment procedure.

SPS aspect

No - the draft is neither a sanitary nor phytosanitary measure.

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