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Commission's Firm Stance with France

The European Commission has released a dissenting opinion on the French government’s plans to pass legislation that violates EU founding policies. France is currently one of the ten countries operating some form of state online casinos gambling monopoly despite several cease and desist requests from the European Commission. And while the Commission has little power to actually force the countries into compliance, acting counter to the Commission’s opinion regarding the latest French online casinos gambling legislation could mean a trip before the European Court of Justice.

The French government has two proposed laws at this point that would each seek to limit foreign online casinos and gambling sites from accessing the French gambling market. One law would limit the types of gambling transactions that could be processed at the financial institution and the other option blocks foreign online casinos sites at the ISPs.

The Secretary Genereal of the European Gaming and Betting Association, Sigrid Ligne, has remarked that the European Commission is on the right track by issuing an opinion to the French government concerning the country’s proposed new online casinos gambling laws. Ligne comments, “Today’s action consolidates the Commission’s position that unjustified payment blocking in our sector clearly contravenes EU law. We welcome the Commission’s action and hope that this will send a clear signal to other EU and EFTA Member States that such proposals will not be tolerated."

The European Commission, and Commissioner Charlie McCreevy seem ready to firmly put an end to the online casinos monopolies in the EU at this point. McCreevy has issued final warnings to the Netherlands and Greece, and more final notices are likely for the coming year. The countries continuing to operate internet gambling monopolies could very likely find themselves before the European Court of Justice for the enforcement of EU policies.