{"id":4427,"date":"2022-01-27T16:04:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T14:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovwg.at\/?p=4427"},"modified":"2022-01-31T14:23:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T12:23:56","slug":"ovwg-submits-complaint-to-eu-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovwg.at\/en\/event-en\/ovwg-submits-complaint-to-eu-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"OVWG submits complaint to EU Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-equal-height-columns\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>On 10.1.2022, the Austrian Betting and Gambling Association called on the European Commission in a complaint to review the Austrian gambling system: Despite valid EU licences, online gambling operators continue to be denied legal protection and provider freedom. A reasoned basis for this is still lacking and national courts fail to carry out an independent review of Union law. Since the Austrian courts do not offer legal protection to OVWG providers, the EU Commission must now once again deal with the Austrian gambling monopoly.<\/p>\n<p>A corresponding<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ots.at\/presseaussendung\/OTS_20220126_OTS0101\/gluecksspielbranche-in-oesterreich-bringt-beschwerde-bei-eu-kommission-ein\"><strong> press release<\/strong> <\/a>on the Commission&#8217;s complaint met with lively media interest.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The members of the OVWG are denied legal protection in Austria due to the ongoing violation of the freedom to provide services and the right to a fair trial by the Republic of Austria. 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