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As it was foreseeable after the clearance from the European Commission on the decree setting the new licensing regime in Italy, the EC has now decided to close a number of cases relating to Italian gambling laws.
The European Commission had challenged the compliance with the EU principle of freedom to provide services of some restrictions prescribed by Italian gaming laws against foreign operators. Indeed, the old regime required that operators holding an Italian online gaming license had to locate their servers and their company in Italy. On the contrary, as stressed in a previous post, this obligation has now been removed and operators applying for an Italian gaming license will be entitled to locate their legal seat and equipment in any country of the European Economic Area, or in any other country that will enter into bilateral agreements with the Italian Gaming Authority.
In other words, while operators will still need an Italian license to offer their games to Italian residents, they will be able to keep their infrastructure in their country of origin with obvious consequential tax advantages.
In other words, while operators will still need an Italian license to offer their games to Italian residents, they will be able to keep their infrastructure in their country of origin with obvious consequential tax advantages.
This appears to be the end of a long saga that saw a number of disputes before the European Court of Justice in relation to the compliance of the Italian gaming law regime with EU principles and this circumstance might be a further factor boosting the growth of the Italian gaming market.
Do you want to know more about the above? Are you interested in applying for an Italian gaming license? Fee free to contact me, Giulio Coraggio.
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