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The event was organised by the Section for Single Market, Production and Consumption of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in the context of drafting the opinion on the Commission Communication on "Towards a comprehensive European framework for online gambling" in Brussels.

The aim of this hearing was to discuss the preliminary draft EESC opinion on the Commission’s Communication, as well as to hear the view of stakeholders and interested parties, especially from the lotteries, the gambling sector, the sport industry, but also from the regulators,  all of which are particularly concerned by this issue.

UNI Europa Gaming was represented by its President Pilar Rato, Max Van Der Wal and Henk Van Engelen,Dutch affiliates from VAKBOND ABC and Giedre Lelyte, Director of UNI Gaming.

The majority of the speakers emphasised challenges of regulation, protection of consumers and preventing fraud and money laundering. In her intervention, UNI Europa Gaming President Pilar Rato stressed the employment angle and mentioned the negative impact of the growing online gambling to the land based gaming and job losses.

The input of UNI Europa Spanish affiliates (in English and Spanish) is attached - see Related Files.

Meeting presentations can be found at:

http://www.eesc.europa.eu/?i=portal.en.events-and-activities-safe-online-gambling-interventions

The draft EESC opinion can be found here:

http://www.eesc.europa.eu/?i=portal.en.int-opinions&itemCode=18609