http://www.kaburakis.com/2009/09/08/liga-portuguesa-sport-betting-and-gambling-restrictions/ Attorney At Law Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:40:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.kaburakis.com/2009/09/08/liga-portuguesa-sport-betting-and-gambling-restrictions/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Alexandre Mestre Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:20:27 +0000 http://www.kaburakis.com/?p=432#comment-7 let me share my modest (Portuguese) opinion: we will have to wait until a decision of the Tribunal de Pequena Instância Criminal do Porto (Portugal), which is a first instance court. Bwin will certainly appeal and insist on its argument –shared by the Advocate General Bot – that the provisions in question constitute a ‘technical regulation’ within the meaning of Article 1(11) of Directive 98/34. According to the Portuguese Civil Procedure Code, the appeal has suspensive effect which means …no immediate enforcement. In the meanwhile, there is another preliminary ruling from another Portuguese Court (the Tribunal Judicial da Comarca do Porto) lodged on 13 February 2008 (Case C-55/08) and a request for an interim measure submitted in a national court (a case involving Betclic)…a lot of work for us (lawyers and researchers) as well as for the press. Some Portuguese football teams are even threatening a strike and claiming for a modification of the national legislation … let me share my modest (Portuguese) opinion: we will have to wait until a decision of the Tribunal de Pequena Instância Criminal do Porto (Portugal), which is a first instance court. Bwin will certainly appeal and insist on its argument –shared by the Advocate General Bot – that the provisions in question constitute a ‘technical regulation’ within the meaning of Article 1(11) of Directive 98/34. According to the Portuguese Civil Procedure Code, the appeal has suspensive effect which means …no immediate enforcement.
In the meanwhile, there is another preliminary ruling from another Portuguese Court (the Tribunal Judicial da Comarca do Porto) lodged on 13 February 2008 (Case C-55/08) and a request for an interim measure submitted in a national court (a case involving Betclic)…a lot of work for us (lawyers and researchers) as well as for the press. Some Portuguese football teams are even threatening a strike and claiming for a modification of the national legislation …

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