EDITORIAL
the EU’s Internal Market with its two layers of legal rules. The tensions between national laws of the member states and the supranational set of rules of the EU. These tensions have received increased attention with Malta’s introduction of Bill 55 – yet, from another angle. Traditionally the tensions have related to Malta arguing the European fundamental freedoms of services and establishment for its licesensed gaming companies, while some member states have argued that games of chance are a special case where European principles can hardly apply. In the Bill 55 causa, it is vice versa: the plaintiffs in states like Austria argue that gaming operators relying on licenses from outside its jurisdiction are operating in contravention of its national laws and that players with gambling losses are entitled to claim for reimbursement. Accordingly, they cite European law (the Brussels Convention) to help enforce their national court decisions relating to player claims against operators. Malta, on the other hand, argues national law and ‘ordre public’ exceptions to refuse international enforcement of court decisions in Malta. Do not miss this multilayer transnational debate in Europe!
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