<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://63/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear All<div><br></div><div>I wanted to draw your attention to the recent Communication adopted by the EU Commission ‘Towards a comprehensive European framework for online gambling’,<b> </b>which<b> </b>follows an earlier Green Paper and stakeholder consultation on this issue.<div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000">The accompanying<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-weight: normal; "> </span>Working Paper<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-weight: normal; "> </span>(attached below) includes references to ISPs being compelled by national regulators to</font></span></div><div style="text-indent: 0px;margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><span style="text-indent: -18pt; ">- block access to unauthorised gambling websites (pp.60-61)</span></div><div style="text-indent: 0px;margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><span style="text-indent: -18pt; ">- install parental control software to prevent gambling by minors (pp.74-75)</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000">Among other actions, the Commission proposes to facilitate greater cooperation between national regulators and to develop a Recommendation to the Member States in 2013 on common minimum protection of consumers, which will include age verification.</font></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><font color="#000000">Best Regards</font></div></div>Frederic<br><br>Frederic Donck<br>Director European Regional Bureau<br>Internet Society<br><br><a href="http://www.isoc.org">www.isoc.org</a><div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center; "><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></div></div><font color="#000000"></font></div></div></div></body></html>