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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>While this is only an intermediary positive result, it is a very important step in the right direction, see below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Richard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ppac-bounces@lists.isoc.ch [mailto:ppac-bounces@lists.isoc.ch] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bernie Hoeneisen<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 13, 2017 14:11<br><b>To:</b> ppac@lists.isoc.ch<br><b>Subject:</b> [ISOC-CH PubPol] Success regarding network blocking in Swiss legislation<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Dear ISOC-CH Members<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Please be informed that we have accomplished a success regarding network blocking in the new gambling law. The Commission of Legal Affairs of the National Council (Rechts-Kommisssion Nationalrat) kicks Network Blocking out of the Draft for the new Gambling Law. The strong collaboration between ISOC-CH und Digitale Gesellschaft has significantly contributed to the success. Our latest proposal, that we worked out in a coalition with DigiGes, Swico, ASUT, Economiesuisse and Google, appears to have passed; (the latter organizations have joined us just recently).<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='margin-left:24.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><i>"Im neuen Geldspielgesetz 15.069 sollen nach dem Willen der</i><br><i>Rechtskommission des Nationalrats keine Internetsperren vorgesehen</i><br><i>werden. Die Veranstalter von in der Schweiz nicht bewilligten</i><br><i>Online-Geldspielen sollen aber von der Eidgenössischen</i><br><i>Spielbankenkommission verwarnt und allenfalls auch strafrechtlich</i><br><i>verfolgt werden."</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Whole Text (also in French and Italian):<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br> <a href="https://www.parlament.ch/press-releases/Pages/mm-rk-n-2017-01-13.aspx">https://www.parlament.ch/press-releases/Pages/mm-rk-n-2017-01-13.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The law is not finalized yet, It still has to pass the National Council and the State Council.<br><br>We keep on working on a good outcome.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>All the Best, <br> Bernie Höneisen, ISOC-CH, Head of Public Policy<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>PS: Any discussion on this topic shall take place on the PPAC mailing list ppac@<a href="http://lists.isoc.ch">lists.isoc.ch</a> / <a href="http://lists.isoc.ch/mailman/listinfo/ppac">http://lists.isoc.ch/mailman/listinfo/ppac</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>