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Friuli-Venezia Giulia allocates €14.4m for 2026 fuel-cost grants

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Friuli-Venezia Giulia’s 2026 regional law provides grants to businesses for part of their higher fuel costs compared with 2025, according to the law’s text. The region has allocated €14.4m for the scheme, which uses an automatic, application-order process and derogates from specified regional provisions on gambling-harm prevention and administrative procedure.

The statutory derogation changes how these business grants are awarded under provisions that include regional gambling-related rules.

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Brazil’s STF weighs betting suspension as legal challenges raise uncertainty

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) is considering the constitutionality of Provisional Measure 1,394/2026, which temporarily suspended the regulated fixed-odds betting market. At a 3 November hearing, Justice Luiz Fux raised questions about legal certainty, non-retroactivity and the measure’s constitutional basis; the source says the court may consider how a ruling affects companies already approved. A separate appellate ruling granted temporary relief to CDA Gaming, though the source text ends before detailing its effect.

Justice Luiz Fux of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) scheduled a hearing on November 3, and 36 associations attended to debate Provisional Measure (MP) 1,394/2026. Under that measure, Brazil's regulated fixed-odds betting market was put on temporary hold.

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