Italian EU affairs committee calls for review of gaming concession extensions
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The Chamber of Deputies’ European Union Policies Committee backed Italy’s 2027 budget bill with observations calling for EU-law scrutiny of extensions to physical gaming, instant lottery and bingo concessions. Its report said the extensions should be assessed against the 2014 EU directive and a 2025 Court of Justice ruling, and urged new concession tenders to be organised promptly.
Italy's Chamber of Deputies EU Policies Committee backed the 2027 budget bill, with observations calling for a review of whether land-based gaming concession extensions comply with EU law. The committee also called for new concession tenders to be organised promptly.
Stefano Candiani, a League deputy and the committee's rapporteur on the 2027 budget, said extensions until 2019 for land-based gaming, instant lottery and bingo concessions should be assessed against a 2014 EU directive and a 2025 European Court of Justice ruling. The ruling found unlawful unilateral extensions requiring payment that fundamentally change the nature of a concession without a new tender procedure.
Candiani said an extension must be strictly tied to completing the reorganisation and conducting procedures to award new concessions.