ONJN begins review of Romania’s gambling legislation
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In brief
Romania's gambling regulator, the ONJN, has begun a new process of reviewing and harmonising the legislation that governs the gambling sector, according to the authority. The ONJN president changed the membership of the working group responsible for drafting the proposed legal acts for the sector.
The group is tasked with analysing the legislation currently in force, checking the consistency of its provisions and identifying the action needed for an overall revision of the regulatory system. Its work will focus in particular on identifying rules that are not coordinated with one another, legislative overlaps and provisions that need updating. The stated aim is a single, coherent legislative framework that reflects both the current characteristics of the gambling industry and the authority's regulation, supervision and control needs.
The ONJN said the process should not be limited to corrective changes to individual provisions. The authority considers that it is no longer sufficient to amend the legislation case by case whenever application or interpretation problems arise. The ONJN intends to reach a regulatory system that gives greater legal certainty to both the regulator and the businesses active in the Romanian gambling market.
No deadline for completing the work has been given, nor details of the individual provisions that would be amended.