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Spanish health committee considers bill amendment on gambling advertising limits

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Spain’s Health Committee was due to consider on 13 March an amendment to the State Public Health Agency bill that would restore limits on gambling advertising, according to a press report. The report said PSOE and Sumar proposed the amendment to give legal standing to restrictions overturned by the Supreme Court; if approved by the committee, it would proceed to the Congress plenary.

The proposal could reinstate national gambling-advertising restrictions if it advances through parliament.

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