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"Question No. 47 by Jacques Toubon ()
In 2004, the Commission awarded a contract to the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (ISDC) for a study on gambling services in the internal market.
The ISDC has sub-contracted out part of that study to a UK university – the Centre for the Study of Gambling (Manchester) – which apparently receives funding from bookmakers. There are also doubts over the independence of the ISDC itself, the financial viability of which depends on orders placed by those involved in the gambling sector. This economic connection would seem to constitute a de facto conflict of interest that could cast doubt on the validity of the report’s conclusions.
In view of the indisputable impact that the study will have on the rules governing the gambling sector in the future, what steps does the Commission intend to take to ensure that the study is objective, and what guarantees to that effect can it give to all those involved in the gambling sector in Europe?"@en1
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"Subject: Study on gambling services in the internal market"1
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