National exemptions for gambling service providers from national provisions transposing Directive (EU) 2015/849 (AMLD) List of Member States who have decided to exempt providers of certain gambling services from national provisions transposing Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing 2020/C 170/05
Date: 2020-05-18
Institutions: Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, automatic game, fight against crime, game of chance, gaming establishment, money laundering, national implementing measure, national law, online game, terrorism financing








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18.5.2020   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 170/23






NATIONAL EXEMPTIONS FOR GAMBLING SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM NATIONAL PROVISIONS TRANSPOSING DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/849 (AMLD)
List of Member States who have decided to exempt providers of certain gambling services from national provisions transposing Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing
(2020/C 170/05)

If a Member State decides to exempt, in full or in part, providers of certain gambling services from national provisions transposing this Directive, it shall notify the Commission of this decision, together with a justification based on a specific risk assessment. A Member State may give or revoke such a notification at any time. The Commission shall communicate such decisions to the other Member States

The Member States that have notified the Commission of such decisions, by March 2020, are:






Member State


Exempted gambling services provider[s]




Belgium


According to Article 5.1 of Law on prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing of 18 September 2017:
the National Lottery,




Czechia


In accordance with Act No 253/2008 of 5 June 2008 on selected measures against legitimisation of the proceeds of crime and the financing of terrorism:






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Bingo games or tombola










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Monetary lotteries










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Material lotteries










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Instant and/or numerical lotteries








Denmark


Pursuant to Article 1(5) of Act No 651, 8 June 2017 on the prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing and Notice of partial exemption of certain games from money laundering laws of 26 June 2017:






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Local pool betting










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Bingo games










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Tombola










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Gaming machines offering cash winnings










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Lotteries, Klasselotteriet (‘class lotteries’) and non-profit lotteries










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Land based poker










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Online Bingo










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Manager games










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Competitions where participation is through SMS or similar








Estonia


As defined in § 6 Estonian Gambling Act of 15 October 2008, in accordance with the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention Act of 26 October 2017:






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Commercial lotteries








Finland


In accordance with Chapter 1 Section 3(4) of the Law on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing of 28 June 2017 (444/2017):






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Slot machines kept outside of casinos








Germany


As referred to in Section 2 para. 1 Nr. 15 of the Act on the Detection of Profits from Serious Criminal Offences of 2017 (‘Money Laundering Act’):






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Totalisators when operated by associations, pursuant to Section 1 of the Race Betting and Lotteries Act










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Bingo games










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Gaming machines outside casinos pursuant to Section 33c of the Industrial Code










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Lotteries permitted by state law and social lotteries








Ireland


As defined in Section 25(8) of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act of 2010, as amended, and Regulation 3 of Statutory instrument 487/2018:






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Bingo games










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Gaming and amusement arcades










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Lotteries










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Land based poker








Sweden


In accordance with Article 20 of the Measures Against Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism Act (SFS 2017:630) and Guidelines for the Swedish Gambling Authority’s regulations and general advice: 2017:2






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Bingo games operated with the approval from the Gambling Authority according to the second sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 42 of the Lottery Act (1994:1000),










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Goods gaming machines,










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Cash gaming machines and token machines that are operated and according to a permit under Article 26 of the Lottery Act,










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Lotteries carried out in accordance with a permit or registration under Articles 16 and 17 of the Lottery Act, and that are arranged by associations that are primarily active within just one municipality, or, where the lotteries are operated within multiple municipalities, within one region,










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Lotteries operated in under a permit in accordance with Article 16 of the Lottery Act, and that are being carried out in more than one region, and










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‘True lotteries’ according to Article 4 of the Lottery Act, that are operated with a permit under Article 45 of the Lottery Act, and that are distributed via an agent,










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Roulette, dice and card games, operated in accordance with Articles 32 of the Lottery Act)