CELEX: 62014CU0001
Language: en
Date: 2014-09-15 00:00:00
Title: Opinion 1/14: Request for an opinion submitted by the Republic of Malta pursuant to Article 218(11) TFEU

15.9.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 315/25
            
         Request for an opinion submitted by the Republic of Malta pursuant to Article 218(11) TFEU
   (Opinion 1/14)
   2014/C 315/37
   Language of the case: all the official languages
   
      Applicant
   
   Republic of Malta (represented by: A. Buhagiar, P. Grech, Agents)
   
      Question submitted to the Court
   
   Is the Council of Europe Draft Convention against the Manipulation of Sports Competitions, insofar as it regulates sports betting and defines ‘illegal sports betting’ in Article 3(5)(a) as ‘all sports betting activity whose type or operator is not allowed under the applicable law of the jurisdiction where the consumer is located’, in conjunction with Articles 9 and 11 thereof which target ‘illegal sports betting’ so defined, compatible with the Treaties, particularly Articles 18, 49 and 56 TFEU?