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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 06:20:22+00:00

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§ 4 Events Act (Vienna): A managing director in Austria, if the operator of a gambling machine is not domiciled in Austria.
§ 15 ss 2 and 2b Events Act (Vienna): The licence is granted for maximum two gambling machines per location, for more than three gambling machines specific structural conditions are foreseen.
§ 15 ss 5 Events Act (Vienna): The licence period for gambling machines is limited to two or ten years.
§ 9 ss 4 Events Act (Styria): The licence for operating a gambling machine is granted for three years at maximum.
§ 7 ss 2 Events Act (Lower Austria): The licence for gambling machines can be granted for determined periods, but at maximum for ten years.
§ 3 Gambling Machines Act (Lower Austria): Gambling Machines operated with money and cash-prizes are prohibited.
§ 5 Gambling Machines Act (Lower Austria): The natural person applying for a license has to be domiciled in Austria.
§ 4 ss 3 Gambling Machines Act (Lower Austria): A license is limited to a period of two years.
§ 6 ss 1 Gambling Machines Act (Lower Austria): Only three gambling machines are allowed to be installed in one location outside of a specifically labelled gambling hall.
§ 2 ss 4 and 5 Gambling Machines Act (Vorarlberg): The licence is granted for three years at maximum and for only three gambling machines per location. The authority has also to guarantee by adequate measures and conditions that the public interests are not violated.
§ 3 Gambling Machines Act (Vorarlberg): Gambling Machines operated with money and cash-prizes are prohibited.
§ 4 ss 4 Gambling Machines Act (Upper Austria): The licence for gambling machines has to be allocated for three years at maximum.
§ 3 ss 1 Gambling Machines Act (Upper Austria): Gambling Machines operated with money and cash-prizes are prohibited.
§ 15 ss 1 nr. 5 Events Act (Burgenland): Gambling Machines operated with money and cash-prizes are prohibited.
§ 21 ss 1 lit. b) Events Act (Salzburg): Gambling Machines operated with money and cash-prizes are prohibited.
§ 19 ss 1 lit. b) Events Act (Tyrol): Gambling Machines operated with money and cash-prizes are prohibited.
The Constitutional Court is of the opinion that the requirement of a licence to operation a casino does not violate the requirements of objectivity and proportionality with respect to the freedom of trade. Both the nature and the possible effects of the operation of a Casino mean that this activity cannot be equated with other trade activities. The specific requirements concerning the reliability and economic power of a Casino operator – as well as the necessity of government supervision of this activity – justify such a system, including the limited number of the gaming licences.
Decision of the Administrative Court (VwGH, 21.12.1998, Gz. 97/17/0175): Limited number of Lottery licenses The administrative Court is of the opinion that legislative norms concerning the limited number of lottery licences could perhaps discriminate nationals of other Member States but the applicant for a licence in this case was a company domiciled in Austria. The Court thus held that the legal situation of Community law is clear and therefore no request has been made to the ECJ for a preliminary opinion concerning the regulation of granting a lottery licence because no doubts could have been seen as regards the compatibility with EC Law while treating this particular case by the Court.
It is prohibited to sell goods or services in such a manner that the delivery of the good or the performance of the service depend on the result of a lottery or another coincidence.
Decision of the Highest Court, 14. 3. 2005, 4 Ob 255/04k: German license necessary for operator already licensed in Austria if he advertises betting services via Internet. The Austrian Court ruled that, based on Art. 48 Austrian International Private Law, German law is applicable in the existing case and according to German law a licence (from German authorities) is required in order to advertise betting services. The Austrian Court did not examine the Austrian licence and its efficiency.
The German penal law hindering foreign gambling providers from other EU-MS to advertise their services via Internet although they are licensed in their country of origin, namely in another EU-MS. Normally it should be examined very carefully the existing Austrian license for advertising and providing betting services via Internet before deciding about the punishability in Germany. Especially because of the fact that German gambling monopoly companies will be considered to having taken into account the consumer protection aspect, but foreign providers licensed abroad will risk not to be considered to do so.
Comments see above referring to Case Gz. 97/17/0175.
Decision of the Highest Court, 23.3.1999, 4Ob249/98s: During that procedure the ECJ rendered its decision in C- 368/95 (Familiapress). The prohibition of premiums in the form of prize games to periodicals (§ 9a ss 2 item 8 UWG) was examined.
Although the ECJ stated that this barrier to a free internal market can be justified by the ensuring of media pluralism if the mentioned prohibition is proportionate, the Austrian Court did not examine the measure in the light of proportionality in depth. The Court and the parliamentary materials to the mentioned article in the UWG only refer to media pluralism as such to justify the prohibition.

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