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  04/12/2024

  Hongrie

  Hungary to introduce new statistical classification for economic activities on 1 January 2025

  As of 1 January 2025, a new version of the statistical industrial classification of activities (NACE’25) will replace the currently applicable classification system (NACE’08). The change was mandated by EU legislation, and as a result from 1 January 2025 economic activities pursued by Hungarian companies must be classified according to the new NACE’25.Hungary’s parliament has just adopted the act outlining the obligations of Hungarian companies regarding the upcoming changes to the activity-classification system specified below.Until 31 January 2025, the National Tax and...

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  03/12/2024

  United Kingdom

  UK Government’s 2025 Statutory Levy on Gambling Operators

  The UK government has published its response to the consultation on the structure, distribution, and governance of the statutory levy on gambling operators.  It is set to introduce the statutory levy on operators via secondary legislation later this year. This new measure is expected to come into force on 6 April 2025, with operators required to make their first statutory levy payments by 1 October 2025, during the 2025/26 financial year.The statutory levy will be collected and administered by the Gambling Commission (the Commission) under the strategic direction of the UK government. This...

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  02/12/2024

  République Tchèque

  Amendment to the Audiovisual Act I: State support for video games will be available in the Czech Republic

  GB CZ

  On 25 October 2024, the House of Representatives approved an amendment to Act No. 496/2012 Coll., on Audiovisual Works and Cinematography Support and on the Amendment of Certain Acts, as amended, which brings significant changes to the audiovisual industry (the Bill). If the Senate approves the Bill and subsequently the President signs it, it will come into effect on 1 January 2025.Key changes introduced by the Bill include the establishment of state support for video games and a change in the fee obligations that will also newly apply to foreign providers of audiovisual media services on demand...

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  02/12/2024

  République Tchèque

  Amendment to the Audiovisual Act II: Foreign streaming platforms will now pay fees in the Czech Republic

  GB CZ

  On 25 October 2024, the House of Representatives approved an amendment to Act No. 496/2012 Coll., on Audiovisual Works and Cinematography Support and on the Amendment of Certain Acts, as amended, which brings significant changes to the audiovisual industry (the Bill). If the Senate approves the Bill and subsequently the President signs it, it will come into effect on 1 January 2025.Key changes introduced by the Bill include the establishment of state support for video games and a change in the fee obligations that will also newly apply to foreign providers of audiovisual media services on demand...

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  26/11/2024

  United Kingdom

  Upheld: ASA rules against gambling ads in their latest action against social casinos

  Upheld: ASA rules against gambling ads in their latest action against social casinosOn 25 September 2024, the Advertising Standards Authority (the “ASA”) issued rulings against five different social casino games, concluding that their ads were “misleading” and did not make sufficiently clear that consumers “couldn’t win or withdraw any real-world money”.These rulings come as part of a wider crackdown by the ASA against paid-for gambling-like ads, having been identified for investigation back in March 2024 following information gathered by the ASA.The ASA...

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  22/11/2024

  Pays-Bas

  Netherlands issues first evaluation of online gambling rules

  In April 2021, the Dutch Gaming Act was amended to allow for legal access to online games of chance in the Netherlands. An evaluation of the new rules was scheduled three years after implementation. The following article summarises this evaluation, published in November 2024, which assessed the effects of the new rules since the time of their implementation, presents its findings and arrives at a series of tough conclusions.EvaluationThe research evaluated the implementation of online gambling rules by consulting publications, 35 stakeholder interviews, and a mystery guest study. A major limitation...

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