{"id":44077,"date":"2017-01-22T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T18:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=44077"},"modified":"2017-01-21T15:35:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T23:35:37","slug":"gibraltar-one-entity-uk-eu-deals-body-blow-gibraltar-online-gambling-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gibraltar-one-entity-uk-eu-deals-body-blow-gibraltar-online-gambling-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGibraltar One Entity With UK\u201d: EU Deals Body Blow to Gibraltar Online Gambling Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Online gaming hub Gibraltar should be treated as \u201cone entity\u201d with the UK<\/a> in its freedom to provide services. That\u2019s the opinion of the European Court of Justice<\/a>, the highest court in the European Union, and it could have far-reaching consequences for the territory\u2019s gambling industry, now and post-Brexit.<\/p>\n

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The European Court of Justice appears to have derailed the GBGA\u2019s case against the UK government, but its opinion could have wider implications as Gibraltar negotiates a post-Brexit deal with EU. (Image: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The opinion, delivered Thursday by senior EU lawyer Maciej Szpuar, had been sought by the High Court OF England and Wales, where the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association (GBGA) is attempting to challenge the UK\u2019s 2014 gambling tax regime.<\/p>\n

The regime, which came into force at the beginning of 2015 following the implementation of the UK Gambling Act, requires operators with exposure to the UK market to be licensed and regulated within the UK, and to pay a 15 percent levy on gross gaming revenues.<\/p>\n

Previously, operators were licensed and taxed by a series of jurisdictions that had been \u201cwhitelisted\u201d by the UK government, of which Gibraltar was one.<\/p>\n

GBGC argued that this so-called \u201cpoint of consumption tax\u201d rules contravened Article 56 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which deals with the right to trade freely across borders.<\/p>\n

Brexit Implications <\/b><\/h2>\n

The High Court asked the ECJ whether Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory, has the constitutional status of a separate territory to UK in relation to gambling tax. In declaring the UK and Gibraltar one entity in the eyes of EU law, Szpuar said that the UK has the right to formulate its own national tax policies and the EU could not interfere.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe application of EU law to Gibraltar does not create new or supplementary rights between the UK and Gibraltar that are in addition to those flowing from the UK and Gibraltar constitutional law,\u201d\u00a0said Szpunar.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Gibraltar is a member of the European Union by virtue of its status as a British Overseas Territory, and its inhabitants voted overwhelmingly in favor of remaining in the union in last year\u2019 Brexit referendum, by more than 94 percent.<\/p>\n

Tough Road Ahead<\/b><\/h2>\n

It has a flourishing economy built on online gambling and e-commerce, which relies on the benefits from the free cross-border movement of people, goods, services and capital that EU membership assures.<\/p>\n

Many of the tiny peninsula\u2019s 3,400-strong online gambling workforce live across the border in Spain and tighter border controls after Britain leaves the EU would be disastrous for its economy.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gibraltar has no choice but to leave along with the UK<\/a>, but it has said it is looking to negotiate a relationship with the EU that is different than that of its protector; one of \u201cassociate status\u201d that retains membership of the single market and some freedom of cross-border movement.<\/p>\n

As it stands, the UK is hurtling towards a \u201chard Brexit,\u201d and none of those things, which means the ECJ\u2019s opinion today could make Gibraltar\u2019s task even tougher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Online gaming hub Gibraltar should be treated as \u201cone entity\u201d with the UK in its freedom to provide services. That\u2019s the opinion of the European Court of Justice, the highest court in the European Union, and it could have far-reaching consequences for the territory\u2019s gambling industry, now and post-Brexit. 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