20 August 2020

Standstill period in the notification procedure for the proposed German Interstate Treaty on Gambling 2021 extended to 18 September 2020

by Attorney-at-law Martin Arendts, M.B.L.-HSG 

In accordance with Directive (EU) 2015/1535, Germany notified the Interstate Treaty on the Re-regulation of Gambling in Germany (Interstate Treaty on Gambling 2021 - GlüStV 2021), which is to come into force on 1 July 2020,  in the draft approved by the German Conference of State Prime Minister. The European Commission is processing this notification, which it received on 18 May 2020 under the number 2020/304/D (Germany). The standstill period, which usually expires three months later, i.e. on 19 August 2020, has been extended by a month by a detailed statement submitted by the Member State Malta, and will now expire on 18 September 2020. Only then can the 16 German state parliaments adopt the draft.