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Netherlands
Antilles Confident It Will Rapidly And Rightly Be Placed On
The UK "White" List |
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles August 13, 2007: The
government of the Netherlands Antilles has taken notice of
the letter containing the decision of the UK Secretary of
State for Culture, Media and Sport, to not accept the
recently made application to be "white listed" prior to the
UK Gambling Act 2005 coming into effect on September 1st.
This application was considered by the UK Department of
Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Government of the
Netherlands Antilles is encouraged to note that the
remaining questions about the scope and scale of regulatory
presence which were raised by the UK are all resolved with
the passing and implementation of new legislation here, of
which the UK has seen an advanced draft.
This new legislation and its accompanying regulations has
been accepted by the Council of Ministers and is now
progressing through parliament in line with the timeline
communicated to the UK DCMS, being December 2007. In
preparing this legislation the Government of the Netherlands
Antilles has worked closely with the CIGA, the industry
trade association of the Netherlands Antilles and is
confident that the approval of both the UK DCMS and CIGA
suggests that this is a well balanced piece of legislation
that will meet the needs and standards of all stakeholders
in what is an important regulatory issue, both locally and
internationally.
Given the correspondence with the DCMS to date, and our own
advisers, we are confident that the passing and
implementation of the new legislation will allow us to be
rapidly and rightly placed on the "white list" of
jurisdictions in the UK. We are strengthened in this by the
confirmation in the letter of the DCMS stating the UK
Government opinion: "We would be willing to receive a
further representation from you and consider the case again
when that legislation is in place."
As one of the longest standing jurisdictions regulating
online gambling, we of the Government of the Netherlands
Antilles agree with the UK's rigorous approach in this
matter, and look forward to completing the final steps
needed to ensure our position, reaffirming Netherlands
Antilles as a top jurisdiction for online gambling
worldwide.
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