Book V: Service providers

The first decision to prohibit the transfer of funds against an online gaming or betting operator that holds neither an exclusive right nor the authorisation referred to in Article 21 of Law 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the online gambling and games of chance sector, taken pursuant to the fourth to sixth paragraphs of Article L. 563-2, is preceded…

I. – If, at the end of the period provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 563-1, the operator has not complied with the formal notice given to it to cease the unlawful activity of online gaming or betting, a ban on fund transfers shall be imposed, on a proposal from the Autorité de Régulation des Jeux en Ligne, by order of the Minister responsible for the Budget….

After notification and publication of the prohibition order, the Minister for the Budget shall send the persons referred to in Article L. 563-1 a decision to suspend the execution of all fund transfer orders on the accounts it identifies as belonging to the person or persons referred to in the order. This decision shall be executed without delay. However, a person referred to in Article L. 563-1 is not bound…

The person or operator affected by the prohibition decision referred to in Article R. 563-2 and the Autorité de Régulation des Jeux en Ligne may request that the prohibition be lifted. The request for the ban to be lifted, together with evidence that the measure is no longer justified, is sent to the Minister for the Budget. The Minister will notify the interested party of his decision within fifteen days…

The processing implemented on behalf of the State to enable the operations provided for in articles R. 563-1 to R. 563-4, together with the measures required to protect the personal data of persons other than the operators mentioned in article R. 563-1, is authorised by an order issued after consultation of the CNIL pursuant to I of article 26 of amended law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to…