In general, the normative documents that regulate gambling activities cover the reference field but, since they are older, they no longer match the economic, technical and, in particular, the conceptual realities in the gambling sector.  Their application (as well as the modification of the normative documents related to the activity) has demonstrated that there is a need for the current regulations to be amended and improved so that they meet the requirements of the specific market as much as possible.
Also, taking into account the measures taken to ensure sources of finance for economic development and the fact that the authorisation fee collected from gambling organisers has not changed since 2000, it is necessary to change the level of taxation applied to undertakings operating in the gambling sector.
Considering the situations presented above, which relate to the gambling sector, it is necessary to improve the normative framework by promoting the present emergency ordinance.

On the grounds of Article 115(4) of the Romanian Constitution, republished, the Romanian Government hereby adopts the present emergency ordinance

Article 1.
(1) The organisation and operation of gambling games within the territory of Romania is a state monopoly and is carried out in accordance with the present emergency ordinance.
(2) The state can grant the right to organise and operate gambling games in accordance with the present emergency ordinance, on the basis of a licence to organise gambling games issued for each type of activity, as classified by the present emergency ordinance, and on the basis of an authorisation to operate gambling games; both of these documents are nominative and limited in time, and shall be used directly by the licence holder.
(3) The authorisation activity for the organisation and operation of gambling games shall be carried out by the Ministry of Public Finance through the Gambling Authorisation Commission, (hereinafter the “commission”) which is organised and operates within this ministry in accordance with the requirements stipulated by the present emergency ordinance; the methodological guidelines for its application and other applicable normative documents.
(4) The legal provisions regarding the tacit approval procedure shall not apply to the procedure for granting licences to organise gambling games or authorisations to operate gambling games.
(5) As an exception to the provisions of paragraph (2), according to which gambling games are operated directly by the licence holder, gambling games can be jointly operated by two gambling organisers which have legally concluded a partnership agreement, both partners bearing administrative liability.

Article 2.
(1) The members of the committee shall be appointed by means of a Joint Order of the Ministry of Public Finance and the Ministry of Administration and Interior, and shall include at least one representative of the Ministry of Public Finance, the Ministry of Administration and Interior and the National Office for the Prevention and Control of Money Laundering.
(2) The Commission operates on the principles of legality, impartiality, active role and availability.
(3) The activities carried out in the field of gambling shall be monitored by the Ministry of Public Finance, either directly or together with other state institutions, in accordance with the law.

Article 3.
(1) A gambling game is understood to be a commercial activity that meets all of the following requirements: material gains, usually money, are given after an organiser publicly offers a potential gain and a participant accepts their offer, with a direct or hidden participation fee being charged; the winnings are allocated following the random selection of the results of the events that form the object of the game, regardless of the way in which these are carried out.
(2) This category also includes commercial activities in which the prize beneficiaries are determined based on the results of certain events or contests what will take place without the involvement of the organisers.
(3) The organisation of any gambling game requires the following elements to be present at the same time: game and/or match, participation fee or stake, jackpot or prizes, means of gambling, organiser, participants.

Article 4.
(1) A direct participation fee is the sum of money collected by the organiser directly from the participant in exchange for the right to take part in the game.
(2) A hidden participation fee is any amount of money charged or requested in addition to the amount charged to the same person by the same economic operator for selling goods or products or for carrying out services that are either similar or identical, regardless of whether this fee is charged or requested directly by the organiser of the activity or by another person who takes part, in any way, in the activity, with the purpose of granting the right to participate in the gambling game.

Article 5.
(1) A means of gambling is any material medium, including a computer medium, which serves or enables the organisation, carrying out, or participation in gambling games.  The means of gambling can be: basic and auxiliary.
(2) A basic means of gambling is any material medium, including a computer medium, which directly generates the random elements on which gambling games are based.  For gambling games in which the winners are determined based on the results of certain events or competitions that do not depend exclusively on luck, this category includes the servers or other similar IT media which ensure the unified organisation and operation of the respective gambling games at the organiser level.
(3) An auxiliary means of gambling is any material medium, including an IT medium, which, although it is not an integrated part of the main means of gambling, together with the latter contributes to the organisation and operation of the gambling games or the participation in activities of this type.
(4) Auxiliary means of gambling in the form of chips, impulses, tickets, etc., are financial means that contribute to the organisation and operation of gambling games.
(5) Payment instruments used in the financial-banking system (payment orders, bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank transfers, paying-in slips etc.) or other securities/declared value securities or vouchers are not accepted as payment instruments that contribute to the operation of gambling games, except for the means of gambling stipulated in paragraph (4) and money.

Article 6.
A gambling organiser is a legal entity that is authorised to organise and operate gambling games in accordance with the provisions of the present emergency ordinance.  This capacity can be obtained by a Romanian legal entity that is constituted in accordance with the law.

Article 7.
A gambling participant is any adult individual who wishes and has the legal right to take part in gambling games that are authorised in accordance with the present emergency ordinance.  Taking part in the game implies unconditional acceptance of the rules of that respective gambling game.

Article 8.
The winnings or prize means the sums of money, goods or services awarded by the organiser to the game participant who is declared to be the winner in accordance with the provisions contained in the rules for the respective gambling game.  The gambling organiser shall hold the exclusive liability for awarding the winnings or prize.

Article 9.
Fraudulent gambling games are those gambling games by which the approved means of gambling have their initial data or parameters modified to affect the odds or selection methods.

Article 10.
(1) Gambling games are classified as follows:
a) lotto games, if using the purely random results of events that consist of number, letter, ticket or symbol draws, regardless of the procedures and characteristics of the means used to carry out the draws (urns, wheels, cups and other similar means) that are not carried out in the presence of the players.  This category includes: Lotteries, including instant lotteries, as well as any gambling games that are not carried out in the presence of the players and consist of number, letter, symbol, form or ticket draws, by means of which various winnings can be obtained which are determined by events that are not carried out in the physical presence of the players, except for the gambling games defined hereunder;
b) bets, if using the results of certain events that take place without the organisers being involved.  Betting is a gambling game in which the participant must indicate the results of certain events that are going to take place or which are randomly generated by an independent computer system.  This category includes:
(i) mutual bets, in which the prize is distributed between the participants who are declared to be the winners proportionally to the number of winning combinations each of them holds; the organiser is only involved in the participation fee collection process and the distribution of the prize money in accordance with the provisions stipulated in the rules for the respective games;
(ii) fixed-odds bets, in which the organiser, based on their own criteria, establishes the stake multiplication quota should the combinations that they play be declared to be the winning ones, and communicates it to the participants, in accordance with the provisions stipulated in the rules of the respective games.  The amount of each prize is determined by the rules (a fixed amount or a multiple of the stake), regardless of the total number of stakes;
c) casino-type gambling games, if events take place that use specific means of gambling, in the physical presence of the participants, with or without their direct participation.  The specific means of gambling used can be: cards, dice, roulette balls, roulette and gambling tables, including their auxiliary systems, as well as other means of gambling established by a Government Decision;
d) slot-machine games, if the events are organised in the physical presence of the participants via specific machines, equipment and installations, and the winnings depend on luck;
e) bingo games carried out in gaming halls, with winnings generated by random elements, which are organised through the use of complex lottery-type draw equipment and are characterised by successive draws and awarding of prizes in the physical presence of the players;
f) bingo games organised via television network systems, with winnings generated by random elements, which are organised through the use of complex lottery-type draw equipment and are characterised by successive draws and awarding of prizes without the physical presence of the players.
(2) For the gambling games stipulated in paragraph (1), as well as for any other types of gambling games that are organised in accordance with the present emergency ordinance, it is compulsory to hold a licence to organise gambling games and an authorisation to operate gambling games, respectively.

Article 11.
The following types of games are not regarded as gambling games and can be carried out without authorisation:
a) raffles held in schools, kindergartens, or other communities, which are for enjoyment and do not make a profit for the organisers;
b) games for entertainment, which are operated through machines, apparatus or devices of any kind and do not involve any winnings based on random elements, but aim to test the force, intelligence and dexterity of the participant;
c) activities organised by various economic operators in accordance with the law in order to stimulate sales, which do not involve a participation fee or additional expense, respectively, from the participants, or an increase in the price that the product had prior to the advertising campaign.

Article 12.
(1) The licence to operate gambling games shall be issued to any economic operator that meets the requirements for organising the activities that are subject to the present emergency ordinance, and shall be valid for 5 years from its date of issue, provided that an annual authorisation fee is paid in accordance with the provisions of Article 14
(2) Economic operators who organise gambling games shall inform the commission about any modification of the initial data based on which the License to organise gambling games or the Authorisation to operate gambling games, as applicable, was issued, within 5 working days from the date of its registration.
(3) The Authorisation to operate gambling games shall be valid for 1 year from its date of issue, as follows:
a) for lotto games: for the entire activity that involves drawing numbers, letter, tickets or symbols, regardless of the procedures or characteristics of the means used to carry out the draws (urns, wheels, cups and other similar means) which are not carried out in the presence of the players;
b) for bets: for the basic means of gambling used to ensure the unified organisation and operation of each individual activity at the organiser level;
c) for casino-type gambling games: each organiser is granted a single authorisation to operate gambling games for the location where these activities are organised and carried out;
d) for bingo games carried out in gaming halls: for each location where these activities are organised and carried out;
e) for slot-machine games: for each means of gambling.
(4) The date of issue is the 1st of the first month after the month when, after the documentation submitted by the economic operator was assessed and approved, the sums of money due were paid in advance by the economic operator, in accordance with the provisions of Article 14.
(5) If an economic operator no longer holds a valid licence to organise gambling games, regardless of the reason for this situation, any authorisations to operate gambling games that had been issued to them shall lose their validity starting on the same date, whilst the respective economic operator is obliged to pay the corresponding authorisation fees, in accordance with the provisions of Article 14.

Article 13.
(1) The licence to organise gambling games and the authorisation to operate gambling games, respectively, shall be issued in exchange for certain fees.
(2) For undertakings that organise fixed-odds bets, the authorisation fee for operating gambling games shall be determined as a function of the actual income made by the undertakings from carrying out this activity, but no less than the minimum fee established in accordance with the present emergency ordinance.
(3) The fees charged for granting the licence to organise gambling games and the authorisation to operate gambling games shall constitute revenue to the state budget.

Article 14.
(1) The amount of the fees for issuing licences to organise gambling games and authorisations to operate gambling games, as well as the minimum amount of the subscribed and paid-in share capital of the economic operators who organise gambling games shall be that stipulated in the annex that is an integrated part of the present emergency ordinance, and can be modified by means of a Government Decision at the proposal of the Ministry of Public Finance.
(2) The fees for the activities in the field of gambling games shall be paid by the economic operators that organise the activities, as follows:
a) the fee for the licence to organise gambling games:
(i) for the first year, by or on the 25th of the first month after the month when the documentation was approved;
(ii) for the following years, 10 days before the expiry of the previous year.
b) the annual fee for the authorisation to operate gambling games:
(i) for casino-type gambling games and slot-machine games, the fee shall be charged for each means of gambling and shall be paid in four equal quarterly instalments, as follows:
A) for the first quarter – by or on the 25th of the first month after the month when the documentation was approved;
B) for the other quarters – by or on the 25th of the last month of the quarter (i.e. 25 March, 25 June, 25 September, 25 and December) for the following quarter;
(ii) for bingo games carried out in gaming halls, the annual fee shall be charged for each individual location and shall be paid in full- or on the 25th of the first month after the month when the documentation was approved;
(iii) for betting games and bingo games organised via television network systems, the annual fee shall be charged and paid as follows:
A) the amounts obtained by applying the percentages stipulated in the annex to the income estimated by the economic operator, but not less than the minimum annual fee – by or on the 25th of the first month after the month when the documentation was approved;
B) if, during the authorisation year, the actual income exceeds the income estimated in the documentation submitted on the authorisation date, the annual authorisation fee owed shall be recalculated by applying the percentage quota stipulated in the annex to the actual income accumulated from the beginning of the authorisation period. Recalculation shall be carried out monthly, starting from the first month during which the estimated results are exceeded.  The accumulated income and the fee paid from the beginning of the authorisation period to the end of the month before the month for which adjustment is performed, shall be declared and paid by the 25th of the following month;
c) the fees for the licences to organise gambling games, as well as the annual fees for the authorisations to operate gambling games, owed by the National Undertaking "Loteria Romana" S.A. for lotto games and mutual bets – by or on 25 March, for the current year.
(3) The percentage quota of the nominal value of the cards purchased by the organisers of bingo games carried out in gaming halls from the National Undertaking "Imprimeria Nationala" S.A. shall be paid in advance to the state treasury; the bingo cards can only be collected after submitting the payment document endorsed by the treasury.

Article 15.
(1) To obtain a licence to organise gambling games, it is compulsory that:
a) the economic operators prove that:
(i) the organisation of gambling games is their main object of activity;
(ii) the police have issued their approval for the legal representatives of the legal entity, in accordance with the provisions of the Guidelines for the application of the present emergency ordinance;
(iii)  the subscribed and paid-in share capital was constituted with the amount stipulated in the present emergency ordinance;
(iv)the legal representatives of the legal entity must submit a self-declaration stating that:
(a) the economic operator has not been convicted by means of a final judgement of conviction without rehabilitation;
(b) they are not in a situation of incompatibility, as regulated by the law;
(c) the legal representatives of the legal entity must submit criminal record certificates or other documents issued by the competent authorities with jurisdiction over their last known domicile/registered office, to demonstrate that no final judgement of conviction without rehabilitation was issued against any of the legal representatives of the legal entity, in Romania or in any foreign state, for a crime stipulated by the present law or for any other crime for which a minimum 2-year prison sentence was applied.
b) the economic operator has applied for an authorisation to operate gambling games from the category of those regulated by the present emergency ordinance, and in accordance with its provisions;
(2) To obtain an authorisation to operate gambling games, economic operators must prove that:
a) they hold a licence to organise gambling games valid on the date they apply for the authorisation to operate gambling games, or that they have applied for a licence to organise gambling games;
b) the proposed location is registered with the Trade Register Office by the respective organiser, in accordance with the legal provisions in force for carrying out commercial activities in such locations, and meets the requirements stipulated in the Guidelines for the application of the present emergency ordinance;
c) the proposed location is not inside any educational institution, including any campuses belonging to any such institution, or any cultural, artistic, health, social or religious facilities, etc., or within their perimeter; it is prohibited to carry out gambling games in spaces which, due to their location, would restrict traffic or limit free access to other locations of interest (building entrances, pedestrian walkways, stops and stations for public transport, etc.); in exceptional situations, it is admissible to organise gambling games in cinemas, theatre halls, sports halls, arts halls, etc., provided that all of the following requirements are met: separate access for the players, to make sure that the other activities are not disturbed in any way and that access of under-aged persons is completely restricted;
d) casino-type activities are to be organised in locations that are not intended to be used as dwellings, or in locations that are part of hotels with a classification of at least 3 stars, in accordance with the national norms in force;
e) the means of gambling and the proposed locations/spaces meet the requirements stipulated in the present emergency ordinance and the guidelines for its application;
f) slot-machine games are equipped with an integrated electronic system for the monitoring, registration and recording of all operations, which is an integrated part of the construction of the respective game or was added to it on a later date ("black-box" type) and enables the authorities stipulated in Article 28 to inspect the way in which the respective gambling games are organised and operated.  The requirements that the respective mechanisms must meet, the approval requirements for the entities that add "black-box" systems, the way in which these must be installed and the way in which the activity must be monitored are stipulated in the Guidelines for the application of the present emergency ordinance;
g) betting halls shall be operated via independent computer programmes that are used exclusively within the organising undertaking, regardless of the number of locations in which the respective activity is carried out, with the obligation to centralise all information for each connected game terminal, the total amount of participation fees collected, and the total amount of prizes awarded in a central electronic system located within the territory of Romania.  Through the care and at the expense of the organiser, the central electronic system shall be connected to a computer terminal located inside the Ministry of Public Finance, which is provided free of charge by the organisers, and shall contain or enable access to information about: the total amount of the participation fees collected on any day, the total amount of the prizes awarded on that respective day, as well as a record of all computer terminals that are interconnected within the system (their number and the address where each of them is used).  Each location in which gambling activities are carried out must be identified in the central system at least 30 days before obtaining the authorisation to operate gambling games.  Any subsequent modification shall be communicated at least 15 days before it becomes operational;
h) bingo games organised via television network systems: hold an approval issued by the National Undertaking "Loteria Romana" S.A., which states that the gambling games proposed for authorisation do not breach their exclusive right and do not prevent them from carrying out their object of activity, whilst the means of gambling used, regardless of the way in which they are constructed or operated, are approved by the Romanian Bureau of Legal Metrology.  The total amount of the participation fees collected and the total amount of the prizes awarded shall be centralised in a central electronic system located within the territory of Romania.  Through the care and at the expense of the organiser, the central electronic system shall be connected to a computer terminal located inside the Ministry of Public Finance, which is provided free of charge by the organisers, and shall contain or enable access to information about: the total amount of the participation fees collected on any day, and the total amount of the prizes awarded.
(3) The provisions of paragraph (2) letter a) shall not apply if the granting of both a licence to organise gambling games and an authorisation to operate gambling games is requested.
(4) The licence to organise gambling games or the authorisation to operate gambling games, as applicable, shall not be granted if the economic operators who organise the activity:
a) register outstanding payment obligations to the consolidated general budget on the date they submit their application for a licence to organise gambling games or an authorisation to operate gambling games;
b) have not constituted the guarantee for the risk of non-payment of their obligations to the consolidated general budget to the amount, in the format and by the deadline stipulated in the present emergency ordinance.
(5) The following are not considered to be outstanding payment obligations in the sense of paragraph (4)(a):
a) outstanding obligations for which the economic operators obtained payment facilities in force on the date the documentation is submitted;
b) outstanding and unpaid obligations included in enforceable titles for which the court has ruled that the writ of execution is suspended or if the writ of execution was suspended following a judicial reorganisation proceeding being initiated;
c) payment obligations for which the fiscal administrative document has been suspended or which are suspended in accordance with the law, as applicable.
(6) The minimum number of means of gambling, locations or technical equipment for which an authorisation can be requested is:
a) for slot-machine games, the minimum number of means of gambling that can be operated by the same economic operator is 50 machines, which can be used within the same location or in different locations.  If the number of authorisations to operate gambling games paid by the organiser falls below the number stipulated in the present emergency ordinance, the licence to organise gambling games shall be rightfully revoked, without any prior proceedings being necessary.  The number of slot-machines for each location is:
(i) minimum of 20 machines for locations in which, in addition to the other activities which are carried out in the respective location, other than the operation of gambling games, only this category of means of gambling is used;
(i) minimum of 3 means of gambling, but no more than 5, for locations in which there are mainly other economic activities carried out, where the respective means of gambling are placed, organised and operated separately within the location;
(iii)minimum of 2 means of gambling for locations that are authorised for betting or lotto activities;
(iv)minimum of 50 means of gambling that are interconnected within the jackpot system, if the means of gambling are operated in at least two locations; minimum of 4 gaming terminals (stations) for slot-machine games which are built as a single unit and are operated from several gaming terminals (stations).
b) the minimum number of gambling tables within a location where casino-type activities are organised is: 12 in Bucharest, of which at least 2 are roulette tables; 10 in locations outside of Bucharest, of which at least 2 are roulette tables; a direct game between the participants can be organised for the total approved number of tables, except for the roulette tables;
c) the locations in which casino-type activities are carried out shall be equipped with a digital video surveillance and recording system, as well as means of gambling and specific basic and additional equipment used at international level, in accordance with the provisions of the Guidelines for the application of the present emergency ordinance;
d) organisers of casino-type activities shall keep a record of the identification data of all people who enter the locations where this type of activity is carried out, but only in electronic format. The databases compiled by the organiser shall be archived by the latter and kept for at least 5 years;
e) within each location where bingo activities carried out in gaming halls are organised and operated, the minimum technical equipment must include: a machine for the random drawing of numbers, three illuminated display panels, four colour TV monitors, an electronic computer that coordinates the game, as well as devices and accessories specific to bingo games;
f) for the betting activity, the minimum number of locations in which the activity can be carried out by the same economic operator is 15;
g) for the betting activity, the minimum number of specialised terminals that an economic operator may have is 30;
h) for the betting activity, the minimum technical equipment must include:
(i) for the central location: a computerised system for the registration, storage, homologation and account reporting of all bets that are placed, which consists of a server, a secure transmission system, computers for tracking the bets and a data transmission system (Internet, radio, telephone, etc.);
(ii) for a work place (agency): at least one specialised terminal for sending and recording the bets, a printer for issuing betting tickets and a system that transmits data to the central location.
(iii) for the location within the Ministry of Public Finance: a computerised system for the registration, storage, homologation and account reporting of all bets that are placed, which consists of a computer terminal, a secure transmission system and a data transmission system (Internet, radio, telephone, etc.).
i) for bingo games organised via television network systems, the minimum number of agencies through which tickets are distributed by the same economic operator is 150;
j) for bingo games organised via television network systems, the minimum technical equipment must include:
(i) for the central location: a computerised system for the registration, storage, homologation and account reporting of the participation fees that are collected, which consists of a server, a secure transmission system, computers for tracking the participation fees that are collected and a data transmission system (Internet, radio, telephone, etc.);
(ii) for the location within the Ministry of Public Finance: a computerised system for the registration, storage, homologation and account reporting of the participation fees that are collected, which consists of a computer terminal, a secure transmission system and a data transmission system (Internet, radio, telephone, etc.).
(7) For slot-machine games that are constructed as a single unit and are operated from several gaming terminals (stations), the authorisation to operate gambling games shall be granted for the entire unit, whilst the authorisation fee shall be payable for each individual terminal (station), each being included in the calculation for the minimum number of machines stipulated in paragraph (6).
(8) The format and content of the licence to organise gambling games and the authorisation to operate gambling games, the requirements that the locations in which gambling games are operated must meet the technical requirements that the means of gambling must meet, the requirements regarding the game rules and the internal regulations required for granting the authorisation to operate gambling games, as well as the obligations of the organisers to maintain their validity shall be established by the Guidelines for the application of the present emergency ordinance.

Article 16.
(1) Economic operators who hold a licence to organise gambling games and operate slot-machine games, on the basis of an authorisation to operate gambling games, can organise jackpot systems by interconnecting the slot-machine games within a location, if using mystery gambling systems, or machines of the same type, if using progressive gambling systems. For each system, jackpot system organisers shall notify this fact to the commission at least 10 days before the date on which they begin carrying out the activity, together with the serial numbers of the slot-machine games that are interconnected within the system and the location(s) where these are operated.
(2) Only slot-machine games belonging to the same economic operator can be interconnected within the jackpot system, and only for the period for which there is a valid authorisation to operate gambling games for these machines.
(3) To organise a jackpot system, it is necessary to meet all of the following minimum requirements: the same online connecting system for the means of gambling with the same communication protocol, specialised software and a random algorithm for awarding the prize.
 
Article 17.
(1) The Commission may decide to cancel the licence to organise gambling games or the authorisation to operate gambling games, as applicable, if they find that, on the date these documents were granted, the applicants provided incorrect or inaccurate information which, if known, would have lead to the licence to organise gambling games or the authorisation to operate gambling games, as applicable, not being granted. In this situation, a new application for authorisation can be submitted after at least 5 years from the date on which the cancellation decision becomes final in the administrative appeal system or from the date on which the court judgement becomes final and irrevocable.  The effects of the cancellation shall not affect the prizes awarded to any gambling game participants who acted in good faith.
(2) The Commission may decide to revoke the licence to organise gambling games in any of the following situations, depending on their consequences:
a) failure to comply with the payment obligations to the general consolidated budget or payment of the respective obligations, in accordance with the legal provisions in force, more than 30 days from the date on which they become due in accordance with the law;
b) the organiser no longer has the organising of gambling games as its main object of activity;
c) after the approval issued by the police authorities for the legal representatives of the legal entity has been withdrawn, the latter shall keep the respective position after a period of 30 days from the date on which the withdrawal of the approval was communicated;
d) a final judgement of conviction without rehabilitation was issued against the legal entity;
e) the legal representatives of the economic operators are in a situation of incompatibility for more than 30 days from the date on which the incompatibility occurred;
f) any of the partners or legal representatives of a legal entity keep their position for more than 30 days, when a final judgement of conviction without rehabilitation was issued against the respective entity, in Romania or in a foreign state, for a crime stipulated by the present emergency ordinance or for any other crime for which a minimum 2-year prison sentence was applied;
g) the organisation of fraudulent gambling games;
h) the guarantee is not constituted to the amount, format and by the deadline stipulated in the present emergency ordinance;
i) failure to comply with any of the provisions of Article 5(5), Article 12(2), Article 14(2) letter b) point (iii) b), Article15(2) and (7), Article16 and Article 21(2) to (4).
(3) The Commission may decide, for a maximum period of 6 months, to suspend the licence to organise gambling games due to failure to comply with the game rules that have been approved, which was to the detriment of the participants in the respective game, or the authorisation to operate gambling games in the situations for which the Guidelines for the application of the present emergency ordinance stipulate that the measure of suspending the authorisation should be taken, as applicable.
(4) The Commission may decide to suspend or revoke the licence to organise gambling games, as applicable, at the request of the National Office for the Prevention and Control of Money Laundering, due to failure to comply with the provisions of the legislation regarding the prevention and control of money laundering and financing of terrorist activities, determined by administrative documents that have remained final in the administrative appeal system, or by court judgements that are final and irrevocable.
(5) To order the measures stipulated in paragraphs (1) to (3), the commission can self-notify, or act on the basis of a notification received from the control authorities stipulated in Article 28(1).
(6) If it is found that, after the suspension period stipulated in paragraph (3) has expired, the reasons on which the decision for suspension was based are still present, the suspension period shall be extended until all irregularities that called for the suspension measure to be taken are remedied.
(7) After the licence to organise gambling games has been revoked in the situations stipulated in paragraph (2), a new application can be submitted after at least 1 year from the date on which the revocation decisions became irrevocable in the appeal system.
(8) The failure to submit to the specialist directorate within the Ministry of Public Finance the documents that prove that payment was made for the obligations for which the deadline stipulated in Article 14(2) is the 25th (inclusive) of the first month after the month when the documentation was approved, shall lead to the approval granted by the commission being revoked, without issuing the respective licence to organise gambling games or authorisation to operate gambling games, as applicable.
(9) After the licence to organise gambling games has been revoked, for the period in which the authorisation to operate gambling games is suspended, as well as after the gambling activity, in any form, has ceased, the economic operators who organise gambling games are obliged to pay the remaining amount outstanding from the annual fee for the authorisation(s) to operate gambling games.