The meeting took place yesterday morning, November 22nd, in Rome Euromat Executive Committee.
The President was present for SAPAR Domenico Distant together with the association's accountant Giancarmine Elefante. Besides them, Jason Frost, President Euromat, United Kingdom (BACTA) – Proxy to Greg Wood (BACTA), Stephan Burger, Proxy to the Vice President (Uwe Christiansen), Germany (VDAI), Sanne Muijser, outgoing Treasurer, Netherlands (VAN ), Daan Keij, Netherlands (VAN) – Proxy of Henry Meijdam (VAN), Kieran O'Keeffe, Secretary General of EUROMAT, Mihaela Nagy, Coordinator of the EUROMAT association and Michele Bellora, Political Advisor of EUROMAT.
The agenda of the works and topics covered is dense: Antitrust Declaration, Approval of the minutes of the last meeting of the Executive Committee, Report from the President, Report from the Treasurer, Update from the Secretariat, Report on EU Public Affairs, Update on regulatory developments concerning the Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, Update on regulatory developments regarding the implementation phase of the Regulation regarding the single market for Digital Services, Update on the work conducted by CEN CENELEC to establish a standardized list of damage markers, Presentation on the European political landscape in view of the 2024 European elections and discussion regarding the main themes to be included in the Euromat Manifesto on gaming. Update regarding the public launch of the report created by EUROMAT on "alternative" payment methods, Topics and issues to take into consideration: Player cards and data collection, Directive on access to payment accounts, environmental and social governance issues, European regulation on payment services, Competition between public and private operators, Presentation of the services offered to members in recent months (Spain and Croatia) and, finally, national updates.
