Seminar On Tourism And Gaming Law

Beginning tomorrow, October 17, at 6:30 pm, in the Legal and Judicial Training Centre (Luso-International Bank Building, 10th floor), is a Seminar on “Tourism and Gaming Law”, included in the Co-operation Programme in the Legal Field between the European Union and Macao. This seminar will take place daily, between 6:30 and 8:30 pm, until Friday, October 21, and will have as its speaker Fernando Martínez Sanz, Professor at the University Jaume I de Castelló, in Spain. Throughout the five days, several subjects will be approached included in two modules dedicated, respectively, to “Tourism Law” and “Some Topics on Gaming Law”. Under the title of “Tourism Law”, beside the introduction, will be discussed the following topics: “European Law in the field of Tourism: Protection of consumers”, “Time sharing: directive 94/47/EC, 26.10.1994. Basic problems”, “Package holidays and package tours: directive 90/314/EEC, 13.06.1990” and “Management Agreements – ‘Hotel management’ and ‘Theme parks and recreation facilities’”. Under the title of “Some Topics on Gaming Law”, after the introduction, will be discussed the following topics: “Casinos – ‘Licences: brief reference’ and ‘Refusal of acceptance’”, “Gaming and liberalisation: Lotteries and State monopoly” and “Gaming and Internet: problems and solutions – ‘Obstacles to transnational bets’ and ‘The position of the European authorities’”. The seminar is organised by the Legal and Judicial Training Centre and will be conducted in English. It specially targets law degree holders, entrepreneurs and economists, having around 40 local participants registered to attend. The Co-operation Programme in the Legal Field between the European Union and Macao, in which this seminar is integrated, has as its main objective the “Consolidation of the Macao Legal System”. Currently in its fourth year of execution, the Co-operation Programme will proceed until February 2007. The total budget for the programme is of 1.980.000 euros, shared in equal parts by the European Union and Macao. The co-ordination of the Co-operation Programme is at the responsibility of the International Law Office, being the organisation of the pertaining activities ensured by several other entities of the MSAR’s Government, namely the Legal and Judicial Training Centre, the Legal Affairs Bureau, the Economic Services and the Institute of European Studies, other than the International Law Office itself.