Area: Finance
Competent authority: MF, MNZ
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 906
Initiative accepted and completed: .nan
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2018-05-09'
Initiative published: '2018-05-09'
Initiative submitted: '2018-05-09'
Response from the competent authority: "Reply from the Ministry of Finance:The Ministry\
  \ agrees with the proposal. In fact, a proposal to amend Article 20 of the Gambling\
  \ Act to bring it into line with the law governing public collections has already\
  \ been prepared by the Ministry. The supervisory authority (the Financial Administration\
  \ of the Republic of Slovenia), which is competent in the field of gambling, has\
  \ been designated to receive the notification of the organisation of a raffle or\
  \ lottery, and no longer the administrative authority competent in the field of\
  \ internal affairs, which will be duly taken into account in the next amendment\
  \ of the Law.Response of the Ministry of the Interior:The Ministry of the Interior\
  \ partially agrees with the initiative to amend Article 20(2) of the Gambling Act,\
  \ as it already proposed in 2015, in the framework of the inter-ministerial coordination\
  \ of the Draft Law on Amendments and Additions to the Gambling Act, to amend Article\
  \ 20(2) accordingly. The provision of Article 20 of the current Gambling Act stipulates\
  \ that a raffle or lottery held as part of the cultural or entertainment programme\
  \ of the organiser does not require the authorisation referred to in Article 16\
  \ of this Act if the total value of the lottery tickets does not exceed the amount\
  \ determined by the Ministry responsible for finance and if the value of the individual\
  \ prizes does not exceed the amount on which the tax on gambling winnings is payable.\
  \ The organiser referred to in the preceding paragraph shall notify the administrative\
  \ authority responsible for internal affairs of the holding of such a game not later\
  \ than eight days before the event. We have suggested that the organiser of the\
  \ gambling should notify the competent financial authority (e.g. the supervisory\
  \ authority - FURS).\r\nUnder the Law on Public Gatherings, the organiser of an\
  \ event is only required to obtain a permit from the administrative unit in the\
  \ cases provided for in Article 13 of the Law on Public Gatherings or if a specific\
  \ law so provides (e.g. the Law on Protection against Drowning), in all other cases\
  \ the organiser is required to register the public event with the competent police\
  \ station. This means that in certain cases the administrative unit is not informed\
  \ of the organisation of the event and there is no need for the organiser to inform\
  \ it of the organisation of a raffle or lottery held as part of the cultural or\
  \ entertainment programme of the organiser. It is also unnecessary to inform the\
  \ administrative unit of a gambling event, since the administrative unit is not\
  \ the supervisory authority for gambling and such notification is irrelevant.\r\n\
  In the light of the above, we can also endorse the response of the Ministry of Finance\
  \ to the above-mentioned initiative.\r\n "
Text file: 906.txt
Title: Simplifying registration for lottery draws at public events
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=906
