The European Commission said France will provide detailed new legislation on the provision of its gambling services to its EU internal markets services by autumn. A spokesman for EU internal market commissioner Charlie McCreevy said: "France is working on this new legislation...(it) has promised the Commission to come forward with detailed legislation as early as autumn this year."

The Gambling Commission is set to step up legal action against Germany next week for thwarting foreign competition in the country’s gaming markets, the Reuters news agency reports, quoting an unnamed source who said: "The decision is expected to be adopted by the Commission next Thursday." After signing a protectionist accord to ban online gambling in Germany to shield state monopolies from competition from companies in other EU member nations...