Online games: The French Supreme Administrative Court confirms the possibility of bringing proceedings before the sanctions committee of the Autorité de régulation des jeux en ligne, which has become the Autorité nationale des jeux, against online gaming or betting operators whose conduct is likely to be in breach of the legislative or regulatory provisions applicable to their activity, in particular certain provisions of the Consumer Code (AFJEL)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. In a deliberation dated 18 April 2019, the Online Gaming Regulatory Authority ["ARJEL"], which has since become the National Gaming Authority ["ANJ"] by Ordinance No. 2019-1015 of 2 October 2019 reforming the regulation of gambling and games of chance, indicated that certain provisions of the Consumer Code were likely to apply to online gambling, and in particular the provisions relating to unfair terms and unfair commercial practices. The framework of the dispute A burning issue if ever there was one, since the question of the applicability of consumer law rules remains under debate in disputes between punters and operators before the judicial courts,