Main laws: Code de la Sécurité Intérieure, 2010 and 2020 amendments

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1) Picture in one paragraph

1. Code de la Sécurité Intérieure (CSI) - basic rules on casino and public offer of games (including bans/exclusions, admission of adults, etc.) for "face-to-face" organized games;

2. Online sector reforms: Law No. 2010-476 (May 12, 2010), which opened competition and created ARJEL supervision, and Ordinance No. 2019-1015 (October 2, 2019), which established ANJ as a single regulator with expanded powers from January 1, 2020.

2) Code de la Sécurité Intérieure: what exactly is enshrined

Book III, Title II CSI contains a general principle: games of money and chance are prohibited, except for formats directly permitted by law; here are the rules on admission, including the ban on the participation of minors and the obligations of operators to prevent access of persons "prohibited to the game." These provisions were updated by the 2019 ordinance and entered into force on January 1, 2020.

For operators working online or through terminals without a cashier, the CSI directly prescribes blocking access to persons from the registers of the ban on the game.

Conclusion: CSI is the "skeleton" of the offline mode (casino, public offer), which after 2020 logically aligns with uniform requirements for consumer protection and self-control.

3) "Reform-2010": opening an online market (law No. 2010-476)

France allowed and regulated a number of online formats (sports betting and horse racing, poker), while establishing strict access rules: age/identity checks, a ban on the participation of minors, mandatory warnings when entering the site and when registering.

ARJEL (Autorité de régulation des jeux en ligne) was created for supervision. The 2010 law laid down technical and compliance standards for operators and a sanctions procedure.

4) "Reform-2020": a single ANJ regulator and re-labeling of powers

Ordinance No. 2019-1015 reformed the architecture: from January 1, 2020, ANJ replaces ARJEL and becomes a single regulator of the entire market (online betting/poker, part of the lottery and casino perimeter in terms of consumer protection and advertising). Transitional provisions have maintained continuity of procedures and sanctions.

ANJ's powers include advertising control, player protection (RG), sanctions and coordination of the fight against illegal online offer (blocking/dereferencing in an accelerated admin order).

5) Fighting illegal sites: what has changed in practice

Since mid-2022, ANJ has been applying an accelerated administrative procedure for blocking and dereferencing: in 2024, the regulator sent 232 orders, covering 1,337 URLs - noticeably faster than the old judicial procedure.

6) Who is responsible for what after 2020

ANJ: licensing/authorisation for online operators, advertising and RG oversight, monitoring and sanctions, coordination against illegals.

CSI + profile norms: regimes for casinos/clubs/lotteries and public offers on the ground (tolerances, prohibitions, local conditions). Updates 2019-2020 led these blocks to a single "dictionary" of concepts (minors, bans on the game, etc.).

OFDT (observation): After the 2019/2020 reform, Observatoire des jeux functions are integrated into OFDT (from July 1, 2020), which strengthened the statistical and scientific contour of the policy.

7) How the user sees it (RG minimum)

Regardless of the channel (online/offline), the following are fixed: age verification, visible 18 + warnings, limits, reality checks, self-exclusion/registry and complaint horizons - requirements that originally appeared in 2010 for online and then unified after 2020.

8) Dossier of laws and where to look at current texts

Code de la Sécurité Intérieure (Книга III, Титул II) — «Jeux d’argent et de hasard, casinos». Current editions are on Legifrance.

Law No. 2010-476 (12. 05. 2010) - "on the opening of competition and the regulation of online games." The text is on Legifrance.

Ordinance No. 2019-1015 (02. 10. 2019) - "on the reform of the regulation of gaming markets" (ANJ institution, transitional norms).

Explanations of the Ministry of Economy about the role of ANJ and the perimeter of allowed/prohibited online offers.

Practice against illegal immigrants - ANJ reports and news.

Editorial templates (for quick layout)

Table A - Chronology of Key Acts

Table B - ANJ Authority (after 2020)

Table C - CSI: Red Lines for Offline

TL; DR

CSI sets the basic offline rules (what is prohibited/allowed, who is allowed).

Law 2010 launched a regulated online marketplace and ARJEL, established access rules and RG.

Ordinance 2019 → 2020 created ANJ as a single regulator with enhanced powers to advertise, protect players and block illegal immigrants.

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