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c the advance provision of information about the types and the objects of sports betting products to competition

organisers in support to their efforts to identify and manage risks of sports manipulation within their competition;

d the systematic use in sports betting of means of payment allowing financial flows above a certain threshold,

defined by each Party, to be traced, particularly the senders, the recipients and the amounts;

e mechanisms, in co-operation with and between sports organisations and, where appropriate, sportsbetting

operators, to prevent competition stakeholders from betting on sports competitions that are in breach of relevant

sports rules or applicable law;

f the suspension of betting, according to domestic law, on competitions for which an appropriate alert has been

issued.

2 Each Party shall communicate to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe the name and addresses

of the authority or authorities identified in pursuance of paragraph 1 of this article.

Article 10 – Sports betting operators

1 Each Party shall adopt such legislative or other measures as may be necessary to prevent conflicts of interest

and misuse of inside information by natural or legal persons involved in providing sports betting products, in

particular through restrictions on:

a natural or legal persons involved in providing sports betting products betting on their own products;

b the abuse of a position as sponsor or part-owner of a sports organisation to facilitate the manipulation of a

sports competition or to misuse inside information;

c competition stakeholdersbeing involved in compiling betting odds for the competition in which they are

involved;

d any sports betting operator who controls a competition organiser or stakeholder, as well as any sports betting

operator who is controlled by such a competition organiser or stakeholder, offering bets on the competition in which

this competition organiser or stakeholder is involved.

2 Each Party shall encourage its sports betting operators, and through them, the international organisations of

sports betting operators, to raise awareness among their owners and employees of the consequences of and the

fight against manipulation of sports competitions, through education, training and the dissemination of information.

3 Each Party shall adopt such legislative or other measures as may be necessary to oblige sports betting

operators to report irregular or suspicious betting without delay to the betting regulatory authority, the other

responsible authority or authorities, or the national platform.

Article 11 – The fight against illegal sports betting

1 With a view to combating the manipulation of sports competitions, each Party shall explore the most

appropriate means to fight operators of illegal sports betting and shall consider adopting measures, in accordance

with the applicable law of the relevant jurisdiction, such as:

a closure or direct and indirect restriction of access to illegal remote sports betting operators, and closure of

illegal land-based sports betting operators in the Party’s jurisdiction;

b blocking of financial flows between illegal sports betting operators and consumers;

c prohibition of advertising for illegal sports betting operators;

d raising of consumers’ awareness of the risks associated with illegal sports betting.

Chapter III – Exchange of information

Article 12 – Exchange of information between competent public authorities, sports organisations and

sports betting operators

1 Without prejudice to Article 14, each Party shall facilitate, at national and international levels and in

accordance with its domestic law, exchanges of information between the relevant public authorities, sports

organisations, competition organisers, sports betting operators and national platforms. In particular, each Party shall