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The Pan European Game Information system, or PEGI, has been officially endorsed by European Parliament. This endorsement came after a meeting that discussed a report by Dutch politician Toine Manders, which detailed the need for more effective age-verification systems for downloading games and purchasing them online. An article on WorthPlaying.com quotes Michael Rawlinson of the Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Assocation:

"Toine Manders has taken a very close look at the needs of a rating system for games that works well across the EU and concluded that PEGI is the right way forward both on- and off-line. It is a ringing endorsement of the rating system that we in the UK were instrumental in helping to set up several years ago. The protection of children is of paramount important to this industry and we are delighted that a body as significant at the EU's Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee fully comprehends the merits of PEGI."

To learn more about the PEGI, click here.