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Enterprises and Public Administration, NRRP, Final Phase of the Plan, NRRP Methodology, Continuity Strategy, Hearing before the Fifth Committee on Budget, Treasury, and Planning of the Chamber of Deputies

Bill "Conversion into Law of Decree-Law No. 19 of February 19, 2026" The Director General of Assonime and the Director of the Economic Studies and Analysis Area spoke at a hearing before the Fifth Committee on Budget, Treasury, and Planning of the Chamber of Deputies as part of the examination of the Bill "Conversion into Law of Decree-Law No. 19 of February 19, 2026, containing further urgent provisions for the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) and on cohesion policies" (A.C. 2807). The decree intervenes in the final phase of the Plan, with measures aimed at ensuring the completion...

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Administrative, Covid-19 Pandemic, Inadequate Management and Organization of the National Health Service, Claim for Compensation, Exclusive Jurisdiction of the Administrative Judge, Supreme Court of Cassation, United Civil Sections, Order No. 1952 of January 29, 2026

Covid-19 Pandemic - Inadequate Management and Organization of the National Health System - Claim for Compensation by Family Members of "COVID Victims" Against the Public Administration - Exclusive Jurisdiction of the Administrative Court Pursuant to Art. 133, Paragraph 1, Letter c, of Legislative Decree No. 104 of 2010 - Existence - Basis. Summary The Joint Civil Sections, ruling in the Rules of Jurisdiction, have established that the following matters fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the administrative court, pursuant to Art. 133, Paragraph 1, Letter c, of Legislative Decree No. 104 of 2010, the dispute brought by the families of "COVID victims"...

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Administrative, Budget and public accounting, Budget of troubled local authorities, Constitutional Court, Judgment No. 17 of February 19, 2026

Contested provisions:  Articles 259, c. 1st, 261, c. 4th, and 262, c. 1°, of the legislative decree 18/08/2000, n. 267. In the judgment of constitutional legitimacy of the articles. 259, paragraph 1, 261, paragraph 4, and 262, paragraph 1, of the legislative decree of 18 August 2000, n. 267 (Consolidated law on the organization of local authorities), promoted by the Regional Administrative Court for Campania, first section, with order of 10 April 2025, registered at no. 87 of the 2025 ordinance register and published in the Official Journal of the Republic no. 21, first special series, of the year 2025. unfounded -...

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Administrative, Social Security, Public employment, End-of-service indemnities, Constitutional Court, Ordinance no. 25 of 05 March 2026

Passim Social security - Public employment - End-of-service benefits, however named, due in cases of termination of service due to reaching age limits - Payment expected after twelve months from the termination of the employment relationship - Recognition of the benefit according to an installment mechanism, differently structured based on the overall amount of the benefit. In judgments on the constitutional legitimacy of the art. 3, paragraph 2, of the legislative decree of 28 March 1997, n. 79 (Urgent measures for the rebalancing of public finances), converted, with amendments, into law 28 May 1997, n. 140, and art. 12, paragraph 7, of...

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Administrative, Building and Urban Planning, Master Plan, Regional Administrative Court of Lombardy, Section II, Judgment of 9 January 2026 no. 119

Building and Urban Planning – Master Plan – Observations – Legal Nature   There is no strict correlation between the observations received and the municipality's planning decisions to overcome them, because this would mean depriving the planner of the discretion he has until the outcome of the proceedings and placing private interests in the more lucrative enjoyment of one's own area before the pre-eminent public interest in planning. The planning authority is not bound by private observations, and the observations do not constitute proposals for administrative measures. (1) Building and Urban Planning – Master Plan – Authorization for Production Activities –...

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Administrative, Public Contracts and Public Administration Obligations, Tender, State Council, Section V, judgment of December 4, 2025, no. 9573

On the right of access to the technical offer in the presence of technical and commercial secrets and on the running of the deadline for challenging the award Public contracts and public administration obligations – Tender – Administrative justice – Appeal – Deadline The deadline for filing an appeal against tender documents begins to run from the moment the economic operator has actual knowledge of the content of the offers and tender documents from which to deduce the deductible defects, in order to avoid the filing of blind appeals, with a consequent increase in litigation, in defiance of the need for...

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Enterprises, Digital Service Providers, Main Establishment

Legislative Decree No. 138/2024 ACN Updated FAQs on the Definition of Main Establishment for Digital Service Providers and the Identification of the Notifying Party in Relationships between NIS Entities The National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) recently updated some FAQs regarding Legislative Decree No. 138/2024 (the "NIS Decree"), which transposed EU Directive 2022/2555 (the "NIS 2") into Italian law. Specifically, the update concerns two aspects. The first aspect concerns the definition of main establishment for specific digital service providers, which determines the jurisdiction of the Member State to which these entities must be subject. Please note that Article 3 of the NIS Decree stipulates that entities...

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Corporate, Shareholdings, Dividends, Art. 1148 of the Italian Civil Code, Supreme Court of Cassation, Second Civil Section, Judgment No. 34221 of 26/12/2025

Action for the Claim of Shareholdings - Dividends - Art. 1148 of the Italian Civil Code - Applicability - Exclusion - Reasons. Summary The Second Civil Section, ruling on an action for the claim of shareholdings, excluded the applicability of Art. 1148 of the Italian Civil Code to the related dividends, stating the following principle of law: "Dividends are not the result of the use of the res, but represent the result of an economic activity of production and exchange of goods and services and are earned to the extent that profits are obtained in the exercise of the business activity, which the...

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Public contracts, Supply contracts, Public tender procedures, Lazio Regional Administrative Court, section 1 quater, judgment no. 18623 of October 25, 2025

Public tender procedures: on the interest in appealing and the identification of the opposing party and the determination of the value of the contract Administrative justice – Interest in bringing proceedings – Public contracts and obligations of the public administration – Supply contracts – Participation of only two companies – Appeal against exclusion before the award – Opposing party – None The nature and level of protection of the interest in competing for the award – which is and remains instrumental and not final – does not change based on the number of participants in the procedure because, in any case, the...

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Italian Industry, Eighth-Largest Manufacturing in the World; Second-Largest in Europe.

Industry 2025 Report: How Competitive is Italian Manufacturing? The Confindustria Research Center's snapshot of Italy's new industrial geography Italian manufacturing has always been the flagship of the national economy and continues to be one of the essential pillars of the country's growth. The Industry 2025 Report, developed by the Confindustria Research Center, stems from the need to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date, and comparable overview of the transformations that have affected industry over the last decade, in a context marked by economic, health, and geopolitical shocks. At the heart of the analysis is the crucial issue of competitiveness: the Report examines in depth the strengths...

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