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05 December 2025

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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

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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...

05 December 2025

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

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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...

15 November 2025

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EU, Export Control, Update of the Dual-Use Control List

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With Commission Delegated Regulation No. 2025/2003 of 8 September 2025, published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 14 November 2025, the list of dual-use items and technologies (EU Dual-Use Control List) falling within the scope of the Union regime for the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit, and transfer of dual-use items, established by Regulation (EU) No. 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 (the so-called Dual-Use Regulation), was updated annually. The European Commission has updated the list of dual-use goods as delegated by Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No. 2021/821...

15 November 2025

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Italian Industry, Export, Brand Italy, 2025 Report

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Quality Made in Italy: a € 170 Billion Lever Quality Italian exports, defined as "Beautiful and Well Made" (BBF), exceed € 170 billion and remain a strategic lever for the country's growth, according to the 13th report by the Confindustria Research Center. The study, presented at São Paulo Fashion Week and conducted in collaboration with SACE and with the support of ANFAO, Confindustria Accessori Moda, Confindustria Moda, Confindustria Nautica, Federalimentare, and FederlegnoArredo, highlights an additional € 27.6 billion in export potential and defines Latin America as the new trade frontier, driven by the EU-Mercosur agreement and an average annual growth of...

20 October 2025

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Contracts, Leased Land, Construction Works, Taxes, Supreme Court of Cassation, Fifth Civil Section, Interlocutory Ordinace No. 26166 of September 25, 2025

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Leased Land - Construction by the Lessee of Unauthorized Works Without the Owner's Consent - Subsequent Activation by the Owner to Restore the Status Quo Ante - Property Tax (ICI) - Owner's Subjection - Question of Constitutional Legitimacy. Outcome in Brief The Tax Section raised a question of constitutional legitimacy, with reference to Articles 3, paragraph 1, 42, paragraph 2, and 53, paragraph 1, of the Constitution, and Article 1, paragraph 2, of Legislative Decree No. 504 of 1992, insofar as it does not exclude the liability to ICI of the owner (or holder of other real rights of enjoyment) of land...

20 October 2025

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Administrative, AGCM, Unfair Commercial Practices, Assessment Discretion, State Council, Section VI, Ruling No. 6631 of July 25, 2025

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Legislative Decree No. 206 of September 6, 2005, Consumer Code On the AGCM's discretion in assessing the suitability of commitments undertaken by a company to cease unfair conduct Independent authorities – Italian Competition Authority – Unfair Commercial Practices – Commitments undertaken by the company – Assessment of suitability – Discretion Pursuant to Article 27, paragraph 7, of Legislative Decree No. 206 of 2005, the Competition and Market Authority enjoys broad discretion in accepting or rejecting offers of commitment to cease unfair conduct by entities that are the subject of infringement proceedings. This discretion is expressed in two ways: i) both in determining whether the...

15 September 2025

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Financial, Italians’ Investments More Diversified, ABI

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Need to Build a Savings and Investments Union in Europe ABI's new analysis of household wealth highlights a further strength of Italian households: greater financial diversification, with a more diverse composition than the eurozone average. The financial market component (listed shares, mutual funds, debt securities, insurance, and pension funds) represents 21.3% of Italian households' total wealth, compared to the eurozone average of 19.4% (Germany 21.2%, France 18.0%, Spain 11.2%). This is primarily due to the greater prevalence of mutual funds, which account for 6.9% in Italy versus 4.6% in the eurozone (Germany 5.8%, France 2.4%, Spain 5.4%). Another distinctive feature of Italian savings...

15 September 2025

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Financial, Financial Markets, Artificial Intelligence, Algorithm, Opportunities, Limits, and Risks, Consob

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Artificial Intelligence and Financial Market Supervision Welcome the algorithm, but as a "digital assistant" at the service of human assessment Opportunities, Limits, and Risks in a New Consob FinTech Notebook Artificial intelligence can provide a positive boost to financial market supervision, ensuring greater speed and efficiency in analysis. The use of AI systems, however, must remain subordinate to human assessment, ensuring full traceability and explainability of decision-making processes and results obtained, while respecting fundamental human rights, including the right to non-discrimination, defense, and access to documents. This, in a nutshell, is the conclusion reached in Consob's latest FinTech Notebook, Reflections on Artificial Intelligence and Supervisory...

14 July 2025

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Supply contract, Action for recovery of undue payments, Provincial surcharge on the excise duty on electricity, Payment by the consumer, by way of compensation, against the supplier, Supreme Court of Cassation, Third Civil Section, Judgment no. 16992 of 06/24/2025

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Constitutional illegitimacy of the art. 6, paragraph 1, letter. c), and 2, legislative decree n. 511 of 1988 The Third Civil Section, following the ruling of the Constitutional Court. n. 43 of 2025, enunciated the following principle of law: «With regard to the reimbursement of the provincial surcharge on the excise duty on electricity, the final consumer, who has paid the energy supplier, by way of compensation, this tax, subsequently declared to be in conflict with European Union law, can take action against the said supplier through the action for the recovery of objective undue payments pursuant to art. 2033 of the...

14 July 2025

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Production and administrative system in Italy, National Recovery and Resilience Plan, State of implementation

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High complexity of the PNRR Projects in execution and projects under contract Assonime presents the half-yearly summary of the implementation status of the PNRR, with an analysis carried out in light of the publication, in April 2025, of the latest data update on the Italia Domani website. Although the PNRR resources transferred to Italy have now reached €140 billion (72% of the total), the spending is progressing with difficulty: only 34% of the resources have been used, with strong differences between the missions. This situation requires significant effort from all involved. It is plausible that the measures adopted by the Government last December to speed up the transfer of resources...