The landmark Italian ruling between Juventus F.C. and Blockeras s.r.l. at the end of last year, notably the first time a European court has deemed an NFT to be infringing IP rights, has been followed by another milestone European judgement in the field. Indeed, in a case between VEGAP and Punto FA, the Commercial Court […]
With sentence no. 4905 of 15 February 2022, the Supreme Court of Cassation addressed the issue of professional liability on the part of doctors in cases of slight negligence. The case examined by the judges of the Supreme Court refers to a child with Congenital Bilateral Hip Dysplasia for whom the doctor who issued the […]
With the recent resolution adopted on 11 May 2023, the European Parliament voted against the “Data Privacy Framework”, i.e. the new agreement intended to regulate the transfer of personal data between the European Union and the United States. Already, back on the 14th of February 2023 the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs […]
The Supreme Court of Cassation has pronounced a historic sentence marking a turning point in the question of attributing medical liability in cases where nosocomial infections have arisen. The decision refers to those infections that the patient allegedly contracts within the hospital or other healthcare facilities and establishes that they cannot fall within the objective […]
On 2 May 2023, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published the first version of a new “interactive” signposting tool for supervisory reporting. The new Tool comes in response to recent changes in the costs of supervisory reporting requirements based on the size of the institute, and has the aim of supporting banks in identifying and […]
Until 12 June 2023, the document on the “Instructions of the Bank of Italy, COVIP, IVASS and MEF for the exercise of enhanced controls on the work of authorized intermediaries to counter the financing of companies producing antipersonnel mines, cluster munitions and submunitions” is in joint public consultation. In compliance with law 220/2021 and in […]
Art. 44, paragraph 2, of Decree-Law 48/2023, published in the Official Gazette on 4 May 2023, provides for an increase in the TMR rate (and consequently the IVCA rate) to 0.6% as from the 2023 tax year. To date, it is unclear whether the new rate will apply immediately to the payment due on 30 […]
The change The Italian Legislative Decree n. 156/2022 amended article 301 of the TULD (Italian Consolidated Text of Custom Laws), allowing the possibility of equivalent value confiscation for the offence of smuggling when it is not possible to proceed with the direct confiscation of the product or the profit of the crime. The introduction of […]
On the 10th of May 2023, IVASS Provision No.131/2023 was published on the website of the Institute for the Supervision of Insurance. This document contains amendments and additions in the field of sustainable finance to the following four regulations in order to bring the Italian secondary legislation in line with the already directly applicable European […]
From a fiscal point of view, careful attention should be paid to VAT issues. When purchasing from an Italian shipyard, the general rule is that the price is subject to 22% VAT. However, there are some specific cases in which it is possible to take advantage of Legal non-taxable regimes . In particular: ■ In […]
