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In its sentences no. 7563 and no. 7774, issued on 11 and 17 June 2019 respectively, Section III of the Lazio Regional Administrative Court ruled in favour, on the basis of the arguments submitted by Todarello & Partners, of the procedure implemented by Snam Rete Gas, in a case involving important topics regarding the role

In its sentence no. 2202 of 3 April 2019, Section V of the Italian Council of State established important principles in the area of tenders for the award of natural gas distribution services, dealing with absolutely new topics. The Court rejected the appeal lodged by the City of Venice and therefore confirmed the ruling (no.

With the recent Judgment no. 94/2015, Tar Milano upheld an appeal for compensation for damages caused by the delayed conclusion of the administrative procedure which the Court was called to consider. To read the entire article download the PDF file.

With the decision of 7 May 2013, the Administrative Court of Lazio – Rome, annulled the decision of the Antitrust Authority (AGCM) “Municipality of Casalmaggiore – tender for the award of Gas Distribution Services”, with which the Authority had fined Linea Distribuzione (“LD”) and 2iGas (at the time E. On Rete), as well as their

On 30 April 2013 consultations were closed on the new regulation issued by Consob on “equity capital raising by innovative start-ups through online portals” (the “Regulation”), the so-called “crowdfunding”. Italy shall be the first European country to establish an ad hoc regulation on this matter. To read the entire article download the PDF file.

Over the last two years three different systems of regulation of the so-called Conto Energia have been implemented. In particular, DM 6 August 2010 (Third Conto Energia), DM 5 May 2011 (Fourth Conto Energia) and, more recently, DM 5 July 2012 (Fifth Conto Energia). The newer regulation has always “shortened” the period of applicability of

As is known, law n. 228/2012 – legge di stabilità 2013 – introduced a further extension of the incentives of the Fourth Conto Energia with regard to photovoltaic systems on public buildings or areas belonging to the public administration. To read the entire article download the PDF file.

Two recent, interesting rulings have taken place on the issue of finality of the period fixed by law (currently 90 days, following the amendment of Article 12 of Legislative Decree no. 387 of 2003 by L. 244 of 2007 – the original term was 180 days) for the conclusion of the authorization procedure for installations

A new ruling – this time from the Consiglio di Stato, the highest administrative Court (hereinafter, the “CdS”) – has established the unlawfulness of set quotas for the production of electricity from renewable sources. To read the entire article download the PDF file.

After many delays, Ministerial Decree 5 July 2012 – pertaining to the new regulations for the Feed-In Tariff (FiT) system for photovoltaic (PV) plants (the so-called “quinto Conto Energia”) – was published in the Official Gazette no. 159 of 10 July 2012. To read the entire article download the PDF file.