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. 655/2027) by which the Veneto Regional Administrative Court (so called “TAR”) found in favour of the petition submitted by our firm, representing Italgas Reti S.p.A., and cancelled the ATEM Venezia 1 Natural Gas Supply District tender documents.