Andrea Piras of the Russia Desk of Zunarelli was invited to participate as an observer, to the business mission organized by the Agency for Development of Small and Medium-sized enterprises of the Russian Federation (www.siora.ru), with the support of the Russian diplomatic delegation in Catania, which was held from 8 to 12 December 2014. During…
In recent weeks the administrative courts of some Italian regions have been called to decide on the following question: whether a regional law that adversely affects regional councillors’ entitlement to life annuity is legitimate, or whether the annuity falls under the so-called “acquired rights”. By means of a regional law (as allowed by Legislative Decree…
At the last meeting of 2014, the President of the Propeller Club, Fabrizio Zerbini, described a positive record for the club’s activities in 2014, and Francesco Parisi was awarded the “Golden Propeller”. At the National Assembly recently held in Monfalcone, Zerbini was appointed national vice president of the club, Alberto Pasino (vice president in Trieste)…
On 29 November 2014, President Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law FZ-379/2014, which made Crimea, and the city of Sevastopol -which have recently become federal subjects of the Russian Federation- free economic zones for the next twenty five years. Those areas will be added to the other sixteen existing special economic zones throughout the Russian Federation,…
The Gulf Standard GSO 9/2007 is the current legislation regulating the labeling of food commodities in the UAE. According to the current regulatory framework, there are no restrictions on imports of food, except for some specific restrictions that apply mainly to products such as pork and alcohol (which can be imported only by authorized distributors)….
The National People’s Congress, the Chinese supreme legislative body, announced that as of next March 1st three new Free Trade Zones (FTZ) will be established in China. The decision was taken in light of the huge success that the China (Shanghai) Pilot FTZ, established in September 2013, has had in terms of a wider opening…
With the entry into force of the “Balduzzi” law (n. 189/2012), the legislator had intended to intervene in an area, the health sector, which is strongly characterized by the excessive exposure of the medical staff to criminal and civil liability. The law was aimed at two main objectives: – limiting the liability of individual physicians…
The Firm has represented a major transport company in Bologna in delicate legal proceedings concerning public procurements, which ended with the granting of the appeal brought before the Council of State (decision n. 6349 of 22 December 2014). In the specific case, as a result of a procurement procedure based on the most economically advantageous…
The 2015 Stability Law introduced a number of major changes to the legal framework of road haulage on behalf of third parties. This is a new package of rules, the introduction of which was announced in mid November by the Italian Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Maurizio Lupi. This reform is once more dividing the…