Professor Stefano Zunarelli, organized a lectio magistralis which was held at the University of Bologna on 15 June 2015 by Prof. Nicholas Gaskell, Professor of Maritime and Commercial Law – Marine and Shipping Law Unit (MASLU) -TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland – Australia. The lectio magistralis, entitled “The electronic bill of…
Stefano Zunarelli was invited to speak at the “VI Congreso Internacional de Trasporte”, entitled “La eficiencia del transporte como objetivo de la actuación de los poderes públicos: liberalización y responsabilidad”, held in Castellón de la Plana on 12, 13 and 14 May. In the past several years the congress has become an important opportunity for…
The Russian consultants centre “Navigator”, in collaboration with the Russia Desk of the Firm, is organizing a trade mission to Yerevan in Armenia from 11 to 13 August 2015. The mission, arranged with the support of the Armenian authorities, is particularly intended for small and medium-sized enterprises operating in the fields of advanced technology, pharmaceutical…
The Russian agency for the support of small and medium-sized enterprises (АО РАПМСБ) is organizing, in collaboration with the Russia Desk of the Firm, bilateral meetings between Russian and Italian companies on 25 and 26 June in Milan. The purpose of the initiative is to allow Russian entrepreneurs to identify Italian customers, suppliers and partners…
As anticipated in the previous editions, an Italian company that intends to enter the market of the UAE, but does not have a permanent establishment in the area, may consider two forms of indirect investment: 1) signing contracts of sale or supply; 2) signing agency, distribution and franchising contracts. In general terms, the sale and…
A tourist port, represented by Alberto Pasino and Federica Fantuzzi before a Provincial Tax Court, obtained the suspension of the enforceability of the Territorial Agency’s measures which had modified the cadastral income of piers, docks, floating docks and berths owned by the Tourist Port, classifying them in category D8. Among the arguments in its application,…
On 19 May 2015, the European Commission announced it was initiating an infringement procedure against Germany, by sending a letter of formal notice regarding the application of the Minimum Wage Act to the transport sector. Here are the three phases which have already occurred, and the fourth one yet to come. It all began at…
As recently reported on the news , the issue of posted drivers within the EU continues to provoke heated controversy and to give rise to the concerns and protests of those operators who are exposed to the consequences of the violation and the elusive application of the rules governing this institution. Given the undeniable importance…
Eagerly awaited and resulting from a lengthy debate at Parliament, the Law on quick divorce impacts the procedural rules of separation and divorce, modifying the time required for the filing of the divorce application by separated couples. On 26 May 2015, Law 6 May 2015, n. 55, the so-called Law on “quick divorce”, entered into…
Following the by now well-known ruling of the Court of Justice (see our October 2014 Newsletter ), the minimum safety costs system, as laid down by Article 83bis paragraph 8, of Decree-Law 25 June 2008, n. 112, was expected to be further assessed by the Constitutional Court. On 13 May 2015, the Constitutional Court filed Decision…