(Finance) – From the bridge over the strait to expensive flights, from the increase in taxi licenses, to the fight against the blue crab, up to the provisions on justice with the extension of wiretapping and more severe penalties for arsonists. But also 8 per thousand for drug addiction recovery, and farewell to Covid self-isolation. In summary, these are the measures contained in the two omnibus decrees approved this evening by the government in a Council of Ministers that lasted about three hours.
Taxis – The legislative decree aims to increase the licenses of large cities by up to 20% through an international competition which compulsorily provides for the use of non-polluting vehicles. Municipalities will also be able to issue, on an experimental basis, additional licenses for a maximum of 24 months in favor of already holders.
Dear flights – Stop algorithms that raise prices for domestic routes to and from the islands during a period of peak demand and if the ticket sale price is 200% higher than the average flight fare. It is forbidden to fix rates based on web profiling or the device model used.
golden power – The special powers are strengthened to monitor the transfer abroad of particularly critical technology, even when it occurs intra-group. The exercise occurs when the acts and operations concern artificial intelligence, machinery for the production of semiconductors, cybersecurity, aerospace, energy storage, quantum and nuclear technologies.
Withdrawal of extra profits on bank balance sheets 2022 and 2023 – The tax on bank extra profits will apply to the 2022 and 2023 financial statements. The 40% levy will be triggered if the interest margin recorded in 2022 “exceeds the value for the 2021 financial year by at least 3%”. Percentage which rises to 6% when comparing 2023 with 2022. This is what the rule approved in the CDM and included in the asset decree provides.
Strait Bridge – Article 15 provides that the concessionary company is not subject to a limit of 240 thousand euros on the maximum fees for directors and employees.
Semiconductors – A 630 million tax credit arrives for companies that invest in research and development in chips. The government will also be able to declare “the pre-eminent strategic national interest” of foreign investments exceeding one billion euros. An extraordinary commissioner may be appointed and a single authorization will suffice.
Dear materials – Against the increase in costs, additional resources of over one billion are foreseen, covered by the Fund for the continuation of public works.
Alitalia – The cigs for the workers of the old Alitalia is extended until 31 October 2024 but the shock absorbers are also modified with the ceiling on the increase in economic treatment which goes from 80% to 60%.
Tourism in Sicily – A Fund of 10 million will be allocated to travelers and tour operators for the reimbursement of costs incurred after the fire.
Foreign Investments – The government will be able to declare “the preeminent strategic national interest” and appoint an extraordinary commissioner responsible for their implementation, thus aiming to speed up the procedures for maxi-projects worth at least one billion euros.
blue crab – Against the spread of the killer crab, starting from 1 August 2023, the expenditure of 2.9 million euros is authorized in favor of consortia and aquaculture companies that take care of the capture and disposal of the species
Small towns – A fund has been set up by the Ministry of Transport for road investments with a budget of 50 million between now and 2025. These are resources intended for municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants. The total contribution granted to each municipality can be a maximum of 150 thousand euros.
Wiretapping extension – The use of interceptions has been extended to some hypotheses of serious crime. The investigative tool can be applied in proceedings for crimes related to the illicit trafficking of waste, to cases aggravated by the mafia method, to kidnappings for extortion purposes and to terrorism.
Centralized archive – Introduced a centralized archive, interdistrict digital infrastructures, where the activities ordered by the individual prosecutors will be kept. The organization and surveillance of the listening activity will remain in the hands of the chief prosecutors, but “the Ministry of Justice ensures the setting up and maintenance of the infrastructures” and “with the exclusion of access to unencrypted data”.
Firecracker crackdown – The statutory minimum for those who cause the fire goes from four to six years. If the mother is culpable, the minimum penalty is two years’ imprisonment. It is increased “by one third to one half” if “the fact is committed in order to gain profit for oneself or for others or with abuse of powers or with violation of duties inherent in the execution of tasks or in the performance of services within the scope of the prevention and active fight against forest fires”.
8X1000 for drug addictions – From next year’s declarations it will be possible to allocate it to the “recovery of drug addictions and other pathological addictions”.
covid – The obligation of isolation for the positives is dropped. The indication for Regions and autonomous Provinces to communicate data on infections to the ministry and Iss on a daily basis also ceases.
Skip the rule on raising 5G limits – Thanks to the intervention of environmentalists, the raising of the limits for 5G is skipped. The asset and investment law decree approved by the council of ministers does not provide for the rule that appeared in the draft of the provision circulated in recent days, a change requested for some time by telecommunications companies but which environmentalists had branded as “senseless”. In the first version of the provision it was envisaged that within one hundred and twenty days from the date of entry into force of the law converting the decree, the limits for cell phone repeaters were to be adjusted. No value was indicated with respect to the current limit of 6 volts per metre, but the most accredited hypothesis was of a possible increase to 24 volts per metre. Therefore, the Italian legislation remains in force with the framework law 36 of 2001 and the Dpcm of 8 July 2003 which set a maximum limit of 6 v/m.