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The European Commission has adopted a legislative proposal to make instant payments in euros available to all citizens and businesses with a bank account in the EU and the EEA countries. The proposal aims to ensure that euro instant payments are accessible, secure and processed unhindered throughout the EU. Instant [...]

The European Commission has approved an Italian scheme of 500 million euros in order to help the enterprises of the marine transport to acquire clean, zero-emission ships and to modernise the more polluting ships. The scheme notified by Italy has a 500 million euros budget and will be financed through [...]

The European Commission paid Italy the second instalment of 21 billion euros yesterday, 8 November, for the achievement of the 45 goals and objectives set by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. The payment of this instalment, which follows the pre-financing of over 24 billion occurred in August 2021 and [...]

The first nine months of 2022 have been positive for companies in the industry and services sector. According to the results of the Economic Survey on Industrial Enterprises and Services, published by the Bank of Italy, companies with at least 20 employees show an increase in turnover until September 2022, [...]

The European Commission greenlights the program of the European Fund for the marine affairs, the fishing and the aquaculture for Italy, which has adopted the 987.8 million euros worth document; 518.2 million of which will arrive under the form of contributions from the EU. About half of the funds allocated [...]

Yesterday, 1st November 2022, the EU law on digital markets came into force. The new regulation puts an end to the unfair practices of companies operating as "gatekeepers" in the economy of online platforms. The law on digital markets defines situations where a large online platform is a "gatekeeper". These [...]

On November 4, in the framework of the Tourism Innovation Summit in Seville, the European Data Space for Tourism (DATES) initiative was officially launched, aimed at the development of the first "data space" of tourism in Europe. The project is funded by the European Commission through the Digital Europe Programme, [...]

Stop persistent organic pollutants. With the approval by Parliament of the Law of 12 July 2022, Italy has ratified its accession to the Stockholm Convention, thereby committing itself to minimising emissions into the atmosphere of persistent organic pollutants (Pops), intentional and unintentional, and their releases into water and soil, through [...]

The European Commission has approved an Italian aid measure of 35 million euros in support of businesses providing commercial bus transport services. The measure is intended to alleviate the liquidity needs faced by these companies due to the current geopolitical crisis and the consequent increase in the prices of natural [...]

First green light of the European Commission to Italy’s second request for payment of 21 billion euros (10 billions of subsidies and 11 billion of loans, net of pre-financings), as part of the device for the recovery and the resilience (RRF), a key tool of the Next Generation Eu programme, [...]