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Italian Revenue Agency Clarifies Customs and VAT Fulfillments Post-Brexit for Pleasure Yachts

The Italian Revenue Agency – Agenzia delle Entrate (“AE”) was recently asked to clarify the customs and VAT obligations to be fulfilled by a British-flagged yacht sailing in Italian territorial waters after the United Kingdom became a non-EU state on 1 January 2021 following the so-called Brexit. In its “Risposta” No 26 of 2022, the […]

The Authority’s New Cookie Guidelines are Effective on January 10, 2022

The operational indications contained in the new guidelines on cookies and other tracking tools adopted by the Authority to protect personal data with the provision of June 10, 2021 have become operative from January 10, 2022. The primary purpose of the document is to make a reconnaissance of the legal framework of reference, also specifying […]

Judgment Summary: Joint Liability of Credit Institute and Company Directors in the Event of Failure to Verify Creditworthiness.

By judgment no. 3308/2021 issued on 10 August 2021, the Court of Palermo has addressed particularly interesting legal issues, related to the trustee’s capacity to bring an action against the bank and to the illegal granting of credit by the bank, in the event that a company fails to meet the minimum essential requirements for […]

IVASS: Clarifications Regarding the Regulations on Insurance Distribution

On December 23, 2021, IVASS published the new FAQ regarding insurance distribution, in view of a revision of the regulations on the subject. Below are the main points of the questions and clarifications provided by the Authority: Obligation to register in case of activities carried out partially by means of distance communication The registration obligation […]

Superyacht’s Confiscation for Disproportionality and the Relevant Decision of the Italian Court of Cassation

On January 8, 2021, the luxury yacht “Blanca” of fifty meters length, flying the British flag, built-in 2008 by Baglietto Shipyard, was confiscated by the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) off the coast of Genoa, Italy. The owner of the yacht, a well-known Italian entrepreneur and owner of a concrete manufacturing company and of […]

No Exemption From Payment Of Excise Duty On Fuel For Yacht Charter

On 16 September 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union has decided on case no. C-341/20. With this, the EU Court has stated the infringement of Article 14, paragraph 1, letter c) of the Directive no. 2003/96/EC restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity by the Italian State. […]

Privacy-Proof Passwords: The Authority’s Suggestions

Last October, the Authority for the Protection of Personal Data published a vademecum containing some suggestions for creating and managing passwords to prevent data breaches, which are becoming increasingly frequent. First of all, with particular reference to the creation of passwords, the Authority clarifies that a good password, to be defined as ‘strong’, must be […]

New IVASS’s Rules About the Admission to the Experimentation’s Projects Named “Sandbox”

On November, 4th 2021, IVASS issued Regulation no. 49 laying down the procedures to adopt the measures envisaged by the Decree of the Ministry of Economy and Finance no. 100/2021 implementing the Legal Decree 30 April 2019, n. 34 (so-called “Decreto Crescita”) establishing the conditions and the modalities how to conduct the trial in the […]

The European Parliament Opposes Video Surveillance and Biometric Recognition

With 377 votes in favour, 248 against, and 62 abstentions, the European Parliament passed a resolution on 6 October 2021 calling on the European Commission to establish a permanent ban on biometric video surveillance in public. In particular, the Parliament requested the Commission to put all necessary tools to prevent any processing of biometric data, […]