FOREIGN INVESTORS ITALY

Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash On April 10, 2019, the Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union entered into force. It will become applicable from October 11, 2020. The Regulation was approved also considering that the major trading partners of the European Union already developed frameworks for the screening of foreign Read more [...]

On May, 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) clarified that EU national legislations cannot prevent lawyers registered as lawyers with the relevant authority of their home Member State to register in the host Member State in order to practice there under their home-country professional title but the practice of law must be in accordance with the rules of professional conduct of the hot state. In Case C-431/17, Monachos Eirinaios / Dikigorikos Syllogos Athinon, Monachos Eirinaios, the applicant Read more [...]

On October 24, 2018, the Italian Antitrust Authority (Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato “AGCM”) found that Apple and Samsung infringed the Italian Consumer Code. In particular, according to the AGCM the two companies released firmware updates of mobile phones that have caused serious malfunctions and significantly reduced performance, thereby accelerating the process of replacing them. The AGCM fined the companies the highest amount, taking into account the seriousness of the conduct Read more [...]

In October 2018, the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) made available a report containing useful information on bilateral investments between USA and Italy. The new data concern the months from January to August. The good news is that US-Italy trade continued its positive trend, increasing 17.6% compared to the same period of the previous year. Italy kept its 10th place among U.S. commercial partners. The first months of 2018 kept up the growing trend registered in 2017 for the following categories Read more [...]

In April 2018, the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) made available a report containing useful information on bilateral investments between USA and Italy. The good news is that US-Italy trade marked a positive trend in 2018, increasing 14.5% compared to the same period of the previous year. Italy confirmed its 2.1% market share and kept its 10th place among the countries exporting to the United States. The growing trend registered in 2017 continued in the first months of 2018 for the following Read more [...]