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Exports of Italian companies are expected to grow for the next two years, mainly thanks to the boost of environmental goods and new technologies. According to the 2023 Export Report by SACE , carried out by processing Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics) and Oxford Economics data, 2023 will be [...]

To define a new model of industrial policies , thus accompanying Italian companies towards the modernisation of supply chains and technological changes . With this objective in mind, the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy and Invitalia signed a Memorandum of Understanding for analysis activities that are useful for [...]

The European Parliament and the Member States have reached the agreement on the European Commission’s proposal to update the EU directive on asbestos at work . This is an important step towards better protection of workers from the risks of exposure to asbestos. Asbestos is an extremely dangerous carcinogen that [...]

On 29 June, the EU regulation on zero deforestation supply chains came into force. With the new rules, companies exporting or placing on the EU market palm oil, cattle, soya, coffee, cocoa, wood and rubber or products derived from it such as beef, furniture or chocolate shall demonstrate that such [...]

The State-Regions Conference has approved the draft decree of the Minister of Agriculture and the Ministry of Economy and Finance on " Criteria and methods of implementation of the Fund for innovation in agriculture ". The Fund, established by the 2023 Budget Law, aims to encourage the development of projects [...]

The National Institute for Social Security (INPS), with the message 20 July 2023, n. 2729, summarises the indications for the cases of suspension or reduction of the working activity consequent to the high temperatures and the recourse to the treatment of wage integration with the causal " weather events " [...]

The new Industrial Property Code is now law. The Chamber of Deputies finally approved the draft law amending the Industrial Property Code , a reform that is part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, under the competence of the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy. The measure provides [...]

The European Commission has adopted an exceptional support package of 330 million euros to support agricultural businesses. Farmers in Italy , Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, and Sweden will have access to [...]

The Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy reopens Patents+, Designs+ and Trademarks+ , with a budget of 32 million euros, as provided by the Strategic Lines of action on industrial property for the three-year period, 2021-2023. Grants for SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) break down as follows: 20 million [...]

The tourist season got off with a slow start in Northwest Sardinia. According to an analysis of Federalberghi-Confcommercio province of Sassari, in June there was a decrease of more than 6% of the room occupancy rate, going from 68.89% in June 2022 to 62.23% in June 2023. The analysis is [...]