| Italy: Integrity Scorecard Report > Sub-Category: Business Licensing and Regulation | ||
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| 67 | Are business licenses available to all citizens? | 100 |
| 68 | Are there transparent business regulatory requirements for basic health, environmental, and safety standards? | 100 |
| 69 | Does government effectively enforce basic health, environmental, and safety standards on businesses? | 100 |
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| 67 | Are business licenses available to all citizens? | |||||||
| 67a: In law, anyone may apply for a business license. | ||||||||
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Comments: In general, private economic initiative is free.The excercise of an business activity is subject to registration at the Chamber of Commerce. Registration entails legal publicity and defines the existence of a business, its activity, as well as the juridically relevant events taking place during the companys life. On registration, the Chamber of Commerce relevant office, in conjunction with the Ministry of Finance, assigns a registration number to each business corresponding to the Company Tax Code. Moreover, business operation also requires certificates, authorizations or licenses, as well as a Business Start-Up statement. References: Art. 41 of Constitution: Art. 41: Private economic initiative is free. It cannot be conducted in conflict with public will or in such manner that could damage safety, liberty, and human dignity. The law determines appropriate planning and controls so that public and private economic activity is given direction and coordinated to social objectives.
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| 67b: In law, a complaint mechanism exists if a business license request is denied. | ||||||||
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Comments: References: Art. 113 of the Constitution Art. 113: Against acts of the public administration the judicial safeguarding of rights and legitimate interests before the organs of ordinary or administrative justice is always permitted. Such judicial protection may not be excluded or limited in particular kinds of appeal or for particular categories of acts.
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| 67c: In practice, citizens can obtain any necessary business license (i.e. for a small import business) within a reasonable time period. | ||||||||
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Comments: References: Article by Maurizio Pirazzini: Nuove imprese, visto più veloce [ LINK ]
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| 67d: In practice, citizens can obtain any necessary business license (i.e. for a small import business) at a reasonable cost. | ||||||||
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Comments: Most of business activities don't require a license, and the costs for starting a business are affordable by an enterpreneur. References: Article by Maurizio Pirazzini: Nuove imprese, visto più veloce [ LINK ]
Peer Review Comments: There are exceptions. Last year, with a new set of tax laws designed to bring liberalization (a decree known as Pacchetto Bersani) came harsh complaints from taxi drivers about it. In fact, taxi drivers contrasted application of the new laws in their sector, recalling they previously had to pay about 200.000 euro (US$289) to obtain a business license.
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| 68 | Are there transparent business regulatory requirements for basic health, environmental, and safety standards? | |||||||
| 68a: In law, basic business regulatory requirements for meeting public health standards are transparent and publicly available. | ||||||||
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Comments: The framework is quite complicated, though laws and local regulations are public and transparent. References: There are a number of laws regarding public health standrds, at European, national and local level, also depending on the sector of activities.
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| 68b: In law, basic business regulatory requirements for meeting public environmental standards are transparent and publicly available. | ||||||||
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Comments: The framework is quite complicated, though laws and local regulations are public and transparent. References: There are a number of laws and local norms regulating the environmental standards for business activities, also depending on the sector of activity.
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| 68c: In law, basic business regulatory requirements for meeting public safety standards are transparent and publicly available. | ||||||||
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Comments: References: There are a number of laws and regulations on public safety standards (regarding fire, exits, spaces, materials, etc.), depending also on the sector of activity.
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| 69 | Does government effectively enforce basic health, environmental, and safety standards on businesses? | |||||||
| 69a: In practice, business inspections by government officials to ensure public health standards are being met are carried out in a uniform and even-handed manner. | ||||||||
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Comments: Carabinieri Police has a special direction named "Nucleo anti sofisticazioni", whose agents have sanitary inspection powers. References: see 2005 report of Carabinieri Police: [ LINK ] More than 66,000 controls
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| 69b: In practice, business inspections by government officials to ensure public environmental standards are being met are carried out in a uniform and even-handed manner. | ||||||||
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Comments: Carabinieri Police has a special direction named "Nucleo anti sofisticazioni", whose agents have sanitary inspection powers. References: See 2005 report of Carabinieri Police: [ LINK ] More than 66,000 controls
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| 69c: In practice, business inspections by government officials to ensure public safety standards are being met are carried out in a uniform and even-handed manner. | ||||||||
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Comments: Carabinieri Police has a special direction named "Nucleo anti sofisticazioni", whose agents have sanitary inspection powers. References: See 2005 report of Carabinieri Police: [ LINK ] More than 66,000 controls
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