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Tax petitions cannot be served via certified e-mail

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In May 2013, “il Sole 24 Ore”, the official house-organ of the Italian Confindustria, daily bible of Italian merchantmen and professional consultants, made a survey to find out how the compulsory certified e-mail system worked. It should be noted that the Certified Mail (in Italian “PEC – Posta Elettronica Certificata”) is compulsory in Italy for some entities: as of L. 221/2012 that converted Decree 179/2012 for all companies and professionals, and as of Legislative Decree 82/2005 for public bodies and administrations. This excellent contribution, by Antonio Iorio, can be read here.

It turned out (not?) surprisingly that while the Tax offices have no problem whatsoever in serving their communications via PEC (including notification of decisions, scheduling of hearings and so on), they mainly do not accept to be notified with the same medium. The situation, by the way, has not changed since May (thus I can easily quote it here today).

In other words, the taxpayer receives tax notifications from a distant future, but he’s only allowed to respond with a nineteenth century instrument. Like being attacked by Mars and fighting back with a 1886 Winchester rifle… It does look like a Steampunk nightmare!

 

The Actor’s hands

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“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players”. Can we counter-argument to the Swan of the Avon? definitely not. Therefore, let’s learn from the good players how to make our hour upon the stage.
Have a look at the theatrical gestures of most-lamented Italian actor Vittorio Gassman (photos recently found, and published by “La Repubblica). How many marketeers could claim to be more expressive and effective, without saying a word? How many lawyers would give five years of life to become capable of convincing, influencing, communicating their cases without depending on their speech only?

EU Commission publishes decisions on EURIBOR and LIBOR derivatives cartel agreements

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The here-linked article, posted by Claudio Lombardi, is published on the “Osservatorio permanente sull’applicazione delle regole di concorrenza” (Antitrust Enforcement observatory).

The EU Commission has fined eight major International Banks for taking part in a cartel agreement in connection to derivatives’ markets  in the European Economic Area. The overall fine amounts to 1,71 billion Euro.

The decisions are attached to the Article.

 

ITL – International Trade Law – a reason to blog

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Hello World!

The blog starting today has a clear manifesto: sharing thoughts and (hopefully) useful tips in matter of International trade law, with a focus on technology and the Internet. Is this a novelty on the web? Yes, of course, nothing of this kind has ever been made before and, No, of course, there is plenty of information about new tech and the law around the web.

So why on earth should you read this specific legal blog? For the same reason why I write it: contributing to the Zeitgeist, sharing thoughts with potential readers (…an entire world of potential readers… amazing and ghastly) and collecting the tiles to compose new legal solutions.

The blog will be centered on Italy, admittedly. This is quite self-explanatory, since I am an Italian lawyer; I will endeavour to keep it in English, but many contributions you’ll find here around will be in Italian or French of, rarely, German.

Now let’s start.

Thanks

Ivan

Italy enacts Directive 2011/83/EU on consumer rights

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Italy enacts Directive 2011/83/EU on consumer rights (beating the term 13 december- by a whisker). Several changes will affect distance contracts (e.e. via web or telephone); among the most significant: 14 days for withdrawal from the contract (in favour of the consumer), enhanced information duties for the seller. The directive (english version) can be read here.

The original link to the news is –> here; the Italian version –>here