With the formal exchange of the Government’s approvals, eventually the international treaty to avoid double taxation is in force between the two countries. Such new treaty substitute the previous international agreement executed in 1977 – with signing in Bucarest, subsequently ratified in Italy with the Law no. 680 – 18th October, 1978.
Nelle prossime settimane partirà in Parlamento la discussione sulla Legge di Stabilità 2018, di cui è stata resa
During the next weeks the Italian Parliament will start to discuss the Stability Law for 2018, for which a first draft, containing a few interesting points regarding labour issues, has already been published.
The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) established between the European Union and Canada provisionally became Law on 21st September. This agreement provides a significant reduction in customs duties between the two trading areas and improves the access for companies in these two areas.
In a legal dispute between a German company and its distributor, the Advocat General Mr. Whal at the EU Court of Justice stated that the sale of luxury goods can be reserved to a selective distribution without breaching the EU competition rules.
Amongst the rights of shareholders, who represent at least one-third of the share capital, there is that of submitting certain arguments directly to the shareholders (ex Art. 2479, paragraph 1, Italian Civil Code), as well as the right to convene also the meeting to discuss those same arguments.
Tonucci & Partners, secondo il Legalcommunity – Labour Report 2017, viene riconosciuto come primario studio legale di consolidata
Within the recent legislative reform of the Italian Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code [“Reati, torna il concordato in appello” – Il sole 24 ore del 3 luglio 2017 ] the former legal mean known as “plea bargaining in Appeal” has been reintroduced with the new article 599 bis of the criminal procedure code as “agreement on the grounds of Appeal”.
The European patents for plants or animals, which have been obtained exclusively by a basically biological process, shall not be granted.
With the judgment n. 17723 dated 18th July, 2017, the Supreme Court of Cassation addressed the matter of the employer’s so called “defensive controls” carried out by private investigators, that proved to be legitimate in the Court’s opinion. The Judges established that following the employee for an extended period does not violate neither the privacy regulation nor the labor law.
With the judgment n. 18619 dated 27th July 2017, the Supreme Court of Cassation addressed the matter of a database transfer containing personal data without the provision of adequate information to and the consent by the data subjects. The Court has therefore confirmed that the aggravating set forth by art. 164 bis of the Legislative Decree n. 196/2003 is applicable notwithstanding the actual usage of the data acquired.
Prof. Francesco Saverio Giusti, former General Counsel of leading banks and finance institutions, makes his entrance as partner
