Tax-free petrol vouchers up to 200 euros
Up to 200 euros of tax-free petrol vouchers for 2022. In particular, the draft decree provides that “the amount of the value of petrol vouchers or similar securities sold free of charge by private companies to employees for the purchase of fuel, in the limit of € 200 per worker does not contribute to the formation of income “.
For road haulage, I cut tolls by 20 million
For the Marebonus, the expenditure of a further 19.5 million euros is authorized for the year 2022 and for the Ferrobonus of a further 19 million euros. The road transport package would include a reduction in tolls for an additional 20 million in 2022, an exemption from the payment of contributions for the functioning of the Transport Regulatory Authority (for 1.4 million euros this year) and establishment of a fund to support the sector with resources to be quantified. Furthermore, the clause for adjusting the contracts to the cost of fuel and the indicative reference costs, updated quarterly by the ministry, to be made mandatory for unwritten contracts are introduced in the draft.
10 days to explain changes to Mr prices or fine
Sanctions from 500 to 5 thousand euros for companies if they do not reply, within ten days, to the Guarantor for the surveillance of prices who can request “data, news and specific elements on the reasons that led to the price changes”. This is a measure for transparency which, for the preliminary activities, analysis, evaluation and data processing, as well as support to the Guarantor for the surveillance of prices, creates a specific Mission Unit at the Mise. It is also stated that the holders of the contracts for the supply of gas volumes for the Italian market are required to transmit the contracts to Arera (the Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and the Environment) within 15 days from the date of entry into force of the decree. New contracts and changes must always be sent within 15 days. “The information transmitted – it is specified in the draft – is treated in compliance with the confidentiality requirements of commercially sensitive data”.
Diversify PA software use avoiding Russian ones
The draft of the decree arrived in the Council of Ministers also aims to “diversify the use” of information systems and IT services of public administrations so that “companies producing IT security technology products and services linked to the Russian Federation are unable to to provide services and updates to its products belonging to the categories identified, as a result of the crisis in Ukraine “.
Draghi: determined to cover 2% of GDP for military spending
For military spending, “there is a determination (to reach) 2% of GDP. When and how to do it is all to be discussed but it is clear that even on this front, the answer can only be European “. This is what Prime Minister Mario Draghi assured in the press conference after the executive meeting. “Investments are significant for all countries, Italy is in the middle but they are unthinkable costs if they were to burden only the national budgets. But the greatest effort to create a European defense is coordination. The European Union spends 2 or 3 times what Russia spends on military expenditures, yet no one has the impression that the EU has enough strength to be able to counter important enemies. Evidently there is a coordination problem that runs through the entire defense chain ».