Three types of reforms are envisaged: horizontal reforms, enabling reforms and sectoral reforms.
Reforms
The horizontal reforms are cross to all the Missions of the Plan, improving the equity, efficiency, competitiveness and economic climate of the country.

Justice
The Italian judicial process is often slow, obscuring the real value of justice. A fast and high-quality legal system drives competition: in fact, there is a close correlation between justice and economics. The country’s economic recovery is therefore conditional on the approval of effective reforms and investments. For this reason, the goal of all of the reforms in this sector is the reduction in the length of legal proceedings.

Public Administration
Generational turnover in PA (Public Administration) has been slow and partial in the last decade. In addition to this, PA must manage a series of structured and complex regulations and procedures which have become embedded and contradictory and which impact negatively on the growth potential of public and private investment. The reform therefore seeks to simplify organisational procedures in order to provide public goods and services tailored to the needs of citizens and businesses.
The enabling reforms are actions to guarantee the implementation of the Plan and to improve competitiveness.

The annual law for the market and competition.
Established in the national legal system since 2009, the annual law for the market and competition was adopted only in 2017. It is essential to ensure an annual frequency because it is essential to review the state of legislation and verify whether regulatory constraints remain on the competitiveness and functioning of the markets.

Simplification and rationalisation of environmental regulations
There is a need for a profound simplification of the rules on environment-related procedures and of the provisions on environmental impact assessments ("EIA"). The current rules envisage lengthy procedures and hinder the implementation of actions, not to forget the regulatory and procedural complication of public procurement contracts in many cases. The EIA is essential for the construction of public works and for private investments.

Simplification of public contracts
The simplification of the rules on public tenders and concessions is essential for the efficient building of infrastructure and for relaunching construction activity, essential aspects for post-pandemic recovery. This simplification must concern not only the awarding phase, but also planning, scheduling and design phases.

Improvement of the effectiveness and quality of regulation
Various measures are introduced to improve the effectiveness and quality of regulation , including: planning of government regulatory initiatives for an adequate investigation of actions; analysis and verification of the impact of regulation; greater clarity and accessibility as to standardisation; evaluation of regulatory experimentation initiatives and monitoring of the procedures for adoption by the Government of the implementing measures.

Fiscal federalism
The implementation process for fiscal federalism is gradual both as to the amount of resources and as to the process of defining needs and goals. As for municipalities, the process has already been underway since 2015 for the distribution of the municipal solidarity fund. Similarly, the distribution of resources for provinces and metropolitan cities will take place on the basis of the criteria of standard needs and fiscal capacity.

Reduction of the tax gap
The goal of the reform is to exploit new technologies and data analysis tools to carry out targeted checks on taxpayers and reduce the tax gap. In addition, the reform also envisages strengthening existing structures and creating new ones to implement the proposals for the revision of expenditure, implement “gender budgeting” and strengthen the elements of the public budget that influence environmental policies.

Enhancement of structures for administrative and regulatory simplification
Administrative and regulatory simplification requires a systematic commitment, which goes well beyond the time frames and content of the NRRP. In the past there have been sporadic simplifications, linked to contingent needs, but the time has come to devote continuous and specific attention to the goal.

Single accrual system of balance sheet and financial accounting
The aim of the reform is to implement a single accounting system for the public sector, based on the accrual principle, a key support tool for activities to increase the value of public assets, through a new governance model that reduces the discordances between the different accounting systems.

Reduction in payment times
With regard to the payment times of the Public Administration, national legislation requires terms of 30 or 60 days as set out by Directive 2011/7/EU, to which Public Administrations must adhere. In recent years, Italy has initiated numerous regulatory, administrative and structural actions to facilitate the reduction of payment times of trade payables, actions that have reduced average lateness.

Enhance expenditure review and evaluation measures
It is planned to strengthen the provisions of national legislation - under Art. 22-bis of the Law No. 196 of 31 December 2009 - which provides for an integrated process as part of economic-financial planning and of the process of preparing the annual and multi-year budget. The strengthening of the role of the Ministry of Economy and Finance is envisaged through existing structures and with the implementation of new specifically dedicated structures.

"Recovery Procurement Platform" - Digitalisation and strengthening of the administrative capacity of commissioning authorities
The reform aims to modernise the national public procurement system to support development policies, through digitalisation and by strengthening the administrative capacity of commissioning authorities.

Repeal and revision of rules that fuel corruption
Corruption can find nourishment in the excess and complication of laws. Therefore, regulatory simplification is an effective remedy to avoid the multiplication of corruption phenomena. In particular, there are some laws that may stimulate corruption more than others: It is therefore necessary to identify some of these laws as a matter of priority and to repeal or revise them.

Simplification of the rules on investments and interventions in Southern Italy.
The review of the rules on investments and actions in Southern Italy is essential to support the recovery and growth of Italy and contributes significantly to the achievement of social and territorial cohesion.

Simplifications in the field of building and urban planning and interventions for urban regeneration.
The implementation of the superbonus has encountered many obstacles related to the need to certify particularly complex building compliance for older buildings, as reported by ANCI, the network of technical professions and business associations (with waits of up to six months for access to building archives). The necessary measures to simplify procedures will be adopted with an emergency order.
Documents to download
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