Here it is, finally, it statute for micro-small-medium enterprises. In fact, the Chamber has unanimously and definitively approved the law for the protection of the freedom of enterprise. “The company statute approved today is the first provision to be implemented concretely among those contained in the letter sent to Brussels”, is the immediate comment of the Minister of Economic Development, Paolo Romani.
The provision introduces support for business start-ups, especially for young people and women; the valorisation of the growth, productivity and innovation potential of companies, with particular reference to small-sized companies; finally, the adaptation of public intervention to the needs of micro-small-medium enterprises.
Among the principles that combine to define the statute among other things, the following are listed: freedom of economic initiative and competition; bureaucratic simplification; the progressive reduction of administrative burdens on businesses; the right of companies to access informed, correct and non-vexatious credit; and, finally, administrative simplification measures.
These principles are mainly aimed at guaranteeing companies conditions of functional equity, implementing equalization interventions for underutilized areas, in compliance with the principles established by article 107 of the Treaty on the functioning of the EU. The principle of freedom of association between companies is also stated.
They are then relations between companies and institutions are regulated, with a view to simplification and transparency. The Government is delegated to issue regulations aimed at eliminating payment delays in commercial transactions, at reorganizing incentives for companies, and finally at their internationalisation.
It provides that the certifications issued to companies by authorized bodies replace the checks by the competent authorities, without prejudice to any criminal liability, and some thresholds regarding public contracts are modified. We therefore intervene a make information relating to public contracts for amounts below the thresholds established by the European Union more transparent and calls for access to incentives by MSMEs, as well as to facilitate access by MSMEs to public contracts.
