It is a range of measures that emerged from the meeting of Cabinet of yesterday, which ranges from the decree with urgent provisions to the bills, passing from the new supports to families and businesses for the purchase of electricity and natural gas, up to the new highway code. While they have been assigned the key seats of the top management of Bank of Italy and of the commissioner for the reconstruction of Emilia Romagna. Here is in detail what was decided last night.
Bonus bills until September. Allocated another 800 million
The provision on the. was extended in the third quarter bills the reduction of VAT to 5% “on the supply of methane gas for civil and industrial uses. The elimination of system charges for the gas sector and the VAT rate reduced to 5% for district heating and for energy produced with methane gas have also been extended”. Furthermore, "in support of less well-off families, with Isee up to 15 thousand euros, the social bonus strengthened for discounts on electricity and gas bills. Furthermore, the Isee threshold for access to the social bonus by large families (with at least 31 children) is confirmed until 2023 December 4, which has increased from 1 to 20 thousand euros since 30 April. A total of around 800 million has been allocated for these measures.
Zangrillo: simplification of company controls presented
In the press conference at the end of the Council of Ministers the Minister for Public Administration Paul Zangrillo he illustrated the new legislative decree which concerns the simplification of controls on companies. “This provision is in implementation of the annual law for the market and competition of 2021 which provided for the adoption within 24 months of its entry into force of one or more legislative decrees aimed at simplifying controls on companies. This matter is also referred to by the reform for the simplification and rationalization of the legislation envisaged by the Pnrr which indicates precisely the need to review, to rationalize this matter on public controls of private activities in order to eliminate duplications, interferences between the different types of inspections ”.
The tightening on road behavior
The CDM has also turned on the green light for the bill on road safety and the delegation for the reform of the Highway Code. The goal is to combine sanctions and prevention to make the roads safer, protect the weakest road users such as cyclists and motorcyclists and rationalize the regulatory jungle as well as give rules for the new mobility. “Two measures strongly desired by the deputy prime minister and minister Matteo Salvini, who has made it one of his priorities since the beginning of his mandate”. MIT writes it in a note. “The bill examined – he continues – today contains many of the suggestions and ideas shared in various meetings with associations, bodies, experts and insiders. Most recently, Minister Salvini met around twenty digital creators and influencers yesterday to discuss the most effective messages for young people regarding safety. It is an ambitious project that consists of several actions: it intervenes on sanctions, prevention and road safety education. But also on ztl, speed cameras and signs”.
From alcohol to drugs, from scooters to bikes, to restricted traffic areas: here are the details of the bill
Il bill provides for a strengthening of measures to combat driving under theeffect of alcohol and drugs, with the introduction of an absolute ban on the consumption of alcohol for drivers already convicted of specific crimes and the obligation for them to install the so-called "alcohollock“, which prevents the engine from starting if the driver's BAC is above zero. It will be punishable, regardless of the state of psycho-physical alteration, to drive having taken drugs, and the positivity to the rapid test will immediately trigger the withdrawal of the license and subsequently also the ban on obtaining the driving license for three years.
I novice drivers they will not be able to drive large-engined vehicles within three years of obtaining the licence.
There are also new rules on scooters, with the obligation of helmet, license plate and insurance. Those in sharing will not be able to function outside the permitted areas.
Severe penalties for wild stop, for driving in the wrong direction and on particularly busy and dangerous country roads. Major guarantees also for cyclists, with the discipline of overtaking safely both on urban and extra-urban roads, providing - where possible - at least 1,5 meters of distance when carrying out the manoeuvre. Safety cars in the event of an accident, they will be able to slow down traffic and act as a deterrent for further accidents. More ai controls and signage level crossings.
And finally, new rules are introduced on the discipline of restricted traffic zones (Ztl), which must be used with the criterion of the utmost common sense.
Also and greater clarity on the Speed Cameras: the methods for approving speed detection instruments will be standardized with a subsequent regulation. According to the Minister of Infrastructure, in this regard, national approval is required for speed cameras, which are useful in the vicinity of critical points, but are often positioned in places where they are not used to regulate speed but only for profit". with subsequent regulation the procedures for approving speed measuring instruments will be standardised.
If you are surprised with the mobile phone while driving you will risk having your license withdrawn for up to 20 days. This was stated by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Matteo Salvini. If you have to use your cell phone while driving, the minister said, "you stop, pull over, wait, otherwise if I catch you I will withdraw your license for up to 20 days". Absolute ban on obtaining a driving license up to the age of 24 for minors caught driving without a license and under the influence of drugs.
Bonus of two points on the driving license upon issue for boys and girls who have attended extra-curricular courses on road safety organized by state and priority secondary schools
The enabling law on road traffic
During the Council of Ministers, the bill-delegation for a reform of the regulations on road traffic was also examined and approved, which reorganizes and rationalizes the matter also with a view to modernizing the legislative text in force, which dates back to 1992 .
