These are decisive days for the draft law on competition, which the Government intends to examine in the Council of Ministers on 20 February. In the draft formulated by the Ministry for Economic Development, which coordinates the provision in discussions with the other competent departments, the reform of the motor liability and the measures for the competition of some categories of professionals stand out, in addition to the no from the Ministry of Health for the package relating to the opening of new pharmacies and the sale of C drugs, also with prescription requirements in parapharmacies and large-scale distribution corners.
Between the yes to motor liability insurance and the no to pharmacies, the bulk of the discussion will now focus on the liberal professions, in particular notaries and lawyers: the draft provides that a decree of Justice, having heard the notary advice and the Courts of Appeal, determines the number of notaries for each district "providing that, as a rule, each notary post corresponds to a population of less than 7 inhabitants" (today the rule is "at least 7 inhabitants"). As far as lawyers are concerned, they range from the possibility of being able to set up multidisciplinary companies by involving non-professional shareholder as well to the elimination of the ban on negotiating pro quota litigation fees.
