HOME WHO WE ARE COMPANIES NEWS AND EVENTS PHOTO PRINT REGULATIONS CONTACTS SMART VIDEO FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE CONSUMER AND SMALL BUSINESSES Art. 16. - Made in Italy and entirely Italian products The 100% Made in Italy logo guarantees the origin of the product, the quality of the materials, the accuracy of the workmanship and the protection of the consumer. Anyone who exhibits the logo without respecting the constraint according to which all phases (design, construction and packaging) must be carried out entirely in Italy, will be punished with pecuniary administrative sanctions from € 10,000 to € 250,000. ( Law 166/2009 art.16 ) 1. The product or goods are understood to be entirely made in Italy, classifiable as made in Italy in accordance with current legislation, and for which the design, planning, processing and packaging are carried out exclusively on the Italian territory. 2. With one or more decrees of the Minister of Economic Development, in agreement with the Ministers of agricultural, food and forestry policies, for European policies and for regulatory simplification, the methods of application of paragraph 1 can be defined. 3. For the purposes of the application of paragraph 4, use of the indication of sale or of the trademark means the use for commercial communication purposes or the affixing of the same on the product or on the sales package or on the goods from presentation to customs for release for consumption or for free circulation and up to retail sale. 4. Anyone who makes use of a sales indication that presents the product as entirely made in Italy, such as "100% made in Italy", "100% Italy", "all Italian", in any language expressed, or other that is similarly suitable to generate in the consumer the conviction of the production entirely in Italy of the product, or signs or figures that induce the same fallacious conviction, outside the conditions provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2, is punished, without prejudice to the various penalties applicable on the basis of the current legislation, with the penalties provided for by article 517 of the criminal code, increased by one third. 5. In article 4, paragraph 49, of law no. 350, after the words: «misleading commercial practices» the following are inserted: «, without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 49-bis,». 6. After paragraph 49 of article 4 of law no. 350, the following are added: "49-bis. The use of the trademark, by the owner or the licensee, in such a way as to induce the consumer to believe that the product or goods is of Italian origin under the European legislation on origin, is a fallacious indication, without the same being accompanied by precise and evident indications on the origin or foreign provenance or in any case sufficient to avoid any misunderstanding of the consumer on the actual origin of the product, or without being accompanied by a certification, made by the owner or licensee of the trademark, about the information that , under his care, will be made in the marketing phase on the actual foreign origin of the product. The offender is punished with a pecuniary administrative sanction ranging from € 10,000 to € 250,000. 49 -ter. The administrative confiscation of the product or goods referred to in paragraph 49-bis is always ordered, unless the indications provided therein are affixed, at the expense of the owner or the licensee responsible for the offense, on the product or on the packaging or on the documents. kit for the consumer. ". 7. The provisions referred to in paragraphs 5 and 6 shall apply after forty-five days from the date of entry into force of this decree. 8. Article 17, paragraph 4, of law no. 99, is repealed. 8 -bis. In order to allow greater competitiveness of Italian agro-food products and to support the made in Italy, after paragraph 2 of article 1 of the legislative decree 19 November 2004, n. 297, the following are inserted: "2 -bis. The offense punishable pursuant to paragraph 2 does not occur in the event that the subject entered in the control system has been authorized to clear the mark pursuant to the regulations issued, subject to approval by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, by the Protection Consortium or, in the absence of the Consortium's recognition provision, by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies and has not benefited from public grants for the unbranded product. With a specific decree of the Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, the conditions and methods related to the clearing activity are identified. 2 -ter. The authorization for the clearing of the product must be communicated by the person concerned to the control body and does not exempt from the pecuniary obligations towards the protection consortium and the control structure ». The “100% Made in Italy” hallmark is an initiative of Confartigianato Imprese - Macerata. 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