27 September 2022
Positive preliminary assessment of the satisfactory fulfilment of milestones and targets
related to the second payment request submitted by Italy on 28 June 2022, transmitted to
the Economic and Financial Committee by the European Commission
Executive summary
In accordance with Article 24(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/241, on 28 June 2022, Italy submitted a
request for payment for the second instalment of the non-repayable support and the second
instalment of the loan support. The payment request was accompanied by the required management
declaration and summary of audits.
To support its payment request, Italy provided due justification of the satisfactory fulfilment of the 21
milestones and targets of the second instalment of the non-repayable support and the 24 milestones
and targets of the second instalment of the loan support, as set out in Section 2(1)(1.1) and Section
2(2)(2.1) of the Council Implementing Decision of 13 July 2021 on the approval of the assessment of
the recovery and resilience plan for Italy1.
For one target covering a large number of beneficiaries, in addition to the summary documents and
official listings provided by Italy, Commission services have assessed a statistically significant sample
of individual files. The sample size has been uniformly set at 60 which corresponds to a confidence
level of 95% or above in all cases.
In its payment request, Italy has confirmed that measures related to previously satisfactorily fulfilled
milestones and targets have not been reversed. The Commission does not have evidence of the
contrary2. Upon receipt of the payment request, the Commission has assessed on a preliminary basis
the satisfactory fulfilment of the relevant milestones and targets. Based on the information provided
by Italy, the Commission has made a positive preliminary assessment of the satisfactory fulfilment of
all 45 milestones and targets.
The milestones and targets positively assessed as part of this payment request demonstrate significant
steps in the implementation of Italy’s Recovery and Resilience Plan. They notably highlight the
continuation of the reform momentum in key policy areas. This includes, among others, important
and sensitive reforms like the reform of public administration, education system and public
procurement, the adoption of national strategies for the circular economy and for waste
management, the simplification and acceleration of procedures for energy efficiency and for the
reduction of hydrogeological risks. The milestones and targets also confirm progress towards the
completion of investment projects related to the development of production of green hydrogen and
the award of connectivity projects that will allow completing the national ultra-fast and 5G
telecommunications network throughout Italy. Finally, there are important measures in the area of
tax administration and spending review.
By the transmission of this positive preliminary assessment and in accordance with Article 24(4) of
Regulation (EU) 2021/241, the Commission asks for the opinion of the Economic and Financial
Committee on the satisfactory fulfilment of the relevant milestones and targets.

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M1C1.I1.8 - Recruitment procedures for administrative courts ............................................................ 4
M1C1.R1.9 - Reform of the public administration ................................................................................. 6
M1C1.R1.10 - Reform of the public procurement legislative framework ............................................ 11
M1C1.R1.12 - Reform of the tax administration .................................................................................. 17
M1C1.R1.13 - Reform of the spending review framework ................................................................. 21
M1C2.I3 - Fast internet connections (Ultra-Broadband and 5G) ......................................................... 23
M1C2.I5.2 - Competitiveness and resilience of supply chains ............................................................. 24
M1C3.I1.3 - Improve energy efficiency in cinema, theatres and museums ......................................... 25
M1C3.I2.1 - Attractiveness of small historic towns .............................................................................. 28
M1C3.I2.2 - Protection and enhancement of rural architecture and landscape.................................. 31
M1C3.I2.3 - Programmes to enhance the identity of places, parks and historic gardens.................... 33
M1C3.I4.3 - Caput Mundi Next Generation EU for touristic great events ........................................... 38
M2C1.R1.1 - National Strategy for Circular Economy.......................................................................... 40
M2C1.R1.3 - Technical support for Local Authorities ......................................................................... 44
M2C1.I3.3 - Culture and awareness on environmental topics and challenges ................................... 46
M2C1.R1.2 - National Program for Waste Management .................................................................... 47
M2C2.I3.5 - Hydrogen Research and Development ............................................................................. 49
M2C2.R4 - Measures to promote hydrogen competitiveness ............................................................ 51
M2C2.I5.1 - Renewables and batteries ............................................................................................... 52
M2C2.I5.4 - Support to start-ups and venture capital active in the ecological transition ................... 54
M2C2.I5.2 - Hydrogen ........................................................................................................................... 55
M2C3.R1.1 - Simplification and acceleration of procedures for energy efficiency interventions ....... 57
M2C4.R2.1 - Simplification and acceleration of the procedures for implementing interventions against
hydrogeological instability .................................................................................................................... 59
M2C4.R4.2 - Measures to ensure full managerial capacities for Integrated water services................ 63
M2C4.I3.2 - Digitization of national parks and marine protected areas ............................................. 65
M2C4.R4.1 - Simplification of legislation and strengthening of governance for the implementation of
investments in the water supply infrastructures .................................................................................. 67
M4C1.R2.1 - Teachers’ recruitment...................................................................................................... 69
M4C1.I3.2 - School 4.0: innovative schools, wiring, new classrooms and workshops ......................... 72
M4C2.R1.1 - Implementation of R&D support measures to foster simplification and mobility .......... 74
M4C2.I2.1 - Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) ................................................ 76
M4C2.I3.1 - Fund for construction of an integrated system of research and innovation infrastructures
.............................................................................................................................................................. 78
M4C2.I1.5 - Establishing and strengthening of "innovation ecosystems for sustainability", building
"territorial leaders of R&D’’ .................................................................................................................. 81

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M4C2.I1.4 - Strengthening research structures and supporting the creation of “national R&D leaders”
on some Key Enabling Technologies ..................................................................................................... 83
M4C2.I3.2 - Financing start-ups ............................................................................................................ 86
M5C2.I3 - Housing First and Post Stations............................................................................................ 88
M5C2.I4 - Investments in projects of urban regeneration, aimed at reducing situations of
marginalization and social degradation ................................................................................................ 90
M5C2.I5 - Urban Integrated Plans - Overcoming illegal settlements to fight labour exploitation in
agriculture ............................................................................................................................................. 92
M5C2.I6 - Innovation Programme for Housing Quality ........................................................................ 94
M6C1.R1 - Definition of a new organisational model for Territorial healthcare assistance network .. 96
M6C1.I1.1 - Community Health Houses to improve territorial health assistance................................ 98
M6C1.I1.2 - Home as the first place of care and telemedicine .......................................................... 100
M6C1.I1.2 - Home as the first place of care and telemedicine .......................................................... 101
M6C1.I1.3 - Strengthening Intermediate Healthcare and its facilities (Community Hospitals) ......... 103
M6C2.I1.1 - Digital update of hospitals’ technological equipment .................................................... 104

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Number: M1C1-33

M1C1.I1.8 - Recruitment procedures for administrative courts

Name of the target: Start of the recruitment procedures for administrative courts
Qualitative Indicator: Number
Baseline: 0
Target: 168
Time: Q2 2022
Context:
The measure concerns the establishment (or, where already existing, the strengthening) of support
teams, named “office of the trial”, for civil, criminal and administrative courts magistrates (through
temporary hiring), with the aim of reducing the backlog and the disposition time in Italy. This
measure would also improve the quality of justice by supporting the magistrates in the normal
activities of study, legal research, drafting of acts, organization of the files and thereby enabling the
judges to focus on the more complex tasks.
In particular, target M1C1-33 is a middle step in the implementation of the measure for
administrative courts and concerns the temporary recruitments of at least 168 additional units of
personnel for the Trial office and Administrative Courts and the placement of these units into
service. The reference baseline to measure the achievement of the target, as further specified in the
Operational Arrangements, is the number of personnel in service on 31 December 2021.
This target is also followed by another target expected by Q2 2024 (M1C1-40) and related to the
conclusion of recruitment procedures for at least additional 158 units of staff to be deployed in
administrative courts.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. A summary document duly justifying how the target, including all the constitutive elements,
was satisfactorily fulfilled;
2. Link to Decree-Law n. 152 of 6 November 2021 published in the Official Journal n. 265 of 6
November 2021, converted into Law n. 233 of 29 December 2021 published in the Official
Journal n. 310 of 31 December 2021 including urgent provisions on the implementation of
the NRRP;
3. Public competition by the Secretary General of the Administrative Justice as published in the
Official Journal n. 53 of 6 July 2021 for 168 units to support the trial office for administrative
courts (GA100 for 120 administrative functionaries, GA200 for 7 informatics functionaries,
GA300 for 3 statistics functionaries and GA400 for 38 informatics assistants) and related
selection;
4. Decree n. 382 of the Secretary General of the Administrative Justice of 10 November 2021
stating the convocation for a second round of written tests to cover for 9 residual posts
(GA400) in accordance with art 35, paragraph 7 of Decree-Law n. 152 of 6 November 2021.
5. Decree n. 414 of the Secretary General of the Administrative Justice of 24 November 2021
modifying allocation of posts;
6. Public competition by the Secretary General of the Administrative Justice as published in the
Official Journal n. 9 of 2 February 2022 for 6 units to support the trial office for administrative
courts;
7. List of selected candidates by the of the Secretary General of the Administrative Justice;

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Decree n. 468 of the Secretary General of the Administrative Justice of 21 December 2021
containing the results of the selection procedure for 8 informatics assistants (GA400);
9. Decree n. 124 of the Secretary General of the Administrative Justice of 10 May
2022 containing the results of the selection procedure for 6 informatics assistants (GA400);
10. Excel document containing the lit of contracts with names of the recruited staff and start
date;
11. 19 resignation letters;
12. Link to 19 Decrees of the Secretary General of the Administrative Justice concerning the
progression of the ranking list;
13. Decree n. 218 of the Secretary General of the Administrative Justice of 02 July 2021
nominating the members of the working group in charge of the preliminary verifications of
the applicants’ qualifications;
14. Decree n. 276 of the Secretary General of the Administrative Justice of 01 September 2021
nominating the panel of the first selection procedure;
15. Decree n. 418 of the Secretary General of the Administrative Justice of 29 November 2021
nominating the panel for the second test of the first selection procedure;
16. Decree n. 91 2022 of the Secretary General of the Administrative Justice of 11 March 2022
nominating the panel of the second selection procedure.
The authorities also provided:
17. Resolution (Determina) n. 190 of the Secretary General of the Administrative Justice – Office
of Contracts and Resources of 29 December 2021 awarding the service relating to training
activities for 168 fixed-term staff;
18. Two invoices of expenses incurred for the selection procedure
19. Signed contracts
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:
The Italian Authorities provided evidence of the completion of the recruitment procedures of 168
units of personnel for the Trial office and Administrative Courts and their placement into service.
Two public calls have been launched for this purpose:
 The first public competition for the recruitment of 168 unit for the trail office was launched in July
2021 with the call published in the Official Journal n. 53 of 6 July 2021, which details the profiles
concerned which correspond to technical profiles (GA100 for 120 administrative functionaries,
GA200 for 7 informatics functionaries, GA300 for 3 statistics functionaries and GA400 for 38
informatics assistants);
 Article 35, paragraph 7 of Decree Law 152/2021 allowed the Administration to fill posts remained
vacant after a public competition through the use of the ranking list of eligible candidates who
have not been initially successful and the Secretary General of the Administrative Justice adopted
the Decree n. 382 of 10 November 2021, which determined the convocation for a second round
of written tests to cover for 9 residual posts for GA400 profiles.
 A second call was launched by the Secretary General of the Administrative Justice in 2022, as
published in the Official Journal n. 9 of 2 February 2022, for 6 more units (informatics assistants,
profile GA400) to support the trial office for administrative courts.
The public calls identified (i) the type of profiles to provide administrative, informatics and statistic
support for the trial office of administrative courts and their territorial distribution to judicial and
central offices, (ii) their temporary nature (30 months). The recruitment of the abovementioned
fixed-term staff aims at reducing the backlog and the disposition time of administrative courts by
establishing and/or reinforcing the trial office. As a result of the first call, not all the available posts
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were filled in. Hence there has been the need to launch another call. Contracts have been signed as
of 3 January 2022. Moreover, due to some resignations, the Administration had made use of the
ranking list to fill the vacant posts. At the time of the submission of the payment request, Italy had
presented a list of contracts and relative supporting evidence that demonstrate that the remaining
vacant post had been filled, therefore reaching the target of recruiting and placing into service 168
units of personnel for the Trial office and Administrative Courts. The evidence provided for a sample
of 60 units confirmed that the contracts have been signed by both the relevant administrations and
the experts. The contracts included references to the measure and the legislation that entered into
force for the purpose of implementing the target (which sets out the relevant requirements
including in relation to the scope of activity and the temporary nature).
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled
Number: M1C1-56

M1C1.R1.9 - Reform of the public administration

Name of the milestone: Entry into force of the enabling legislation for the reform of public
employment
Qualitative Indicator: Provision in the law indicating the entry into
Time: Q2 2022
force of the law
Context:
The main objective of the public employment reform, which forms part of the reform of public
administration, is to enhance the administrative capacity of the Italian public administration, at
central and local levels, in terms of human capital (selection, competences, careers and evaluation).
This reform, accompanied by the recruitment of experts, the simplification of administrative
procedures and investments in the digitalisation of public services, aims at improving the
effectiveness of the public administration as a whole.
The enabling legislation due under the milestone M1C1-56 represents an intermediate step in the
implementation of the reform. It includes the key principles underpinning the reform action, thus
encompassing the overarching structural human resources strategy, ranging from the selection
processes to career paths. The full implementation of the reform of public employment is expected
by Q2 2023 (M1C1-58: entry into force of delegated acts for the reform of public employment)
although many secondary acts have been anticipated and submitted by the Italian authorities to
better frame the provisions adopted through primary legislation. In addition, a strategy for human
resource management is expected to be introduced by Q4-2023 to support the operationalisation
of the reform of public employment.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone was satisfactorily fulfilled in line with the
requirements set out in the Council Implementing Decision on the approval of the positive
assessment of the recovery and resilience plan for Italy (henceforth Council Implementing
Decision);
2. Decree-Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022, published in the Official Journal n. 100 of 30 April 2022,
converted into Law n. 79 of 29 June 2022, published in the Official Journal n. 150 of 29 June
2022, including provisions for the reform of public employment;
3. Decree-Law n. 80 of 9 June 2021, published in the Official Journal n. 136 of 9 June 2021,
converted into Law n. 113 of 6 August 2021, published in the Official Journal n. 28 of 7 August
2021, including provisions for the reform of public employment;

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4. Decree of the President of the Republic n. 81 of 24 June 2022 published in the Official Journal n.
151 of 30 June 2022 proving for coordination of existing activities in the newly created
Integrated Plan for Activities and Organisation (“PIAO”);
5. Ministerial Decree of 24 June 2022, published in the Official Journal n. 209 of 7 September 2022,
on the introduction of PIAO and its template;
6. Decree of the Minister of Public Administration on the governance of the reform and
introduction of a scientific committee, adopted on 19 July 2022;
7. Decree of the Minister of Public Administration on the strengthening and re-organization of the
Ministry of Public Administration, adopted on 15 July 2022;
8. Ministerial Decree of 22 July 2022, published in the Official Journal n. 215 of 14 September 2022,
providing guidelines for the identification of new human resources’ needs by public
administrations;
9. Renewal of the collective agreement for central administrations published in the Official Journal
n. 122 of 26 May 2022.
The authorities also provided:
10. Law n. 234 of 30 December 2021 (Budget Law 2022) published in the Official Journal n. 310 of
31 December 2021, providing funding for the renewal of collective agreements;
11. Decree-Law n. 44 of 1 April 2021 published in the Official Journal n. 79 of 1 April 2021, converted
into Law n. 76 of 28 May 2021, published in the Official Journal n. 128 of 31 May 2021, providing
for the simplification and digitalization of recruitment procedures also in light of the COVID-19
pandemic;
12. Decree-Law n. 221 of 24 December 2021 published in the Official Journal n. 305 of 24 December
2021, converted into Law n. 11 of 18 February 2022, published in the Official Journal n. 41 of 18
February 2022, extending relevant provisions included in Decree-Law n. 44 of 1 April 2021;
13. Minister Decree of 14 October 2021 published in the Official Journal n. 268 of 10 November
2021, providing for the use of “InPA” portal for the recruitments of experts linked to the RRP
implementation;
14. Draft Ministerial Decree related to the operationalization of the “InPA” portal;
15. Draft template of protocol agreement between the Ministry of Public Administration and
relevant administrations for the utilization of the “InPA” portal;
16. Circular letter of the Head of Department of the Ministry of Public Administration including
additional clarifications related to access to senior management;
17. Draft Guidelines of the National School of Administration to access management posts dated 3
August 2022;
18. Draft Guidelines of the Ministry of Public Administration on gender balance dated 25 August
2022.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone. In particular:
1. Definition of job profiles. General principles related to the definition of job profile to improve
the recruitment system and the performance evaluation were embedded in primary legislation
(Article 3 of Decree-Law n. 80 of 9 June 2021, converted into Law n. 113 of 6 August 2021) and
are to be implemented at the public entity level through collective agreement of second level.
Collective agreements were signed on 5 January 2022 for central government and on 15 June
2022 for the healthcare sector. The collective agreement for local governments is still to be
signed. Hence, the actual implementation of job profiles will crucially depend on the content of
secondary acts (due in a subsequent milestone M1C1-58 expected to be completed in Q2 2023).
In addition, the Italian Authorities commenced a process leading to the identification and
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validation of a common competency framework inspired by the technical assistance provided to
Italy by the World Bank and the reform of job profile implemented in Belgium. The process to
define a centralised competency framework and the adoption of a more integrated job
description framework is broadly indicated in the guidelines for the identification of new human
resources. Lastly, to ensure a smooth and homogeneous implementation of the reform of job
profiles, the Italian Authorities established a network of HR Departments of central government
entities that will support the implementation of the reform, given that international good
practices suggest that the capacity development of HR departments for strategic HR planning
and competency-based management is key for ensuring a smooth implementation of such
reforms. Thus, HR Management departments are expected to strengthen their capacities for
identifying and profiling competency-based professional profiles to overcome the "replacement"
logic, consisting in replacing professional profiles with the same quantitative and qualitative
profiles.
2. Single recruiting platform. A single recruiting platform (“InPA”) to centralise public hiring
procedures for all central administrations has been created through a web portal, publicly
accessible at www.inpa.gov.it. Article 2 of Decree-Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022, converted into Law
n. 76 of 29 June 2022, provides that all temporary and permanent recruitments by central
administrations and independent authorities require the candidates’ registration on the portal,
and that these administrations shall use the platform for all recruitment procedures as of 1
November 2022, with the platform being available to them already as of 1 July 2022. Article 2
also includes an extension of the use of the platform to administrations at local level for their
selection procedures, as required under the Council Implementing Decision, with the concrete
modalities to utilise the platform to be defined by ministerial decree by 31 October 2022.
3. Reform of recruitment process. In line with the requirements of the Council Implementing
Decision, the recruitment system has been reformed to move from a purely knowledge-based
system to a system primarily based on competences and attitudes, allowing the assessment of
relevant competences for the job of civil servant and differentiating between entry-level and
more specialised profiles. Article 3 of Decree-Law n. 80 of 9 June 2021, converted into Law n.
113 of 6 August 2021, provides that for the recruitment of managers, in addition to the
assessment of the relevant knowledge, competitions shall envisage the assessment of
competences, attitudes and individual motivations. Article 3 of Decree-Law n. 36 of 30 April
2022, converted into Law n. 76 of 29 June 2022, extends the assessment methodology to nonmanagement staff by envisaging that public competitions for civil servants at all levels shall
assess the possess of logical-technical, behavioural and (where relevant) managerial
competences. The Article also provides that for entry-level and non-specialised positions, exams
shall give prominence to the assessment of competences related to behavioural skills and
attitudes, while for specialised profiles relevant experiences shall be taken into account in
addition to competences, in line with the Council Implementing Decision. The legislation in force
further envisages the utilisation of ICT tools in public competitions with a view to increase their
efficiency (Article 10 of Decree-Law n. 44 of 1 April 2021, converted into Law n. 76 of 28 May
2021). In order to ensure a consistent implementation of the new process as provided in the
Council Implementing Decision, Article 3 provides that the Ministry of Public Administration
must issue dedicated guidelines by 31 October 2022 following proposals of the National School
of Administration.
4. Reform of senior civil service. The homogenisation of appointment procedures for senior
managers has been ensured through a review of selection procedures for public administrations.
In particular, Article 3 of Decree-Law n. 80 of 9 June 2021, converted into Law n. 113 of 6 August
2021, provides that access to senior management occurs through competitive procedures
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including the one held by the National School of Administration (known as “corso-concorso”),
internal selections (as explained under point 8 below), or, for top management positions, the
possibility to resort to external agencies for the recruitment in certain cases. That Article
specifies the general competences and requirements for the selection, which have been further
developed in dedicated guidelines. In order to boost the coherent application of the reform
across all levels of administration including the local one, Article 3 provides that the provisions
related to selection procedures and the relevant requirements constitute fundamental principles
within the meaning of Article 117 of the Constitution. In relation to job profiles of senior civil
service, Article 3 of Decree-Law n. 80 of 9 June 2021, converted into Law n. 113 of 6 August 2021,
defines the broad competences for senior management posts to be further defined and detailed
through a centralised competency framework via dedicated guidelines to be adopted by 31
October 2022. Finally, as regards the CID requirement concerning performance evaluation,
Article 6 of Decree-Law n. 80 of 9 June 2021, converted into Law n. 113 of 6 August 2021, defines
the evaluation of performance by integrating the assessment of individual performance with the
evaluation of organisational results and strengthens the link between performance evaluation
and career progression including for management positions (for additional details, see point 8
below).
5. Link between life-long learning and training opportunities. As regards the strengthening of the
link between life-long learning and training opportunities, the newly introduced Plan of Activities
and Organisations (so-called “PIAO”, please refer to point 8 for more details) attributes to
training and life-long learning a central role in the career of personnel in the public
administration sector. Article 6 of Decree-Law n. 80 of 9 June 2021, converted into Law n. 113 of
6 August 2021, specifies that the PIAO shall define the strategy of human resources
management, including through the use of smart working, annual and multiannual training
objectives and priorities for public administrations, in line with a project management approach,
to plan activities in order to acquire the digital alphabetization (thus showing a particular
attention to the twin transition), the development of technical, transversal and managerial
competences together with the professional experience and cultural enhancement of the
personnel. Moreover, Article 3 of Decree-Law n. 80 of 9 June 2021 reinforces the focus on
continuous skills development as it clearly indicates the professional experience and cultural
enhancement obtained via the participation in training activities as key elements to take into
account for career progression thereby incentivising participation. Furthermore, the reform has
identified the collective bargaining as the appropriate instrument to define rewarding
mechanisms or specific career paths. Collective agreements are in fact capable of capturing the
specificities of a given sector. In this context, on the basis of the new guidelines for 2019-2021
for the Central Functions sector adopted on 19 April 2021, the national collective agreement for
the Central Functions sector has been renewed on 26 May 2022. It reflects the new focus on
training and strategic enhancement of human resources by envisaging permanent economic
progressions within areas (Article 14) as reward for participating, inter alia, in training activities
after a selection procedure that considers the last 3 years of service of the staff. The collective
bargaining also identifies different systems of access to training including distance and mixed
learning activities, recipients and related processes (Article 31). The preliminary agreement on
the renewal of the national contract in the health sectors already include such provisions on
lifelong-learning and career progression linked to participation in training activities (Articles 19
and 66).
6. Ethics principles and codes of conduct. The Council Implementing Decision requires the
enabling legislation includes measures for the definition or update of ethics principles of public
administrations through clear rules, codes of conduct, and training modules on the topic. In line
with the option of including measures for the update of ethics principles of public
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administrations, the enabling legislation provides for the update of the codes of conduct of the
Public Administrations and the introduction of compulsory trainings on the subject for all
employees. Article 4, paragraph 2, of Decree-Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022, converted into Law n.
76 of 29 June 2022 requires the update of the already existing Public Administration Codes of
Conduct, as defined by Article 54 of Legislative Decree n. 165 of 2001, to take place by 31
December 2022 as regards the use of social media and new technologies. Furthermore, Article
4, paragraph 1, of Decree-Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022, converted into Law n. 76 of 29 June 2022,
introduces the obligation for all public employees to have induction and permanent training
courses on ethics, whose duration and intensity will be tailored according to the degree of
responsibilities of the recipients. The updated Code of Conduct and mandatory training will
provide clear rules to employees of public administrations regarding ethics principles. Moreover,
it is worth noting that the draft guidelines on access to public management positions (which are
formally due under milestone M1C1-58 in 2023) include reference to ethics as they contain a
guidance on how to evaluate ethical requirements of candidates.
7. Commitment to gender balance. Measures have been taken to strengthen the commitment to
gender balance as required under the Council Implementing Decision. In particular, Article 5 of
Decree-Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022, converted into Law n. 79 of 29 June 2022, provides that
administrations shall adopt measures that attribute specific advantages, or avoid and
compensate disadvantages in the career of the less represented gender, taking into account the
objectives of the national strategy for gender equality. In order to make these provisions
operational for public administrations, the Ministry of Public Administration shall issue dedicated
guidelines by 30 September 2022. The Integrated Plan of Activities and Organisations (so-called
“PIAO”) to be adopted periodically by public administrations shall define the modalities and
actions to ensure the respect of gender equality, including as regards the composition of
examining committees, as provided by Article 6 of Decree-Law n. 80 of 9 June 2021, converted
into Law n. 113 of 6 August 2021. Finally, some provisions have been specifically adopted to
promote the respect of gender parity principles in the recruitments linked to the implementation
of the RRP, notably in concerning gender balance in the composition of examining committees
and in the selection of staff (Articles 1 and 17 of Decree-Law n. 80 of 9 June 2021, converted into
Law n. 113 of 6 August 2021).
8. Vertical mobility and performance evaluation. The regulatory framework on vertical mobility
has been reformed by reviewing career paths with the introduction of middle management
positions and allowing access to senior management positions from within the administration,
in line with the Council Implementing Decision requirements. In this respect, Article 3 of DecreeLaw n. 80 of 9 June 2021, converted into Law n. 113 of 6 August 2021, introduced a new category
of personnel characterised by high qualifications and coordination tasks, as further defined in
the relevant collective bargaining agreements in line with established practice. Article 3 also
provides that employees of the public administration with the necessary requirements can
access senior management positions, with a reserved quota envisaged in the selection
procedures vis-à-vis external candidates. As required under the Council Implementing Decision,
the revision of the framework includes the reform of performance evaluation, strengthening the
link between career progression and performance evaluation. In this respect, Article 6 of DecreeLaw n. 80 of 9 June 2021, converted into Law n. 113 of 6 August 2021, introduces an outcomebased dimension to performance evaluation by linking the assessment of individual performance
to the organisational performance. The strategic objectives for the performance are set to be
defined by public administrations in the Integrated Plan of Activities and Organisations (so-called
“PIAO”), which has a three-year duration and must be updated annually. A template for the PIAO
to guide the definition of organisational performance and public value has been developed, as
required by Article 6 of Decree-Law n. 80 of 9 June 2021, converted into Law n. 113 of 6 August
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2021. Finally, Article 3 of Decree-Law n. 80 of 9 June 2021, converted into Law n. 113 of 6 August
2021, provides that career progression within and across categories of personnel of the public
administration (and for local administrations also across different qualifications) shall take into
account, inter alia, results achieved and performance evaluation.
9. Horizontal mobility. Concerning horizontal mobility, the mandatory agreement of the
administration of origin to allow the transfer of staff was repealed by Article 3 of Decree-Law n.
80 of 9 June 2021, converted into Law n. 113 of 6 August 2021. Furthermore, as of 1 July 2022,
each position that becomes available will be posted on the platform ‘InPA’ (according to Article
6 of Decree-law n. 36 of 30 April 2022, converted into Law n. 79 of 29 June 2022), representing
a transparent single advertisement system, giving the possibility to every public employee to
apply for that position. If selected, the administration of origin has only 60 days to hold the unit
of staff in the current position to ensure the handover of the file. After 60 days the realisation of
the transfer is mandatory. Concerning the introduction of significant restrictions to the use of
alternative means of mobility not leading to transfers (i.e. “comandi” and “distacchi”), article 6,
paragraph 1, letter b) of n. 36 of 30 April 2022, converted into Law n. 76 of 29 June 2022
introduces a limitation to use such means to not more than 25 percent of the vacancies that
have been posted but not successfully covered.
In light of the high complexity and wide-reaching scope of actions related to public employment,
which will require important steering and monitoring at central level for an effective
implementation, the Italian authorities have re-organised the activities of the Ministry of Public
Administration and strengthened its human resources (Article 1 of Decree of the Minister of Public
Administration of 15 July 2022). In this context, a unit will be dedicated to the quality of performance
and reforms with the aim to contribute to the adequate and homogenous application of the key
elements of envisaged reforms across levels of administration. This is expected to contribute to a
satisfactory quality level of the PIAOs to be prepared and implemented by administrations as a
concrete tool to deliver on many of the envisaged reform actions. Moreover, a Scientific Committee
composed of relevant experts and representatives has been established to periodically monitor the
impact of the reforms on human capital and assess whether corrective actions are needed (Articles
1-3 of Decree of the Minister of Public Administration of 19 July 2022).
The primary legislation, which includes the key provisions to comply with the requirements of the
Council Implementing Decision, consists of Decree-Law n. 80 of 9 June 2021, converted into Law n.
113 of 6 August 2021, and Decree-Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022, converted into Law n. 79 of 29 June
2022. Law n. 113 of 6 August 2021 entered into force on 8 August 2021 (Article 1), and Law n. 76 of
29 June 2022 entered into force on 30 June 2022 (Article 1).
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M1C1-70

M1C1.R1.10 - Reform of the public procurement legislative framework

Name of the milestone: Entry into force of the revision of the Code of Public procurement (D.Lgs.
n. 50/2016)

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Qualitative Indicator: Provision in the law indicating the entry into
force of the Law of Delegation which reforms the present Code of
the Public procurement system (D.Lgs. n. 50/2016)
Context:

Time: Q2 2022

The main objective of the public procurement reform is to reduce the fragmentation of contracting
authorities; require the setting of an e-platform as a basic requirement to participate in the
nationwide evaluation of procurement capacity; empower the national anti-corruption authority to
review the qualification of contracting authorities; further simplify and digitalize the procedures of
central purchasing bodies and reduce the restrictions to the possibility to subcontracting, contained
the current Public Procurement Code.
The Milestone M1C1-70 follows up on the measures introduced in 2021 to reform the public
procurement framework and consists in introducing a Law of Delegation (“Mandate Law”) to
delegate to the Government the preparation of a new Public Procurement Code (to replace the
current framework, contained in Legislative Decree 50/2016). The new framework will have to also
incorporate, stabilize in time and refine in scope the measures introduced in 2021. As indicated in
the Council Implementing Decision, the Mandate Law (and the subsequent Legislative Decree
stemming from it) provides for, inter alia, measures aimed at reducing the fragmentation of
contracting authorities; the setting of an e-platform as a basic requirement to participate in the
nationwide evaluation of procurement capacity; the empowerment of the national anti-corruption
authority to review the qualification of contracting authorities; the further simplification and
digitalization of the procedures of central purchasing bodies and the reduction of the restrictions to
the possibility to subcontracting, contained the current Public Procurement Code. The Mandate Law
establishes the criteria and principles for the detailed and systemic reform. The Legislative Decree(s)
introducing the new Public Procurement Code is expected to enter into force due by Q1 2023 as
part of milestone M1C1-73.
Reform 1.10 foresees several subsequent milestones and targets. The Legislative Decree
implementing all the provisions of the Mandate Law to reform the Public Procurement Code is
expected to be completed by Q1 2023 (milestone M1C1-73). All necessary implementing measures
and secondary legislation for the reform/simplification of the public procurement system (milestone
M1C1-74) shall enter into force by Q2 2023. The eNational Procurement System shall be operational
and fully in line with EU Public Procurement Directives and include full digitalisation of the
procedures up to the contract execution indicatively by Q2 2023 (milestone M1C1-75). The average
time of public procurement procedures shall be reduced to less than 100 days by indicatively Q4
2023 (milestone M1C1-84) and the average time between the contract award and the realization of
infrastructure shall be reduced at least by 15% indicatively in Q4 2023 (milestone M1C1-85). The
aforementioned targets shall have to be reached again indicatively in Q4 2024 (milestones M1C196 and M1C1-97), confirming therefore the structural change. Indicatively by Q4 2023, at least 20%
of civil servants shall be trained through the Buyers Professionalization Strategy (milestone M1C186) and at least 15% of contracting authorities are using dynamic purchasing systems (milestone
M1C1-87). Indicatively by Q4 2024, at least 35% of civil servants shall be trained through the Buyers
Professionalization Strategy (milestone M1C1-98) and at least 20% of contracting authorities are
using dynamic purchasing systems (milestone M1C1-99).
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
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1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone was satisfactorily fulfilled in line with the
requirements set out in the Council Implementing Decision Annex;
2. A copy of the Mandate Law n. 78/2022, delegating the Government to adopt within 6 months
one or more Legislative Decrees to reform the public procurement legislation, published in the
Official Journal, general series, n. 146 of 24 June 2022 (hereinafter “Law 78/2022”);
3. Decree-Law n. 77/2021 on urgent measures, simplification and speeding up of public
procurement, adopted on 31 May 2021, as converted into Law n. 108 of 29 July 2021 (published
in the Official Journal, general series, 181 of 30 July 2021).
4. Decree adopted by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers on 5 November 2021 that identifies
the human and financial resources of the Single Coordination Body for public procurement (s.c.
Cabina di Regia) within the Presidency of the Council of Ministers;
5. Act adopted by the President of the anti-corruption and public procurement regulatory authority
(“ANAC”) on 28 October 2021 that creates a task force to support the activities of the Single
Coordination Body for public procurement (as seen above the Cabina di Regia created within the
Presidency of the Council of Ministers);
6. Decree adopted by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers on 28 June 2021 that creates the
Unit in charge for the rationalization and improvement of legislation (the s.c. Unità per la
razionalizzazione e il miglioramento della regolazione) within the Presidency of the Council of
Ministers and amending Decree adopted of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers on 11
November 2021 modifying and integrating the decree of 28 June 2021 appointing the Unit on
rationalization and improvement of legislation;
7. ANAC’s guidelines of 30 March 2022 and the Memorandum of Understanding between
Presidency of the Council of Ministers and ANAC of 17 December 2021 on the qualification and
professionalization system for central purchasing bodies;A note of ANAC of 12 October 2021
explaining the removal of any type of quantitative and predetermined limitation on
subcontracting.
8. ANAC’s opinion 12 October 2021 on the provisions on sub-contracting.
9. Decree adopted by the Presidency of the Council of State on 4 July 2022 appointing a special
committee for the drafting of a proposal for a legislative decree to reform the public
procurement framework and a letter by the President of the committee to the Presidency of the
Council of Ministers of 12 September 2022 with broad update on current status of works.
10.Decree No 148 of the Minister for Public Administration of 12 August 2021 (published in the
Official Journal, general series, 256 of 26 October 2021) regulating the digitalisation of public
contract procedures;
11.General plan by the Agency for Italy’s Digitalization (“AGID”) of 21 February 2019 for the
digitalization of the public administration and definition of public e-procurement for the 20192021 period;
12.AGID’s guidelines and technological specifications of 27 April 2021 and 21 May 2021 for the
technical interoperability and creation of IT systems of public administrations, the definition of
security standards and application programming interfaces for interoperability amongst eplatforms.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular, the provisions contained in Mandate Law n. 78/2022 address the milestone by
establishing clear and precise criteria and principles for the systemic reform of the Public
Procurement Code, as follows.

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i. With regard to the first (set of) constitutive elements of the milestones relating to the reduction
of the fragmentation of the contracting authorities:
a. In relation to point i.(1) of the milestone, Article 1 (2) (c) of Law 78/2022 mandates
the reduction of fragmentation of contracting authorities, through their mergers,
consolidation and reorganization, and the strengthening of the qualification system
framework. For this purpose, Law 78/2022 establishes the basic elements of such
system, by incentivizing the use of central purchasing bodies and mandating the
qualification and specialization of the contracting authorities’ staff/personnel,
including through the provision of specific training courses (with particular
reference to the central contracting authorities, also at local level), and requiring
the definition of specific criteria for the monitoring of the reduction and
reorganization of contracting authorities, which aims at increasing their
qualification and professionalization level.
b. With respect to the setting of the e-platform in point i.(2) of the milestone, first of all Article
1 (2) (m) of Law 78/2022 provides the mandate to the government for the establishment of
a process of digitalization of the tendering and selection procedures, the monitoring and
management of all stages of public contracts and the full implementation of the National
Database of Public Contracts. This is consistent with the regulatory framework introduced
in 2021, which already foresaw that the digital/telematic databases need to be
interoperable with the National Database of Public Contracts, and that the setting of an eplatform is one of the criteria of the qualification of contracting authorities as set by ANAC’s
guidelines of 30 March 2022. Setting an e-platform (which will have to be interoperable with
and feed in ANAC’s database) is therefore already a basic requirement to participate in the
nationwide evaluation of procurement
c. In relation to the anti-corruption and public procurement regulatory authority (“ANAC”), in
point i.(3) of the milestone, Article 1 (2) (b) of Law 78/2022 mandates the review of the
ANAC’s competences. The reform will also increase ANAC’s powers to monitor compliance
with and enforce the qualifications requirements for contracting authorities, also based on
ANAC’s guidelines of 30 March 2022, which set the criteria for redefining and strengthening
the qualification system for contracting authorities and central purchasing bodies, including
by procurement capacity (types and volumes of purchases in past tenders). Furthermore,
Article 1 (2) (s) provides a mandate to the government for the simplification of the general
qualification system for identifying eligible economic operators. This is expected to provide
the contracting authorities with more uniform criteria for formal and substantive
verification of production capacity and of technical skills, of the adequacy of the technical
equipment and staffing levels and of legal compliance, and through the use of central
databases to reduce uncertainty as to the qualification of operators in individual tendering
procedures.
d. Finally, on the incentives to increase in usage of central purchasing in point (i)(4) of the
milestone, as seen above Article 1 (2) (c) of Law 78/2022 expressly mandates the
introduction, through the Legislative Decrees to be introduced by 1Q 2023, of (regulatory)
incentives for central or local administrations to use central purchasing bodies and the
auxiliary purchasing stations for the tendering of public contracts.
ii. With regard to the “simplification” and “digitalization” of central purchasing bodies, Law
78/2022 contains a comprehensive set of relevant measures, which apply also to central
purchasing bodies.
a. In terms of “simplification”: Article 1 (2) (m) of Law 78/2022 provides for the reduction (and
increase in legal certainty) of the timing for the tenders and of the awards of contracts, also
through the use of contract templates/standards prepared by the ANAC; Article 1 (2) (q)
mandates the simplification of procedures relating to the approval phase of public works
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projects (including the streamlining of the procedures for the verification and validation of
projects); Article 1 (2) (e) provides for the simplification of the rules applicable to public
works, service and supply contracts below EU thresholds; Article 1 (2) (f) mandates the
simplification of procedures for investment in green and digital technologies, and in
innovation and research and social innovation projects; Article 1 (2) (o) prescribes the
revision and simplification of primary legislation on programming, identification of needs
for public works, and on the process of public debate, in order to facilitate the reaching of
an agreement between the various territorial entities involved; based on Article 1 (2) (z)
strong incentives will need to be introduced to use flexible procedures (including through
the use of framework agreements), as well as to simplify the rules for public-private
partnerships (also through the use of templated contracts and standard calls for tenders,
cfr. Article 1 (2) letter (aa)) and expand their use, in particular with regard to project
financing; Article 1 (2) (ee) provides for the identification of the cases in which the
contracting authorities may jointly award the design and execution of the works (to speed
up the overall tending process). With regard to the speeding up of public tender procedures,
Article 1 (2) (hh) mandates the rationalisation of the rules on penalties/rewards to
encourage the timely (or even ahead of schedule) performance of public contracts. Finally,
by extending and strengthening alternative dispute resolution solutions, including in
relation to the performance of the contract, Article 1 (2) (ll) aims at speeding up the
litigation phase that might arise from the award of public contracts.
b. With respect to the “digitalization” of procedures, as explained further below, Article 1 (2)
(m) of Law 78/2022 prescribes the digitalisation and computerisation of tendering and
awarding procedures, through the National Database of Public Contracts, to which all
contracting authorities need to upload all information concerning the procurement cycle
(from work/service design, the actual tender, the award to the project implementation, the
details on the winners/executors and the parties/companies involved etc), as well as and
the digitalization of the economic operators’ virtual file. The reform also foresees the
reduction of the documentary and economic costs borne by the parties involved.
iii. With regard to the definition of procedures for the digitalization of all public contracts and
concessions, Law 78/2022 provides for the overall process of digitalisation of selection
procedures, which not only foresees the use of telematics platforms but also obliges that such
platforms are all interoperable with the National Database of Public Contracts, in order to ensure
the monitoring and management of all stages of the life of public contracts. In particular, Article
1 (2) (m) of Law 78/2022 indicates the principles of such process referring, by way of example,
to the digitisation and computerisation of all procedures, the full use of the National Database
of Public Contracts (to which contracting authorities must transmit all information regarding the
tender procedures), the virtual file of the economic operators, the reduction of the documentary
and financial burdens on the tender participants and those relating to the payment of fees and
advance payments. It should also be noted that the Agency for Italy’s Digitalization (“AGID”) is
further developing the very specific technical rules for building up and/or updating contracting
authorities’ e-procurement platforms and ensure the interoperability requirements, in
compliance with the principles set out in Decree No 148 of the Minister for Public Administration
of 12 August 2021 laying down detailed rules for the digitalisation of public contract procedures’
by describing, for each stage of the procurement process and for each scope (procurement of
goods, services and works, below or above the thresholds of Community relevance), the
functioning of the flows of exchanged data, the patterns, the roles and tasks of the actors
involved in the procedures, based on the best national and European practices. The digitalization
strategy mandated by Law 78/2022 builds also on this process of definition of technical details
to ensure full interoperability and communication flows. This process also fits with the
implementation of the qualification system for contracting authorities and central purchasing
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centres defined by ANAC’s guidelines of 30/03/2022, whereby the basic qualitative and
quantitative requirements for qualification include the availability of telematic platforms in the
management of tendering procedures.
iv. In relation to the reduction of restrictions concerning sub-contracting, Article 1 (2) (a) of Law
78/2022 concerns the introduction and/or maintenance of measures to ensure openness of
procedures and competition between operators, with particular reference to small and mediumsized enterprises, including also EU rules on sub-contracting. To this extent it should be noted
that the progressive reduction of restrictions on subcontracting has already been mandated by
Article 49 (1) (a) of Decree-Law N. 77/2021 (converted into Law No 108/2021, the purpose of
which was to amend Article 105 of the current Public Procurement Code and progressively
reduce the limits to subcontracting.
Finally, as the reform of Public Procurement is a multi-step process (with urgent measures first,
introduced in 2021, and a more structural change of the rules applicable to public contracts in
2022/2023, through the revision of the current Public Procurement Code, i.e. Legislative Decree n.
50 of 18 April 2016) Law 78/2022 complies with the further specifications set out in the Operational
Arrangements for Milestone M1C1-70, as it is consistent with (and does not alter the content of) the
measures introduced in 2021 and 2022 and will cover, inter alia, the areas of intervention foreseen
in Milestones M1C1-69 and 71, with the aim of creating one systematic framework (the new Public
Procurement Code) that incorporates all measures.
With regard to the “simplification” of public procurement, the measures mentioned under point ii.
above (Articles 1 (2) letters (e), (f), (h), (m), (o), (q), (z), (aa), (hh), and (ll) of Law 78/2022) are based
on the measures contained in Decree-Law N. 77/2021 to simplify the tender procedures and speed
up both the awards of the contracts and the execution and finalization of the works/services. As
requested by the further specifications for Milestone M1C1-70, the reform stemming from Law
78/2022 (through a new Legislative Decree that will constitute the new Public Procurement Code
and will replace the old one, as part of Milestone M1C1-73) will have the effect of stabilizing in time
and extending in scope the 2021 simplification measures. In fact, while Decree-Law (for its special
nature of a piece of legislation introducing urgent measures) had to foresee a limitation in time in
the applicability of the 2021 measures and circumscribed the scope for application for some of its
measures (only to projects realized through the NRRP or the EU structural funds), the new Code will
not feature expiry constraints or applicability limitations based on the source of financing, but will
apply to all projects.
With respect to the “qualification” and “digitalization” requirements foreseen by Law 78/2022
(Article 1 (2) (m)) are consistent with (and do not alter the content of) the measures introduced in
2021 and 2022, particularly with Article 4 of the Memorandum of Understanding between
Presidency of the Council of Ministers and ANAC of 17/12/2021 on the implementation of the
qualification system for contracting authorities and central purchasing centres, defining the
qualitative and quantitative requirements for the qualification. Such requirements include the
availability of digital/telematic platforms in the management of tendering procedures and are
confirmed and laid down in more detail by the guidelines adopted by ANAC on 30/03/2022,
implementing Articles 4 and 6 of the Protocol (Article 1.3). The objective of the ANAC guidelines is
to identify the operational methods for implementing the qualification system to form the basis of
the new system. These guidelines cover all the elements of qualification foreseen in Milestone
M1C1-71 (which was due and complied with by the end of 2021 and already examined and approved
for the 1st payment request by Italy) and will be part of the reform resulting from Law 78/2022 and
will be included in the new Public Procurement Code, as part of Milestone M1C1-73. The provisions
contained in Law 78/2022 are also consistent with the requirements contained in Decree-Law n. 77
of 31 May 2021 (Article 53) on the strengthening of contracting authorities’ obligations to transmit
(digitally) to ANAC all information regarding the tenders and awards, and with the procedures for
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digitising award procedures, including through enhanced interoperability of public administrations’
data and with the technical digitalization requirements foreseen in Decree of the Ministry for Public
Administration n. 148 of 12 August 2021 (setting the standards for ensuring accessibility,
traceability, security/recoverability of all information pertaining to the tenders).
For completeness, it should be noted that in order to allow a smooth integration of the measures
contained in the Decree-Law 77/2021 into the new Public Procurement Code (as foreseen in
Milestone M1C1-73), the Presidency of the Council of State has appointed a special committee
(composed of administrative courts’ judges, State attorneys general, lawyers, administrative law
experts and scholars) which, inter alia, will make an impact assessment of the measures contained
the Decree-Law 77/2021 and make suggestions on how to improve their formulation, where
necessary and within the boundaries of Law 78/2022.
Finally, as requested by the further specification for Milestone M1C1-70, the IT Authorities clarified
the composition and financial resources the Single Coordination Body on Public Procurement, which
contains 15 persons representing 3.1 full time equivalent.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M1C1-103

M1C1.R1.12 - Reform of the tax administration

Name of the milestone: Entry into force of primary and secondary legislation and regulatory
provisions and completion of administrative processes for encouraging tax compliance and
improving audits and controls
Qualitative Indicator: Provisions in the law and regulatory provisions
Time: Q2 2022
indicating the entry into force
Context:
Milestone M1C1-103 is part of Reform 1.12, which aims at reforming the tax administration through
several measures in order to encourage tax compliance and improve the effectiveness of the
targeting of audits and controls. Milestone M1C1-103 follows the first step of the reform, which
required a review of possible measures to reduce tax evasion from omitted invoicing, which was
adopted by the Finance Ministry on 20 December 2021 for the implementation of Milestone M1C1101. Milestone M1C1-103 is a crucial step of the reform as it requires the entry into force of several
provisions for encouraging tax compliance and improving tax audits and controls, also with
reference to the above-mentioned review. In particular, the provisions shall include: (i) full
operationalisation of the database and the dedicated IT infrastructure for the release of prepopulated VAT tax return; (ii) enhancement of the database used for “compliance letters”; (iii) entry
into force of reformed legislation in order to ensure effective administrative sanctions in case of
refusal of private providers to accept electronic payments; (iv) completion of the process of data
pseudonymization and set up of digital infrastructure for the analysis of big data generated through
the interoperability of databases for tax risk analysis fully pseudonymized; and (v) entry into force
of primary and secondary legislation implementing additional effective actions based on the findings
of the review of possible measures to reduce tax evasion adopted for the implementation of
Milestone M1C1-101.
Reform 1.12 includes several subsequent targets, mostly related to the outcome of the measures
adopted under Milestone M1C1-103. Namely, the number of “compliance letters” shall be increased
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by at least 20% compared to 2019 (expected by Q4 2022, target M1C1-105) and by at least 40%
compared to 2019 (expected by Q4 2024, target M1C1-113); the number of false positive
“compliance letters” shall be reduced by at least 5% with respect to 2019 (expected by Q4 2022,
target M1C1-106); and tax revenue generated by “compliance letters” shall increase by 15% with
respect to 2019 (expected by Q4 2022, target M1C1-107) and by 30% compared to 2019 (expected
by Q4 2024, target M1C1-114). Indicatively, by Q2 2023, pre-populated VAT tax returns shall be sent
to at least 2.3 million taxpayers for the tax year 2022 (target M1C1-109). Indicatively, by Q2 2024,
the staff of the Revenue Agency shall be increased by 4113 units in order to improve its operational
capacity, as indicated in the “Performance plan 2021-2023” (target M1C1-112). Finally, tax evasion,
as defined by the indicator "propensity to evade", in all taxes excluding property taxes and excises,
shall be reduced in 2023 by 5% compared to 2019 (expected by Q4 2025, target M1C1-116) and in
2024 by 15% compared to 2019 (expected by Q2 2026, target M1C1-121).
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. A summary document duly justifying how the milestone, including all the constitutive
elements, was satisfactorily fulfilled;
2. Decree-Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022, published in the Official Journal n. 100 of 30 April 2022
and converted into Law n. 79 of 29 June 2022, on further urgent measures for the
implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, published in the Official
Journal n. 150 of 29 June 2022;
3. The implementing provisions adopted by the Revenue Agency on 8 July 2021 (including
relevant annexes and the link to the publication on the website of the Revenue Agency) on
the implementation of Art. 4 of Legislative Decree n. 127 of 5 August 2015, concerning the
preparation, by the Revenue Agency, of pre-filled draft VAT registers, periodic VAT
settlements and the annual VAT return;
4. A document illustrating the relevant regulatory provisions and the activities implemented,
as well as the technological infrastructure made available to VAT payers for the use of prefilled VAT documents, including a link to the online platform for taxpayers as well as a
certificate of works completion signed by the contractor and the competent authority;
5. A document describing the functioning of the platform for pre-filled VAT declarations and
the required tasks as well as simplification gains for taxpayers (the same information is also
available on the website of the Revenue Agency;
6. A document illustrating the steps taken to improve the relevant databases and to enhance
the analytical process for identifying addressees of compliance letters, highlighting the
measures taken to ensure the quality of the data used and reduce the incidence of false
positives. The document includes a certificate of works completion signed by the contractor
and the competent authority;
7. An annex to the above-mentioned document on the steps taken to improve the relevant
databases and to enhance the analytical process for identifying addressees of compliance
letters, providing additional information on the implemented interoperability of the existing
databases;
8. Art. 19-ter of Decree-Law n. 152 of 6 November 2021, published in the Official Journal n.
265 of 6 November 2021 and converted into Law n. 233 of 29 December 2021, published in
the Official Journal n. 310 of 31 December 2021, introducing sanctions for providers refusing
electronic payments;
9. A document illustrating the methodology developed and implemented to ensure the
pseudonymisation of personal data for tax risk analysis in compliance with the provisions of
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016.

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The document includes a certificate of works completion signed by the contractor and the
competent authority;
10. An annex to the above-mentioned document on the methodology developed and
implemented to ensure the pseudonymisation of personal data for tax risk analysis,
providing additional information on the methodology;
11. Extracts from databases used for the tax risk analysis, including 2,822,700 entries both in
clear and in pseudonymised form;
12. The ministerial decree issued by the Ministry of Economy and Finance on 28 June 2022 (in
compliance with art. 1, paragraph 683, of Law n. 160 of 27 December 2019) regulating
taxpayers’ rights with respect to the use of relevant data for tax risks analyses by the tax
administration;
13. The positive opinion of the Privacy authority on the above-mentioned government decree
regulating taxpayers’ rights concerning data protection for the purpose of tax evasion risk
analysis;
14. The positive opinion of the Privacy authority on the use, by the Revenue Agency, of relevant
taxpayers’ data for tax risk analyses, upon pseudonymisation via the methodology
developed, as required by art. 1, paragraphs 681-686, of Law n. 160 of 27 December 2019;
15. Implementing provisions for the transmission of electronic payment data by financial
operators issued by the Revenue Agency on 30 June 2022, protocol number 253155/2022;
16. Implementing provisions for the transmission of electronic payment data by financial
operators issued by the Revenue Agency on 2 September June 2022, protocol number
340401/2022.
The authorities also provided:
17. Art. 4 of Legislative Decree n. 127 of 5 August 2015 on administrative and accounting
simplifications;
18. Art. 22 of Decree-Law n. 124 of 26 October 2019, as modified by Decree-Law n. 146 of 21
October 2021 on tax credit related to electronic payment commissions;
19. Seven documents providing detailed descriptions of specific types of tax risk analysis to
illustrate the enhancement introduced by the reform, including in particular two documents
describing methodologies already used before the reform and five documents describing
methodologies allowed by the reform.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:
(i) The certificate of works completion signed by the contractor and the competent authority as well
as the link to the online platform for taxpayers, clearly shows that Italy has made fully operational
the database and the dedicated IT infrastructure for the release of pre-populated VAT forms for tax
returns, as provided for by art. 4, paragraph 1, of the Legislative Decree n. 127 of 5 August 2015,
concerning in particular quarterly communications of VAT settlements and annual VAT returns. The
Revenue Agency has made available to taxpayers included in the test group of recipients (2.3 million
taxpayers) the drafts of the VAT registers, starting from 13 September 2021, and the drafts of the
communications of periodic VAT settlements, starting from 6 November 2021, in a specific web area
of the “Fatture e corrispettivi” portal which can be accessed through specific credentials directly or
through appointed professionals.
(ii) The certificate of works completion signed by the contractor and the competent authority as well
as the explanations provided clearly show that Italy has enhanced the database used for
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“compliance letters” (which provide early communications to taxpayers for which anomalies are
detected). This is expected to reduce the incidence of false-positive and to increase the number of
communications sent out to taxpayers.
(iii) As confirmed by the relevant legislation provided (in particular Decree-Law n. 36 of 30 April
2022, converted into Law n. 79 of 29 June 2022 and Decree-Law n. 152 of 6 November 2021,
converted into Law n. 233 of 29 December 2021) Italy has introduced effective administrative
sanctions for providers refusing to accept electronic payments, starting from 30 June 2022. In
particular, art. 19-ter of Decree-Law n. 152 of 6 November 2021, converted into Law n. 233 of 29
December 2021 also specifies that sanctions amount to an administrative fine of EUR 30, increased
by 4% of the value of the transaction for which the payment was refused.
(iv-a) The certificate of works completion signed by the contractor and the competent authority and
the extracts of datasets confirm that Italy has completed the process of data pseudonymization for
the analysis of big data generated through the interoperability of the databases available to the tax
administration for targeting tax audits and controls, in compliance with art. 1, paragraphs 681-686,
of Law n. 160 of 27 December 2019.
(iv-b) The certificate of works completion signed by the contractor and the competent authority
(also relevant for item (ii)) and the detailed examples of the types of tax risk analyses allowed by the
reform confirm that Italy has completed the set-up of a digital infrastructure for the analysis of big
data generated through the interoperability of databases for tax risk analysis fully pseudonymized.
In addition, Italy has transmitted three documents proving that the steps required by the national
legislation for the use of the digital infrastructure for tax risk analyses have been fulfilled, namely:
(i) a ministerial decree by the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued on 28 June 2022 regulating
taxpayers’ rights with respect to the use of relevant data for tax risks analyses by the tax
administration, in compliance with art. 1, paragraph 683, of Law n. 160 of 27 December 2019; (ii)
the positive opinion of the Privacy authority on the above-mentioned decree regulating taxpayers
rights for tax risk analysis, in compliance with art. 1, paragraph 683, of Law n. 160 of 27 December
2019; and (iii) the positive opinion of the Privacy authority on the use, by the Revenue Agency, of
relevant taxpayers’ data for tax risk analyses, upon pseudonymisation via the methodology
developed, as required by art. 1, paragraph 684, of Law n. 160 of 27 December 2019.
(v) The evidence provided (in particular, Decree-Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022, converted into Law n.
79 of 29 June 2022, and the implementing provisions for the transmission of electronic payment
data issued by Revenue Agency on 30 June and 2 September 2022) demonstrates that Italy has
implemented several additional actions based on the findings of the review of possible measures to
reduce tax evasion from omitted invoicing which was adopted by the Finance Ministry on 20
December 2021 for the implementation of milestone M1C1-101. The primary legislation including
provisions to comply with the requirements of the Council Implementing Decision consists of
Decree-Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022, converted into Law n. 79 of 29 June 2022. The Decree-Law
entered into force on 1 May 2022 (Article 5) and its conversion into Law on 30 June 2022 (Article 1).
The regulatory provisions consist of implementing provisions for the transmission of electronic
payment data by financial operators issued by the Revenue Agency on 30 June 2022, protocol
number 253155/2022, as modified by the implementing provisions issued by the Revenue Agency
on 2 September 2022, protocol number 340401/2022, indicating that the data transmission will start
on 5 September 2022. In particular, these additional actions concern:
1. Extension of the obligation of electronic invoicing to taxpayers benefitting from the simplified
flat-rate regime (art. 18, paragraphs 2-3 of Decree-Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022). In particular,
the obligation has started from 1 July 2022 for flat-rate subjects with a volume of revenues or
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remuneration in the previous year exceeding EUR 25 000, and from 1 January 2024 for other
flat-rate taxpayers, with turnover lower than EUR 25 000. The extended obligation is expected
to close the remaining gap concerning the obligation of electronic invoicing, with important
advantages in terms of information available to the tax administration for targeting tax audits
and controls as well as reduction of compliance costs for taxpayers.
2. Extension of the obligation for financial operators to transmit the daily summary data of
transactions carried out in favour of economic operators using electronic payment instruments
(art. 18, paragraph 4 of Decree-Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022, entered into force on 1 May 2022).
This obligation was already existing with respect to electronic payment instruments connected
with automatic cash-registers suitable for the electronic transmission of invoices (art. 5 novies
of the Decree-Law n. 146 of 21 October 2021), while art. 18 paragraph 4 of Decree-Law n. 36
of 30 April 2022 extended the obligation with respect to all electronic payment instruments
used by providers. The implementing provisions for the transmission of electronic payment
data issued by the Revenue Agency on 2 September 2022 establish that the data transmission
for operations occurred from 1 September 2022 is implemented by financial operators starting
from 5 September and by 15 October 2022, and that data for operations occurred from 1
January to 31 August will shall be transmitted by 30 November 2022. The extended obligation
for data transmission will provide a substantial amount of additional information to the tax
administration for the targeting of tax audits and controls and will strengthen the link between
the use of electronic payments and the reduction of tax evasion from omitted invoicing.
3. Improvement of the existing “lottery receipts”, by allowing participation to the lottery through
the communication of an individual dedicated code rather than the customers’ personal tax
code (art. 18, comma 4-bis of Decree-Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022, as converted into Law n. 79
of 29 June 2022, which entered into force on 30 June 2022). The improvement is expected to
encourage participation to the lottery, increasing incentives for consumers to ask receipts and
contributing to reduce tax evasion from omitted invoicing.
Overall, the measures adopted by the Italian authorities can be considered effective because they
are expected to substantially increase the amount of information available to the tax administration
for targeting tax audits and controls and to encourage the issuance of receipts to consumers,
positively contributing to reduce tax evasion, including from omitted invoicing. For detailed
explanations on the expected impact on tax evasion, the explanatory document submitted by Italy
refers to the review adopted by the Finance Ministry on 20 December 2021 for the implementation
of milestone M1C1-101.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M1C1-104

M1C1.R1.13 - Reform of the spending review framework

Name of the milestone: Adoption of savings targets for spending reviews for the years 2023-2025
Qualitative Indicator: Quantitative savings target for the aggregate
central state administrations defined in the Document of Economy
Time: Q2 2022
and Finance - in euro
Context
Milestone M1C1-104 is part of Reform 1.13 which aims at reforming the spending review framework
in order to improve its effectiveness. The Reform started with Milestone M1C1-100, which required
the reform of the existing national framework for yearly spending reviews, in particular by
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strengthening the role of the Finance Ministry. Milestone M1C1-104 is the subsequent Milestone
and is aimed at ensuring the activation in 2022 of the national framework for yearly spending
reviews, by requiringthe adoption of savings targets for spending reviews for the aggregate central
state administrations for the years 2023-2025. In particular, these targets shall be set on the basis
of the Legislative Decrees n. 90 and 93 of 2016 and Law n. 163 of 2016 and shall reflect an adequate
level of ambition.
Subsequent milestones of Reform 1.13 require that the Finance Ministry shall adopt a report on the
effectiveness of practices used by selected public administrations for formulating and implementing
saving plans (expected by Q4 2022, milestone M1C1-102). The Finance Ministry shall also publish
yearly reports on spending reviews, namely in 2024 with reference to the 2023 spending review
(expected by Q2 2024, milestone M1C1-111), in 2025, with reference to the 2024 spending review
(expected by Q2 2025, milestone M1C1-115) and in 2026, with reference to the 2025 spending
review (expected by Q2 2026, milestone M1C1-122). Finally, Reform 1.13 (expected by Q4 2023,
milestone M1C1-110) the reclassification of the general State budget, with reference to the
environmental expenditure and to the expenditure that promotes gender equality.
Evidence Provided: In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements,
the following evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone was satisfactorily fulfilled in line
with the requirements set out in the Council Implementing Decision;
2. 2022 Economic and Financial Document (DEF).
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:
In accordance with the further specification of the Operational Arrangements, the 2022 Economic
and Financial Document (DEF) sets quantitative savings targets for the aggregate central state
administrations. These targets are defined as lower spending compared to the projected
“unchanged legislation” scenario, in the amount of EUR 0.8 billion in 2023, EUR 1.2 billion in 2024
and EUR 1.5 billion in 2025. They are set on the basis of the Legislative Decrees n. 90 and 93 of 12
May 2016 and Law n. 163 of 4 August 2016, which integrate the spending review process in the
yearly budgetary cycle.
As indicated by Italy in the summary document, the targeted savings will occur in a context of high
inflation, which will require a higher fiscal effort from ministries in real terms. Italy indicates that
the savings targets imply, on average, a 10% cut in the budget of ministries for intermediate
consumption. In historical perspective, the targets are in line (or slightly above in 2024-2025) the
targets set by the 2018 spending review already implemented under Legislative Decrees n. 90 and
93 of 12 May 2016 and Law n. 163 of 4 August 2016 (EUR 1 billion). Overall, having considered the
above-mentioned arguments, the savings targets are considered to reflect an adequate level of
ambition, in line with the respective requirement of the Council Implementing Decision.
Beyond the requirements of the milestone, it is noted that Legislative Decree n. 90 of 2016, which
sets out the national legal framework for spending reviews, requires the definition of savings targets
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relevant year. While the decree has not yet been adopted, it will be crucial to adopt it on time for
enshrining ministries’ savings targets in the 2023 Budget Law.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M1C2-16

M1C2.I3 - Fast internet connections (Ultra-Broadband and 5G)

Name of the milestone: Award of all public contracts for faster connection projects
Qualitative Indicator: Notification of the award of all public contracts
Time: Q2 2022
for faster connection projects
Context:
Milestone M1C2-16 is part of Investment 1.3, whose objective is to complete the national ultra-fast
and 5G telecommunications network throughout the Italian territory. Milestone M1C2-16 is the first
milestone related to this measure and concerns the award of public contracts for all five faster
connection projects part of the investment: (i) “Italia a 1 Giga”; (ii) “Italia 5G”; (iii) “Connected
schools”; (iv) Connected health care facilities” and (v) “Connected smaller islands”.
Milestone M1C2-16 is followed by five targets. A first target, M1C2-19, is expected by Q4 2023 and
foresees the provision of ultra-broadband connectivity in at least 18 islands. Four additional targets
are then expected by Q2 2026: M1C2-17 and M1C2-18 foresee respectively that at least 8.5 million
residential units and at least 9 000 schools and 12 279 public healthcare facilities will be provided
with 1 Gbps connectivity; M1C2-20 and M1C2-21 foresee respectively that at least additional 12 600
km of suburban roads/corridors and at least additional 15 000 sqkm of market failure areas will be
provided with 5G coverage.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1) A summary document duly justifying how the milestone (including all the constitutive
elements) was satisfactorily fulfilled. This document includes as an annex the following
documentary evidence and elements:
a) Copy of all contract award notifications;
b) Extract of the relevant parts of the technical specifications of the projects proving
alignment with the description of the milestone and the description of the investment in
the Council Implementing Decision.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:
1) As concerns the “Italia a 1 Giga” project, a call for tender has been launched by the Italian
authorities on 20 January 2022 and, following the conclusion of the tender on 31 March 2022,
14 out of a total of 15 allotments have been awarded on 24 May 2022. A new call for tender
for the non-awarded allotment of the Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano has been
published on 29 April 2022 with a deadline on 3 June 2022 and this remaining allotment has
also been awarded on 28 June 2022;
2) The “Italia 5G” project is composed of two sub-projects, one for the backhauling of 5G sites
with fiber optic cables and one for 5G coverage of market failure areas.
i. The call for tender for the 5G backhauling sub-project has been launched on 31 March 2022
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ii. As concerns the call for tender for 5G coverage of market failure areas, following a first
unsuccessful call, a second call has been launched on 20 May 2022 with deadline on 10 June
2022. This new call for tender was successful and the sub-project was awarded on 28 June
2022;
3) As concerns the “Connected schools” project, a call for tender has been published on 2
February 2022 with deadline on 11 April 2022. Following the conclusion of the tender, the
project has been awarded on 6 June 2022;
4) As concerns the “Connected health care facilities” project, a call for tender has been published
on 2 February 2022 with deadline on 11 April 2022. Following the conclusion of the tender, the
project has been awarded on 6 June 2022;
5) Finally, as concerns the “Connected smaller islands” project, a call for tender has been
published on 16 February 2022 with deadline on 18 March 2022. Following the conclusion of
the tender, the project has been awarded on 28 April 2022.
In sum, all public contracts for faster connection projects have been awarded by the authorities.
In addition, the authorities have provided evidence proving alignment with the description of the
investment in the Council Implementing Decision. This includes in particular the technical layouts
and the full calls for tender for all five faster connection projects.
In line with the further specification set out in the Operational Arrangements, which specifies that
calls are expected to target potential beneficiaries based on needs, the authorities carried out
detailed mapping exercises and public consultations to identify market failure areas. With respect
to the further specification on the expectation of the deployment of technical assistance, a technical
assistance structure has been created to support the implementation of the RRP measures, which
has been put at the administrations’ disposal.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M1C2-28

M1C2.I5.2 - Competitiveness and resilience of supply chains

Name of the milestone: Entry into force of a decree including the investment policy of the
Development Contracts
Qualitative Indicator: Provision in the law indicating the entry into
Time: Q1 2022
force of the decree
Context: This milestone concerns investment 5 of component M1C2 “Industrial supply chain policies
and internationalization”, which aims at strengthening industrial supply chains.
In particular, the milestone relates to the second line of intervention of said investment, represents
the intermediate step of the intervention and consists of financial support to enterprises through
the instrument of the Development Contract for projects related to key strategic value chains. The
milestone concerns the entry into force of a decree including the investment policy of the
Development Contracts.
The achievement of the subsequent target M1C2-29 is expected by Q4-2023 and provides for the
signature of at least 40 Development Contracts, with the activation of at least EUR 1.5 billion of
investments.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. A summary document duly justifying how the milestone, including all the constitutive
elements, was satisfactorily fulfilled;
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2. Ministerial Decree of 13 January 2022, published in the Official Journal n. 36 of 12 February
2022 establishing the investment policy of the Development Contracts;
3. Decree of the Director-General of the Ministry of Economic Development of 25 March 2022 on
the launch of the call for proposals;
4. Agreement of 30 March 2022 between the Ministry of Economic Development and the
entrusted entity (“National Agency for the Attraction of Investments and Business
Development S.p.A.” – Invitalia), including on the application of the DNSH principle;
5. Circular n. 120820 of 28 March 2022 of the Ministry of Economic Development on the
application of the DNSH principle to the Development Contracts financed by the RRP.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
Italy provided a Ministerial Decree encompassing the investment policy of the Development
Contracts, in line with the requirements of the Council Implementing Decision. The Decree was
adopted on 13 January 2022 and published in the Official Journal on 12 February 2022, thus entering
into force. The Decree specifies that the application of the relevant provisions remained subject to
state aid approval by the Commission (Article 8), which occurred on 20 June 2022 (Decision
SA.102702).
More specifically, the investment policy (Article 3 of Ministerial Decree of 13 January 2022) defines
the nature and scope of the projects to be supported (specifying they have to be in line with the
objectives of the RRF Regulation), which concern development programs related to strategic value
chains (e.g. agroindustry, design, microelectronics). The investment policy (Article 3) also defines
the type of operations supported (i.e. the existing instrument of Development Contracts) and the
targeted beneficiaries (companies active in the identified strategic sectors) including their eligibility
criteria.
Both the investment policy (Article 3) and the contractual agreement between the State (Ministry
of Economic Development) and the entrusted entity (Invitalia) of 30 March 2022, as further
integrated by the Circular of the Ministry of Economic Development of 28 March 2022, include the
specifications concerning compliance with the DNSH principle and include an explicit reference to
the Commission’s DNSH Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01). In particular, they introduce as
eligibility criteria, in line with the Council Implementing Decision, the application of the
Commission’s guidance on sustainability proofing for the InvestEU Fund, the exclusion list of assets
and activities, and compliance with the relevant EU and national environmental legislation.
Finally, the investment policy (Article 4) includes provisions requiring to re-invest potential reflows
for similar policy objectives also beyond 2026, as required under the Council Implementing Decision.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M1C3-11

M1C3.I1.3 - Improve energy efficiency in cinema, theatres and museums
Name of the milestone: Entry into force of the Ministry of Culture decree for the allocation of
resources to improve energy efficiency in places of culture

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Qualitative Indicator: Provision in the decree indicating the entry into
force of the Ministry of Culture (MIC) decree for the allocation of Time: Q2 2022
resources to improve energy efficiency in places of culture
Context:
The aim of this investment is to improve the energy efficiency of buildings linked to the cultural and
creative sector in particular; in museums, cinemas, and theatres (both public and private). M1C3-11
is the initial step in the implementation of the investment and requires the entry into force of the
decree allocating the resources to the projects. For museums and places of cultures, the
intervention is implemented through a recognition of the project proposals by the Ministry of
Culture. For the identification of the interventions in theatres and cinemas, the selection shall be
carried out through calls for tenders.
The measures foreseen two future targets (M1C3-4 and M1C3-5): 80 interventions completed by Q3
2023 (middle step) and a total of 420 interventions completed by Q4 2025 (final step)
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. A summary document duly justifying how the milestone, including all the constitutive
elements, was satisfactorily fulfilled, with reference to the relevant provisions indicating the
entry into force;
2. Ministerial Decree n. 452 of 7 June 2022 allocating the resources to improve energy
efficiency in places of cultures and of the publication on the Ministry of Culture’s website;
The authorities also provided:
3. Note of Direzione Generale Musei n. 6775 of 8 April 2022, including as an annex the list of
interventions for the improvement of energy efficiency in state museums identified by the
Ministry of Culture;
4. Note of Direzione Generale Musei n. 9679 of 3 June 2022, confirming compliance with the
DNSH conditions set out in the Council Implementing Decision of the projects for the
improvement of energy efficiency in state museums;
5. Note of Direzione Generale Musei n. 7426 of 22 April 2022, specifying the criteria adopted
for the selection of the interventions in state museums;
6. Copy of the call for projects launched on 22 December 2021 for the improvement of energy
efficiency in theatres and cinemas;
7. Note of Direzione Generale Spettacolo n.7497 of 4 August 2022, confirming compliance with
the DNSH conditions set out in the Council Implementing Decision of the projects for the
improvement of energy efficiency in cinemas and theatres;
8. Note of the President of the evaluation committee n. 22237 of 31 May 2022, which include
as an annex the provisional ranking for the call for projects launched on 22 December 2021;
9. Note of the Ministry of Culture n. 5349 of 31 May 2022, circulating the above-mentioned
provisional ranking to the administration in charge;
10. Checklist attesting the coherence of the interventions with the RRP;
11. Request for technical assistance of 11 May 2022 by the Ministry of Culture to the Ministry
of Economic Affairs for the investment 1.3;
12. Note by the Ministry of Culture n. 15925 of 11 May 2022, providing the annual plan for the
implementation of the technical assistance.
Analysis:

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The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:
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The Council Implementing Decision requires the entry into force of the Ministry of Culture decree
allocating the resources to improve energy efficiency in places of cultures. On 7 June 2022, the
Ministerial Decree n. 452 allocating the resources to energy efficiency interventions in museums,
cinemas and theatres was adopted (art.2). In line with the national legal framework, this
Ministerial Decree has the nature of an administrative act and produces effects from the date of
adoption and has as such entered into force;
In line with the Council Implementing Decision, the interventions in state museums were
identified by the Ministry of Culture, as evidenced by the note of Direzione Generale Musei n.
6775/2022 that provides as an annex the list of the identified interventions to improve energy
efficiency. According to the note n. 7426 of 22 April 2022, the selected interventions focused on
several energy efficiency interventions, such as energy-efficiency and systems design analysis of
buildings, infrastructure works, optimization of energy and heat consumptions;
The energy efficiency interventions in cinemas and theatres were selected by the authorities
following a competitive call for projects launched on 22 December 2021. The admissible
interventions included: technical, economic and financial planning, energy audit, environmental
analysis, environmental impact evaluations, analysis and intervention to improve energy
efficiency; building interventions; interventions to replace or purchase digital equipment, tools,
systems and software or to purchase patents, licenses and know-how; installation of smart tools
to control, manage, monitor and optimize energy consumption (smart building) and pollutant
emissions (art.4 of the call);
With regard to compliance with the DNSH principle, the Council Implementing Decision required
the award to the projects selected under the competitive calls for proposals to be in compliance
with the ’Do no significant harm’ Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01) through the use of an
exclusion list and the requirement of compliance with the relevant EU and national
environmental legislation. For the interventions in cinemas and theatres, the call for projects
includes those DNSH conditions at art. 4 (admissible interventions). To ensure that those
conditions will also be respected during project implementation for all the interventions in
museums, cinemas and theatres, the Ministerial Decree n.452 of 7 June 2022, at art. 3 ‘’obblighi
dei soggetti attuatori’’ (obligations of the implementing authorities), binds the implementing
bodies to respect the DNSH principle and to include the DNSH conditions in the calls for tenders
to be launched during project implementation. The DNSH provisions in the call for project and in
the Ministerial Decree n.452 of 7 June 2022 include an erroneous reference to financial
instruments and the decree referred, under DNSH obligations, only to beneficiaries awarding
public contracts. The Ministry of Culture provided two additional declarations (notes of Direzione
Generale Musei n. 9679 of 3 June 2022 and of Direzione Generale Spettacolo n. 7497 of 4 August
2022) certifying that all those projects had been assessed in compliance with the DNSH
conditions set out in the Council Implementing Decision (DNSH exclusion list and compliance
with the EU and National Environmental legislation). Considering all the evidence provided, the
imprecise provisions in both call and decree do not affect the achievement of the milestone. On
this basis, it is considered that this constitutive element of the milestone is satisfactorily fulfilled;
With respect to the further specification set out in the Operational Arrangements, which
specifies that calls are expected to target potential beneficiaries based on needs, the call includes
a provision to reserve a dedicated quota of resources to the most disadvantaged areas (art. 1
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and 9);With respect to the further specification on the expectation of the deployment of
technical assistance, the Ministry of Culture used the technical assistance provided by Cassa
Depositi e Prestiti and Invitalia to support the administrative procedures, including for the
assessment and selection of the projects as evidenced by request for technical assistance that
was submitted by the Ministry of Culture to the Ministry of Economy and Finance on 11 May
2022.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M1C3-12

M1C3.I2.1 - Attractiveness of small historic towns

Name of the milestone: Entry into force of the Ministry of Culture decree for the allocation of
resources to municipalities for the attractiveness of Small Historic Towns
Qualitative Indicator: Provision in the decree indicating the entry into
force of the Ministry of Culture decree for the allocation of resources Time: Q2 2022
to municipalities for the attractiveness of Small Historic Towns
Context:
This investment aims at supporting the economic and social development of 250 small historical
towns (villages) located in disadvantaged areas, through integrated local projects. The measures
shall focus on: i) restoring historical heritage, upgrading open public spaces, creating small cultural
services, including for tourism purposes; ii) creating and promoting new routes; iii) the introduction
of financial support for cultural, creative, touristic, trade, agri-food and craft activities to relaunch
local economies.
M1C3-12 requires the entry into force of the Ministry of Culture decree allocating the resources to
municipalities for the attractiveness of Small Historic Towns (first step). Following the
implementation of this milestone, the measure also envisages one target: by Q2 2025, 1300
interventions shall be completed and financial support to at least 1800 SMEs shall be provided
(M1C3-16).
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangement, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone (including all the constitutive
elements) was satisfactorily fulfilled with a justification that the technical specifications of
the projects are fully aligned with the description, criteria and conditions as set out in the
milestone/target and of the description of the investment in the Council Implementing
Decision;
2. Ministerial Decree n. 453 of 7 June 2022 for the allocation of resources to municipalities for
the attractiveness of Small Historic Towns (including as annexes the list of selected projects)
and copy of the publication on the Ministry’s website;
3. List of all chosen projects with a project description and period of implementation
The authorities also provided:
4. Ministerial decree n. 112 of 21 March 2022 allocating the resources to the interventions;
5. note of the Ministry of Culture n. 23430 of 3 December 2021 (and its annexes) providing the
outputs of ‘’Tavolo di Confronto Tecnico” between the Ministry of Culture, the Regions,
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Associazione Nazionale Comuni Italiani (ANCI)and the local authorities to determine the
criteria for the selection of the villages and the eligible areas of interventions;
6. Annex II to the note of the Ministry of Culture n. 23430/2021, setting out the guidelines for
the implementation of the investment 2.1;
7. Minutes of the meeting of ‘’Tavolo di Confronto Tecnico’’ of 3 December 2021;
8. Decree of the Ministry of Culture n. 160 of 14 April 2022, allocating the resources to the
Regions and Autonomous Provinces for the selection of the projects for Line B;
9. Copy of the call for projects launched on 20 December 2021 and its corrigendum;
10. Decree of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Culture n. 195 of 28 March 2022,
appointing the evaluation committee for call for projects launched on 20 December 2021;
11. Note of the Administration Manager Director n. 19447 of 6 June 2022, that includes as an
annex the provisional ranking for the call for projects launched on 20 December 2021;
12. Note of the Ministry of Culture of 9 December 2021 inviting the Regions and the
Autonomous Provinces to submit their projects for line A;
13. Decree of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Culture n. 194 of 28 March 2022,
appointing the technical committee in charge of assessing the pilot projects proposed by
the Regions and Autonomous Provinces for Line A;
14. Note of the Administration Manager Director n. 19446 of 6 June 2022, that includes as an
annex the list of the selected pilot projects for line A;
15. 20 declarations of compliance of the pilot projects for line A with the DNSH conditions set
out in the Council Implementing decision;
16. 12 administrative documents of the Regions and Autonomous Provinces and note of the
Secretary General of the Ministry of Culture n. 23709 of 6 December 2021, explaining the
selection process and the criteria for the selection of the projects for line A;
17. Interim order n.64 of 5 May 2022 of the Administrative Regional Court (TAR), suspending
the effectiveness of the contract award to the municipality of Pietrabbondante (Molise);
18. Two explanatory documents on the respect of the selection criteria of the projects set out
in the Council Implementing Decision;
19. Checklist attesting the coherence of the interventions with the RRP;
20. Communication of the Court of Auditors n.1719 of 16 June 2022, attesting the registration
of the Ministerial Decree n.453 of 7 June 2022;
21. The request for technical assistance submitted by the Ministry of Culture to the Ministry of
Economy and Finance on 11 May 2022;
22. Note by the Ministry of Culture n. 15925 of 11 May 2022, providing the annual plan for the
implementation of the technical assistance.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all
constitutive elements of the milestone. According to the Ministerial Decree of the Ministry of
Culture n. 112 of 21 March 2022, the investment includes two main lines of intervention: Linea A,
financing 21 “pilot projects” (one per each Region/autonomous provinces of Trento and Bolzano)
selected by the Regions and Linea B, financing at least 229 local projects of cultural and social
regeneration, presented by municipalities (or consortia of municipalities) having an aggregated
total population of no more than 5000 inhabitants;
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The Ministerial Decree n. 453 of 7 June 2022 allocated the resources to municipalities for the
attractiveness of Small Historic Towns. In total, 309 municipalities will benefit from the
investment of which 289 through Linea B and 20 through Linea A (the project selected by the
Region Molise has not been awarded yet following the opening of a litigation). In line with the
national legal framework, this Ministerial Decree has the nature of an administrative act and
produces effects from the date of adoption;

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The projects for Linea B were selected following a competitive procedure launched on 20
December 2021. The projects for Linea A were selected by the Regions (17 through calls for
projects and 3 through direct awards). The municipalities involved are the ones who have
submitted to the Ministry of Culture their projects proposals. In accordance with the Council
Implementing Decision, the call for projects for Linea A and the guidelines for the
implementation of the investment 2.1 were shared by the Ministry of Culture, Regions, ANCI and
local authorities as evidenced by the note of the Ministry of Culture n. 23430 of 3 December
2021 (and its annexes);
The selection of the municipalities for Linea A and Linea B was made on the basis of the
territorial, economic and social criteria, as set out in the Council Implementing Decision, and all
the statistical indicators mentioned therein were taken into account for the selection of the
projects (art. 8, comma 4, of the call; p. 5-6 of the guidelines for the implementing of the
investment 2.1), as also evidenced by the justification provided by the authorities in the
explanatory documents;
The projects include the activities indicated at the point I) and II) of the description of the
measure, i.e. restoring historical heritage, upgrading open public spaces (e.g. removing
architectural barriers, improving urban furniture), creating small cultural services, including for
tourism purposes; and creating and promoting new routes (e.g. thematic routes, historical
routes) and guided tours; as proved by art. 5 ‘’linee d’azione e tipologie di interventi finanziabili’’
(lines of actions and eligible interventions) of the call for projects for Linea B and by the
explanatory documents for Linea A, as also complemented with the information provided by the
Italian authorities in the summary report and in the projects descriptions included in the list of
the financed projects; and in the projects descriptions included in the list of the financed
projects;
The Council Implementing Decision requires that the award of the contracts to the projects
selected under the competitive calls for proposals, shall include the following: a) Eligibility
criteria that ensure that the selected projects comply with the ‘Do no significant harm’ Technical
Guidance (2021/C58/01) through the use of an exclusion list and the requirement of compliance
with the relevant EU and national environmental legislation. The call for projects for Linea B
includes the DNSH conditions at art. 4, comma 8, let. E). Moreover, for Linea A, 20 declarations
of compliance of the projects selected with the DNSH conditions set out in the Council
Implementing Decision were provided. To ensure compliance with the above-mentioned DNSH
conditions during project implementation, the Ministerial Decree n.453 of 7 June 2022 allocating
the resources to projects also includes an obligation for the implementing bodies to respect the
DNSH principle and include the DNSH conditions in the contracts to be signed during project
implementation (Art. 3 ‘’obblighi dei soggetti attuatori’’ (obligations of the implementing
bodies);
In conformity with the Council Implementing Decision, by virtue of art 4, comma 8, let. E) of the
call for project for Linea B, candidates were obliged, under penalty of exclusion, to provide a
signed commitment that the climate contribution of the investment calculated in accordance
with the methodology of Annex VI to the Regulation (EU) 2021/241 shall account for at least 25%
of the total cost of the investment supported by the RRF and to report on the implementation
of the measure halfway through the life of the scheme and the end of the scheme. According to
the explanatory notes provided by Italy, these two commitments will be also replicated in the
contracts to be signed with the implementing bodies (for both Linea A and Linea B). Furthermore,
the decree n. 453 of 7 June recalls implementing bodies to respect the RRP tagging principles
(art. 3, comma 2);
In line with the further specification set out in the Operational Arrangements, which specifies
that calls are expected to target potential beneficiaries based on needs, the call for project (art.
8) includes award criteria based on the needs of the beneficiaries such as areas of high
unemployment, low cultural participation and with a negative demographic trend;
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With respect to the further specification on the expectation of the deployment of technical
assistance, the Ministry of Culture used the technical assistance provided by Cassa Depositi e
Prestiti and Invitalia to support the administrative procedures, including for the assessment and
selection of the projects as evidenced by request for technical assistance that was submitted by
the Ministry of Culture to the Ministry of Economy and Finance on 11 May 2022.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M1C3-13

M1C3.I2.2 - Protection and enhancement of rural architecture and
landscape

Name of the milestone: Entry into force of the Ministry of Culture decree for the allocation of
resources: for the protection and enhancement of rural architecture and landscape
Qualitative Indicator: Provision in the decree indicating the entry into
force of the Ministry of Culture (MIC) decree for the allocation of
Time: Q2 2022
resources for the protection and enhancement of rural architecture
and landscape
Context:
This investment aims at stimulating a systematic process of upgrading historic rural buildings and
landscape protection in order to improve the quality of the countryside’s landscape. To identify the
places for the intervention, the Council implementing decision outlines the following four
conditions. In particular, priority shall be given to:
1. assets located in territorial areas of high landscape value (assets located in areas of
landscape interest or of notable public interest (art.142-139 of DLgs 42/2004), to the
landscapes subject to UNESCO recognition, FAO GIAHS;
2. assets already available for public use or that the owner agrees to be accessible including
within local and integrated circuits and networks;
3. “area projects”, presented by aggregated subjects, able to ensure more effectively the
achievement of landscape redevelopment objectives;
4. projects located in areas that enhance the integrations and synergies with other
candidates for the PNRR and other plans / projects of a territorial nature supported by the
programming national (Ministry of Culture).”
M1C3-13 requires the entry into force of the decree for the allocation of resources (first step). The
measure envisages one target: 3000 interventions to rural assets shall be completed and 900
additional works shall be started indicatively by Q4 2025 (M1C3-17).
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Ministerial decree n. 107 of 18 March 2022 for the allocation of resources to the Regions
and Autonomous Provinces and copy of the publication on the Ministry’s website;
2. A summary document duly justifying how the milestone, including all the constitutive
elements, was satisfactorily fulfilled;
3. List of all chosen projects with a project description and period of implementation;
The authorities also provided:
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4. Call for proposal template sent from the Ministry of Culture to the Regions and Autonomous
provinces;
5. Copy of each regional/provincial call for projects (21 in total) for the enhancement of rural
architecture and landscape;
6. 21 declarations that selected projects comply with the DNSH Technical Guidance
(2021/C58/01) and the Council Implementing Decision;
7. 2 explanatory notes of the Ministry of Culture, providing an analysis of coherence of the
selection criteria included in the regional calls with the Council Implementing Decision;
8. Checklist attesting the coherence of the interventions with the RRP;
9. Communication of the Court of Auditors, attesting the registration of the Ministerial Decree
n.107 of 18 March 2022;
10. Report of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Culture providing an update on the
implementation of the investment;
11. 3 notes of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Culture to the Regions concerning the
implementation of the investment;
12. Ministerial Decree n.221 of 12 May 2022, postponing the deadlines set out in art. 3, comma
3, of the Ministerial Decree n. 107 of 18 March 2022, for the presentation of the list of the
selected projects;
13. Communication of the Court of Auditors n.13521 of 19 February 2021, attesting the
registration of the Ministerial Decree n.221 of 12 May 2022;
14. Request for technical assistance by the Ministry of Culture to the Ministry of Economic
Affairs for the investment 1.2 of 11 May 2022;
15. Note by the Ministry of Culture n. 15925 of 11 May 2022, providing the annual plan for the
implementation of the technical assistance.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:
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The ministerial decree n.107/2022, allocates the resources to the Regions and Autonomous
Provinces for the protection and enhancement of rural architecture and landscape (art. 1). In
line with the national legal framework, this Ministerial Decree has the nature of an
administrative act and produces effects from the date of adoption and has as such entered into
force;
The rural assets were selected following calls for projects at regional or provincial level published
in May 2021. The award criteria and the admissible interventions of in the regional/provincial
calls replicated the five priorities set out in the Council Implementing Decision, as also explained
by the Ministry of Culture’s explanatory note. A specific score was attributed for the fulfilment
of each priority and projects with the highest score were selected. For the purposes of defining
the types of rural architectures subject to the intervention, the Decree of the MiBAC of 6 October
2005 was used as a reference and the criteria outlined in the Council Implementing Decision
were replicated in the regional/provincial calls;
The Council Implementing Decisions requires that the award of the contracts to the projects
selected under the competitive calls for proposals, shall be in compliance with the ’Do no
significant harm’ Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01) through the use of an exclusion list and the
requirement of compliance with the relevant EU and national environmental legislation. All the
projects were assessed in terms of compliance with the DNSH conditions included in the Council
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Implementing Decision, as evidenced by declarations provided by the Regions and the Provinces.
In particular, Regions and Provinces provided a declaration of compliance with the ’Do no
significant harm’, also through the use of an exclusion list, and with the relevant EU and national
environmental legislation. DNSH obligations were also included in the regional/provincial calls
to ensure full DNSH compliance during project implementation. The infringement of these
obligations could be sanctioned with the partial or integral revocation of the funding;
In line with the further specification set out in the Operational Arrangements, which specifies
that calls are expected to target potential beneficiaries based on needs , the award criteria of
the regional/provincial calls prioritize projects where the intervention was urgently needed in
terms of safety, state of conservation or relevance of the rural asset;
With respect to the further specification on the expectation of the deployment of technical
assistance , the Ministry of Culture used the technical assistance provided by Cassa Depositi e
Prestiti and Invitalia to support the administrative procedures, including for the assessment and
selection of the projects as evidenced by the request for technical assistance that was submitted
by the Ministry of Culture to the Ministry of Economy and Finance on 11 May 2022;
According to the summary note provided by the Italian authorities, the deadline for the
submission of further projects is planned to be extended until September in view of meeting the
related target envisaged in Q4-2024.

Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M1C3-14

M1C3.I2.3 - Programmes to enhance the identity of places, parks and
historic gardens

Name of the milestone: Entry into force of the Ministry of Culture decree for the allocation of
resources: for projects to enhance the identity of places, parks and historic gardens
Qualitative Indicator: Provision in the decree indicating the entry into
force of the Ministry of Culture decree for the allocation of resources
Time: Q2 2022
for projects to enhance the identity of places, parks and historic
gardens
Context:
The investment envisages a refurbishment and rehabilitation of historic parks and gardens with a
view to ensure their proper maintenance, management and public use.
M1C3-14 demands the entry into force of the decree allocating the resources to projects (first step).
The measure envisages one target: 40 parks and garden shall be requalified and 1260 gardeners
shall be trained indicatively by Q4 2024 (M1C3-18).
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. A summary document duly justifying how the milestone, including all the constitutive
elements, was satisfactorily fulfilled;
2. Ministerial Decree n. 505 of 21 June 2022 (and its annexes) for the allocation of resources
and copy of the publication on the Ministry website;
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The authorities also provided:
3. Ministerial Decree n. 161 of 13 April 2022, allocating the resources of the Ministry of Culture
for the investment 2.3 in three lines of interventions;
4. Copy of the call for projects launched on 30 December 2021;
5. Decree of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Culture n. 190 of 25 March 2022,
appointing the evaluation committee for the call launched on 30 December 2021;
6. Ministerial Decree n. 874 of 15 October 2021, which establishes the technical-scientific
coordination group, composed by representatives of the Ministry of Culture, University,
ANCI, sectorial Associations;
7. Administrative Circular of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Culture n. 63 of 20
December 2021, setting out the guidelines for the implementing of the investment 2.3;
8. Two declarations of compliance of the 5 projects selected by the Ministry of Culture with
the DNSH conditions set out in the Council Implementing Decision provided by Direzione
Generale Musei (note n. 19116 of 3 June 2022) and by the Secretary General of Unita’ di
Missione del PNRR (note n.19448 of 6 June 2022);
9. Note of the Director General of the Direzione Generale Musei n. 3127 of 11 February 2022,
on the criteria for the selection of the projects selected by the Ministry of Culture;
10. One declaration of compliance of the projects selected with the call launched on the 30
December 2021 with the DNSH conditions set out in the Council Implementing Decision
(note n. 25577 of 3 August 2022);
11. Checklist attesting the coherence of the interventions with the RRP;
12. Request for technical assistance by the Ministry of Culture to the Ministry of Economic and
Finance of 11 May 2022;
13. Note by the Ministry of Culture n. 15925 of 11 May 2022, providing the annual plan for the
implementation of the technical assistance.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all
constitutive elements of the milestone.
In particular:
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The Ministerial Decree n. 505 of 21 June 2022, allocates the resources to projects for the
enhancement of parks and historic gardens (art.1). In line with the national legal framework, this
Ministerial Decree has the nature of an administrative act and produces effects from the date of
adoption and has as such entered into force;
The historic parks and gardens subject to the interventions are exclusively protected cultural
assets, for which artistic or historical interest has been declared (art. 1, comma 2 of the call for
project);
129 parks and historic gardens were selected following a competitive call for proposal at the
national level. Other 5 parks and historic gardens of a prominent historical interest were
identified by the Ministry of Culture;
The Ministerial Decree n. 874 of 15 October 2021 established a technical-scientific coordination
group to define the criteria for the selection of the interventions. The adopted criteria were
based on the work of the technical –scientific coordination group as explained in the summary
document accompanying the milestone and recalled in the call for proposals launched on 30
December 2021. The criteria for the selection of the interventions include: the quality of the
park/garden (in terms of historic, artistic, botanical, landscape and social value) and the urgency
of the intervention; the coherence and quality of the project; the work plan, the financial
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sustainability and the maturity of the project (art. 10 of the call). As specified by the Council
Implementing Decision, the coordination group was composed by representatives of Ministry of
Culture, members from Academia, ANCI, and sectorial Associations;
The Council Implementing Decision requires the award of the contracts to the projects selected
under the competitive calls for proposals, shall be in compliance with the ’Do no significant harm’
Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01) through the use of an exclusion list and the requirement of
compliance with the relevant EU and national environmental legislation. The call for projects
launched on 30 December 2021 (through which the 129 parks and historic gardens were
selected) required future beneficiaries to commit to respect the DNSH and include the DNSH
conditions in the calls for tenders to be launched during project implementation (art. 3, comma
9, let. F). According to the call, the infringement of these obligations could be sanctioned with a
revocation of the funding (art. 11, comma 3). The Ministerial Decree n.505 of 21 June 2021
allocating the resources to the projects reproduces and reinforces the above-mentioned
obligations to all projects (including those directly awarded), at art. 2, comma 2. The call for
project for the selection of 129 parks and historic gardens and the decree allocating resources
for all projects referred, under the DNSH obligations, only to beneficiaries awarding public
contracts. However, the Ministry of Culture provided three additional supporting declarations
(note n. 19116 of 3 June 2022; note n. 19448 of 6 June 2022 and note n.25577 of 3 August 2022),
that all the projects had been assessed with the DNSH conditions set out in the Council
Implementing Decision. Whilst the call for project and the decree should have included a correct
reference to all beneficiaries,, the investment does ensure compliance with the DNSH principle.
On this basis, it is considered that this constitutive element of the milestone is satisfactorily
fulfilled;

In line with the further specification set out in the Operational Arrangements, which specifies
that calls are expected to target potential beneficiaries based on needs, theaward criteria of the
call (art. 10) prioritize projects where the intervention was urgently needed in terms of safety,
state of conservation and historical, cultural and environmental relevance of the park;
With respect to the further specification on the expectation of the deployment of technical
assistance, the Ministry of Culture requested and made use of the technical assistance provided
by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti and Invitalia to support the administrative procedures, including for
the assessment and selection of the projects as evidenced by request for technical assistance
that was submitted by the Ministry of Culture to the Ministry of Economy and Finance on 11 May
2022.

Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number:
M1C3-15

M1C3.I2.4 - Seismic safety of place of places of worship, restoration of FEC
heritage and shelters for art works

Name of the Milestone: Entry into force of the Ministry of Culture decree for the allocation of
resources: for seismic safety in place of worship and FEC (Fondo Edifici di Culto) heritage restoration
Qualitative Indicator: Provision in the decree indicating the entry into force
of the Ministry of Culture decree for the allocation of resources for seismic Time: Q2 2022
safety in place of worship and FEC (Fondo Edifici di Culto) heritage restoration
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Context:
This investment aims at putting in place an anti-seismic preventive action plan to protect worship
places. The measure includes: anti-seismic interventions in places of worship, restoration works to
churches owned by the Fund for Places of Worship (FEC), the construction of warehouses to shelter
art works (recovery art) and the creation of the National Functional Centre for the Protection of
Cultural Assets from Human and Natural Risks.
Milestone M1C3-15 is the first step of the investment and requires the entry into force of a decree
allocating the resources to projects concerning the anti-seismic interventions and restoration works
in place of worships (first step). The measure envisages one final target: indicatively by Q4 2025
(M1C3-19), 300 interventions, shall be completed.
Evidence provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone, including all the constitutive
elements, was satisfactorily fulfilled.
2. Ministerial Decree n. 455 of 7 June 2022 (and its annexes), allocating the resources to
projects for the anti-seismic interventions in places of worships and restorations works for
the Fund for Places of Worship and copy of the publication on the Ministry website;
The authorities also provided:
3. Ministerial Decree n. 177 of 21 April 2022, allocating the resources for the investment 2.4
in 4 lines of intervention;
4. Note of Direzione Generale Sicurezza del Patrimonio Culturale n. 1771 of 30 May 2022 and
note of Direzione Centrale degli Affari dei Culti e per l’Amministrazione del Fondo Edifici di
Culto n.5404 of 27 May 2022 (and their annexes), including two declarations of compliance
with the DNSH conditions set out in the Council Implementing Decision;
5. Note of Direzione centrale degli affari dei culti e per l’amministrazione del Fondo edifici di
culto (and its annexes) n.5584 of 3 June 2022, providing evidences that the interventions of
the Fund for Places of Worship were selected on the basis of the state of conservation of
the assets;
6. Notes of Direzione Generale Sicurezza del Patrimonio Culturale n.1708 of 12 August 2021;
n.2728 of 7 December 2021 and n. 313 of 4 February 2022 concerning the selection of the
anti-seismic interventions in places of worship;
7. Communication of the Court of Auditors n. 20985 of 20 June 2022, attesting the registration
of the Ministerial Decree n. 455 of 7 June 2022;
8. Communication of the Ministry of Finance n.21258 of 14 June 2022, confirming that the
Ministerial Decree n.455 of 7 June 2022 has passed the preventive administrative and
accounting control;
9. The Decrees of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Culture n. 528 of 7 July 2021 and n.
10 of 20 January 2022, setting out the governance structure for the implementation of the
investments for M1C3;
10. Decree of the President of the Council of Minister n.395 of 30 December 2020, amending
the list of places of worship;
11. The administrative circulars of Direzione Centrale degli Affari dei Culti e per
l’Amministrazione del Fondo Edifici di Culto n. 2 of 8 February 2019, n.2 of 3 November
2020 and n.3 of 29 november 2021 concerning the restorations works for the Fund for
Places of Worship planned for 2021-2023 and the selection of the projects for the
investment 2.4;
12. Checklist attesting the coherence of the interventions with the RRP;
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13. Request for technical assistance by the Ministry of Culture to the Ministry of Economic
Affairs on 11 May 2022;
14. Note by the Ministry of Culture n. 15925 of 11 May 2022, providing the annual plan for the
implementation of the technical assistance.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all
constitutive elements of the milestone.
In particular:


The Ministerial Decree 177 of the 21st of April 2022 allocates the resources to the four lines of
intervention envisaged for the investment, more specifically:
o for the protection of places of worship against seismic risks;
o For the restoration of the heritage of the Fund for places of worship (FEC);
o for the construction of warehouses as shelter for art works in case of catastrophic events;
o for the National Functional Centre for the Protection of Cultural Assets from Human and
Natural Risks (CEFURISC).
The resource allocation is in line with the action plan outlined in the description of the measure of
the Council Implementing Decision;
 Subsequently, the Ministerial Decree n. 455 of 7 June 2022 specifically allocatesthe resources
to projects for the first two lines of interventions, i.e. for the anti-seismic interventions in places
of worships and restorations works for the Fund for Places of Worship (art. 1). The Ministerial
Decree indicates the implementing entities, the eligibility and financing of buildings undergoing
interventions and typology (art. 1 and 2 of the decree; annex 1 and 2). In line with the national
legal framework, this Ministerial Decree has the nature of an administrative act and produces
effects from the date of adoption and has as such entered into force;
 The seismic prevention and safety measures of places of worship covered by the decree concern
all regions and, in line with the Council Implementing Decision, includes the areas affected by
several earthquakes which hit Regions of Italy from 2009 onwards (Abruzzo, Lazio, Marche and
Umbria) as evidenced by the annexes I and II to the Ministerial decree n.455 of 7 June 2022;
 In line with the Council implementing Decision, the interventions of the Fund for Places of
Worship were selected on the basis of the state of conservation of the assets, as provided for in
the note 5584 of 3 June 2022 of Direzione Centrale degli Affari dei Culti e per l’Amministrazione
del Fondo Edifici di Culto;
 With regard to compliance with the DNSH principle, the Council Implementing Decision required
the award of the contracts to the projects selected under the competitive calls for proposals to
be in compliance with the ’Do no significant harm’ Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01) through
the use of an exclusion list and the requirement of compliance with the relevant EU and national
environmental legislation. In this respect, all the projects were assessed in terms of compliance
with the DNSH conditions included in the Council Implementing Decision, as evidenced by the
declarations of Direzione Generale Sicurezza del Patrimonio Culturale (note n.1771 of 30 May
2022) and Direzione Centrale degli Affari dei Culti e per l’Amministrazione del Fondo Edifici di
Culto (note n.5404 of 27 May 2022). To ensure that those conditions will also be respected
during project implementation, the Ministerial Decree n.455 of 7 June 2022, at art. 2 ‘’obblighi
dei soggetti attuatori’’ (obligations of the implementing bodies), binds the implementing bodies
to respect the DNSH and include the DNSH conditions in the calls for tenders to be launched
during project implementation (art. 2, comma 2);
 In line with the further specification set out in the Operational Arrangements, which specifies
that calls are expected to target potential beneficiaries based on needs, , the Ministry of Interior
classified the interventions according to seismic risk and state of asset conservation. This

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approach allowed to allocate resources where needed prioritizing urgent interventions
classified as “High Priority”;
With respect to the further specification on the expectation of the deployment of technical
assistance, the Ministry of Culture used the technical assistance provided by Cassa Depositi e
Prestiti and Invitalia to support the administrative procedures, including for the assessment and
selection of the projects as evidenced by the request for technical assistance that was submitted
by the Ministry of Culture to the Ministry of Economy and Finance on 11 May 2022.

Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M1C3-35

M1C3.I4.3 - Caput Mundi Next Generation EU for touristic great events

Name of the milestone: Signing of each Agreement for six projects between a Ministry of Tourism
and beneficiaries/implementing bodies
Qualitative Indicator: Publication of the programme Agreement
between the Ministry of Tourism, the Municipality of Rome Capital Time: Q2 2022
and the other actors involved
Context:
The investment aims at improving the tourism offer of Rome by making it more sustainable, green
and digital and creating valid tourist and cultural alternatives to the crowded central areas. Six lines
of interventions are envisaged: I) ‘’Roman Cultural Heritage for EU-Next Generation”; II) "Jubilee
paths”; III) ‘’#LaCittàCondivisa’’; IV) ‘’#Mitingodiverde’’; V) ‘’#Roma 4.0’’; VI) ‘’#Amanotesa’’.
M1C3-35 is the initial step of the investment and requires the signature of the agreements between
the Ministry of Tourism and the implementing bodies. The measure envisages two targets: 50% of
the requalification works for 200 tourist sites shall be carried out by Q4 2024 (M1C3-27). These 200
interventions shall be completed by Q2 2026 (M1C3-36).
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. A summary document duly justifying how the milestone, including all the constitutive
elements, was satisfactorily fulfilled.
2. Copies of the signed agreements (10 in total) between the Ministry of Tourism and the
implementing bodies (and their annexes), and link to their publication on the Ministry’s
website. In particular, each agreement includes: i) a list of selected intervention classified
per program, ii) the operational guidelines, iii) a manual of procedures;
The authorities also provided:
3. Copy of the programme agreement, approved by the decree of the Ministry of Tourism n.
8166 of 27 June 2022, and link to its publication on the Ministry’s website;
4. Law Decree n.36 of 30 April 2022, art.40, enabling the Ministry of Tourism to delegate the
Special Commissioner of the Government for the Jubilee to stipulate the agreements for the
implementation of the investment ‘’Caput Mundi’’;
5. Law n.234 of 30 December 2021, commas 401-500, on the legislative framework concerning
the organization of the Jubilee;

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6. Decree of the President of the Republic of 4 February 2022, nominating the Mayor of Rome
Capital City as Special Commissioner;
7. Decree of the Ministry of Tourism n. 6971 of 27 May 2022, delegating the Special
Commissioner to sign the agreements with the implementing bodies for the investment
‘’Caput Mundi’’;
8. Note of the Special Commissioner n.11853 of 16 September 2022 (and its annex) defining
the selection and award criteria before the calls for tenders;
9. Note of the Special Commissioner n. 83 of 22 August 2022 providing a declaration of
compliance of the selected projects with the eligibility criteria set out in the Council
Implementing Decision. The note also includes a specific declaration of compliance with
DNSH conditions;
10. Note of the Special Commissioner n.38 of 27 June 2022, that include as annexes the notes
of the implementing bodies concerning the selection of the projects;
11. Ordinance of the Special Commissioner n. 20 of 24 June 2022, approving the list of
interventions for the investment 4.3;
12. Decree of the Ministry of Tourism n. 8166 of 27 June 2022, approving the list of interventions
indicated in the Ordinance of the Special Commissioner n. 20/2022.
Analysis:
The Commission considers that there is a clerical error in the text of the Council Implementing
Decision as regards the description and the denomination of the milestone M1C3-35 and has
undertaken the assessment on a revised basis. In such description, it is stated that ‘’the agreements
shall be signed for the 6 projects (…)”. However, the description of the measure states ‘’the
investment envisages six lines of interventions’. This latter formulation is the one considered relevant
for the fulfillment of M1C3-35. Therefore, the description and the denomination of the milestone
were interpreted as ‘’the agreements shall be signed for the projects related to the six lines of
interventions’’.
Against this background, the justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian
authorities cover all constitutive elements of the milestone.
In particular:
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On behalf of the Ministry of Tourism, the Commissioner signed for the six projects envisaged by
the Council Implementing Decision an agreement with each implementing body. In total, 10
agreements have been signed and each agreement included as an annex a list of sub-projects
related to the six lines of interventions. These agreements were published on the Ministry’s
website together with the programme agreement, approved by the Ministry of Tourism with the
Decree n. 8166/2022 (art. 1);
As evidenced by the 10 signed agreements, the implementing bodies correspond to those listed
in the Council implementing Decision, namely: Rome Capital City; Archaeological
Superintendence for Cultural, Environmental and Landscape Heritage of Rome (MIC);
Archaeological Park of the Colosseum; Archaeological Park of the Appia Antica; Diocese of Rome;
Ministry of Tourism; Region Lazio;
Before the calls for tenders, the criteria for the selection and the award and the projects
specificities were defined with the related resources as evidenced the note of the Special
Commission n.11853 of 16 September 2022 and by the signed agreements. In particular, the calls
for tenders will be managed either by Invitalia (through framework contracts) or by the
implementing bodies, following the selection and award criteria detailed in the abovementioned note. For the former, the contracts will be awarded to the most economically
advantageous tender. For the latter, the award criteria will be the lowest price. Finally, with
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respect to resource distribution, annex 1 of each signed agreement provide a resource allocation
at project level.
With regard to compliance with the DNSH principle, the Council Implementing Decision required
the award of the contracts to the projects selected under the competitive calls for proposals to
be in compliance with the ’Do no significant harm’ Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01) through
the use of an exclusion list and the requirement of compliance with the relevant EU and national
environmental legislation. In this respect, all the projects were assessed in terms of compliance
with the DNSH conditions included in the Council Implementing Decision, as evidenced by the
note of the Special Commissioner n. 83 of 22 August 2022 providing a declaration of compliance
of the selected projects with the DNSH conditions set out in the Council Implementing Decision.
To ensure that those conditions will also be respected during project implementation, the signed
agreements bind implementing bodies to respect the DNSH and include the DNSH exclusion list
and the requirement of compliance with the EU and national environmental legislation in the
calls for tenders to be launched during project implementation (art.6).

Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M2C1-1

M2C1.R1.1 - National Strategy for Circular Economy

Name of the milestone: Entry into force of the Ministerial Decree for the adoption of the National
Strategy for Circular Economy
Qualitative Indicator: Provision in the Ministerial Decree indicating
Time: Q2 2022
the entry into force
Context: This reform consists in the adoption of a National Strategy for the Circular Economy with
the aim to set up a new digital waste traceability system, tax incentives to support recycling activities
and the use of secondary raw materials, a revision of environmental taxation, promote the right to
reuse and repair, reform of the EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) and Consortia system,
support for existing regulatory tools (such as End of Waste legislation and Minimum Environmental
Criteria under Green public procurement) and support to industrial symbiosis project. The reform
of the EPR and Consortia system shall also address the need for a more efficient use of the
environmental contribution to assure the application of transparent and non-discriminatory criteria.
A specific supervisory body with the aim of monitoring the functioning and the effectiveness of the
Consortia systems, under the presidency of Ministry pf Ecological Transition (MITE) shall be created.
The measure shall address all the Consortia (not only CONAI packaging system).
This milestone is the only one related to the implementation of this measure and requires the
adoption of measures and the entry into force of legal acts in relation to the various dimensions
aforementioned.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Publication of the Ministerial Decree n. 259 of 24 June 2022 approving the National Strategy
for the Circular Economy as an Annex (https://www.mite.gov.it/pagina/riforma-1-1strategia-nazionale-l-economia-circolare ).

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2. Ministerial Decree n. 342 of 19 September 2022published at the site of the Ministry that
adopts the chronoprogramme for the implementation of the measures of the National
Strategy for the Circular Economy.
3. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone, including all the constitutive
elements, was satisfactorily fulfilled.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular,
The National Strategy for the Circular Economy, which is adopted as Annex to the Ministerial Decree
n. 259 of 24 June 2022, envisages measures for every dimension outlined in the milestone and is
further developed by a chronoprogramme adopted through the Ministerial Decree n. 342 of 19
September 2022 providing a specific timeline of implementation for those considered as a priority
in the short and medium term. Article 1 (3) of the Ministerial Decree that adopts the
chronoprogramme specifies that it must be updated every year and a report on the state of
implementation must be adopted together with the update.
The measures envisaged in the Strategy for each part of the milestone are the following:
As regards measures for new digital waste traceability system that shall support on one hand the
development of secondary market for raw materials (by giving a clear framework of the supply of
secondary raw materials) and on the other hand the control authorities in preventing and tackling
illegal management of waste, the chronoprogramme envisages the adoption of a Ministerial Decree
defining arrangements of the National Electronic Register of Traceability of Waste (R.E.N.T.R.I.) (T3
2022), including (i) the development of the secondary market for raw materials providing companies
with the information necessary to enable their procurement and (ii) arrangements to support the
control authorities in preventing and contrast in the illegal management of waste. This is to give
follow-up to the objective enshrined in the Section 6.1 of the National Strategy for the Circular
Economy (page 97): “The new overall digital traceability system is expected on the one hand to allow
the development of the secondary market for raw materials, providing companies with the
information necessary to enable their procurement, and on the other hand, shall support the control
authorities in preventing and contrast in the illegal management of waste”. The R.E.N.T.R.I is the
platform for the new information system for the traceability of waste asset up by Article 6 of the
Legislative Decree n. 135 of 14 December 2018 converted into Law n. 12 of 11 February 2019.
In relation to the tax incentives to support the recycling activities and the use of secondary raw
materials, Section 8 of the National Strategy for the Circular Economy envisages a set of actions such
as the “Introduction of deposit-reimbursement systems and other measures to encourage efficient
collection of used products and materials”, “Fiscal measures or other means to promote the
dissemination of products and materials that are prepared for reuse or recycled” and “Economic
incentives for local and regional authorities, aimed in particular at promoting waste prevention and
intensifying separate collection schemes, while avoiding supporting landfilling and incineration”
(page 125). The chronoprogramme envisages to propose for the next budget law the reinstatement
of the tax credit for companies that buy products made with materials from separate collection of
plastic packaging and for purchases of biodegradable packaging and compostable or derived from
separate collection of paper and aluminum. That tax credit of 36%, which was abandoned in 2021
and 2022, relates to the acquisition of products (with a ceiling of EUR 20 000) made with materials
from separate collection of plastic packaging and for purchases of biodegradable packaging and
compostable or derived from separate collection of paper and aluminum. The chronoprogramme

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does also envisage to update of the tax credit Transition 4.0 for the interventions in support of the
circular economy.
As regards the revision of the environmental taxation system on waste in order to make recycling
more convenient than landfilling and incineration across the national territory, Section 8 of the
National Strategy for the Circular Economy envisages a set of actions such as the “taxes and
restrictions for landfilling and waste incineration that incentivize prevention and recycling, leaving
landfilling as a less preferable waste management option” and “ phasing out of subsidies contrary
to the objectives of the waste programme” (page 125). The achievement of those objectives
enshrined in the Strategy is expected to discourage landfilling and incineration by making it more
expensive and less attractive from a financial perspective while encouraging recycling behaviours.
The chronoprogramme gives follow-up to those objectives by envisaging a set of measures aimed at
reviewing the environmental taxation system. They are the following, (i) increase of the special tax
for the deposit of solid waste of landfillings by at least 50% taking into account both the minimum
and maximum thresholds, which must be reviewed by law by Q4-2023, and also the aim to reduce
regional disparities in separate collection, (ii) the adoption of legal initiatives for the removal of
environmentally harmful subsidies by Q2-2023 (iii) removal of the 10% subsidised VAT related to
the management, storage and temporary storage of urban and special waste, including landfill or
incineration, as well as the management of sewerage and purification plants in the next Budget law,
(iv) removal of tax reduction to 20% of the ordinary tariff for waste disposed of in incineration plants
without energy recovery, for the waste and excesses of automatic sorting, recycling and composting
plants, as well as for sludge, also shovelable in the next Budget law, (v) adoption of a legal act by
Q4-2022 to earmark the resources deriving from the elimination of subsidies harmful to the
environment to a public fund for the promotion of interventions for the reduction and prevention
of waste production and for the development of new recycling and disposal technologies and (vi)
support measures for local and regional authorities, aimed in particular at promoting waste
prevention and intensifying separate collection schemes, while avoiding supporting landfilling and
incineration.
In relation to the right to reuse and repair, Section 4.2 of the National Strategy for the Circular
Economy (page 64) envisages the adoption of the regulation pursuant to Article 214-ter, paragraph
2, of Legislative Decree n. 152 of 3 April 2006 which will regulate the operating methods through
which products or components of products that have become waste are prepared in such a way that
they can be reused without any other pre-treatment. In this way, the waste suitable to be prepared
for their reuse will be identified through operations of preparation for reuse, such as checking,
cleaning, disassembly and repair, such as to allow the obtaining of products or components of
products conforming to the original model, having the same purpose for which they were designed
and the same product characteristics and safety guarantees. This regulation, in which a special
section will be dedicated to waste of electronic products, is expected to facilitate access to waste
held by the collection infrastructures, in accordance with the provisions of the revised Article 181 of
Legislative Decree n. 152 of 3 April 2006, introducing a simplified procedure for the exercise of these
operations. The envisaged provisions will also identify measures to ensure health and safety at work,
environmental protection, as well as the quality of the services and products obtained. To this end,
in relation to waste of electronic products, specific reference will be made to the technical standard
CENELEC EN 50614: 2020, which provides a framework aimed at ensuring the safety of equipment
and the quality of preparation for reuse by part of the operator. This regulation is identified in the
chronoprogramme as part of the measures to be adopted to incentivise and promote the right to
reuse and repair together with others such as (i) the construction of publicly owned centers for the
reuse and repair of assets, (ii) the set-up of incentives in favour of individual behaviors aimed at
reducing waste, including consumers, (iii) the adoption of administrative and fiscal incentives to
promote reuse, (iv) the set-up of an Ecological Table for the reuse and repair by the owner, which
will cover the life cycle of the product from conception and placing on the market - labelling, etc.)
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and (v) the use of mandatory Minimum Environmental Criteria in public procurement as an incentive
to reuse and repair assets.
As regards the reform of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Consortia system in order
to support the achievement of EU recyclingtargets through the creation of a specific supervisory
body, under the presidency of MITE, with the aim of monitoring the functioning and the
effectiveness of the Consortia systems, Section 2.4 of the National Strategy for the Circular Economy
specifies that a specific Supervisory Body under the presidency of the Ministry of Ecological
Transition will be established with the aim of “monitoring the functioning of the Consortia and
autonomous systems for waste management, so to make their work more efficient and effective in
terms of achieving objectives and using resources”. The Strategy adds that the powers of that
Supervisory Body will be (i) the monitoring of the activities of the various consortia and autonomous
systems and to ensure compliance with regulatory obligations and environmental objectives; (ii) the
adequacy of the costs incurred and (iii) the correct determination of the environmental contribution
and its use. This Supervisory Body will also involve the Ministry for Economic Development (MISE),
the Competition and Market Authority (AGCM), the Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and
the Environment (ARERA) and the National Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI). The
chronoprogramme envisages the adoption of the relevant legal act for the set-up of the Supervisory
Body by the end of 2022. It does also envisage other measures to give follow-up to the actions
outlined in Section 8 such as (i) the definition of the Programme Agreement for the implementation
of an experimental model for the implementation of EPR obligations for distance sellers on online
marketplaces (T4 2022); (ii) the definition of draft decrees for the establishment of EPR obligations
for textiles and plastics: (iii) Amend Article 238 (10) of Legislative Decree No 152 of 3 April 2006 by
removing the minimum duration of five years laid down for agreements to be concluded by nonhousehold customers with the public operator or with the private operator for the collection and
start of recovery of their own waste; (T4 2022);; (iv) Amend the rules providing for the participation
of selection companies in the negotiations for the establishment of the framework programme
agreement (or sectoral agreement) between all the compliance systems (supply chain consortia and
recognised autonomous systems), ANCI, the Union of Italian Provinces (UPI) and the bodies
managing optimal territorial scope. (T4 2022) or (v) Adopt the decrees provided for in Article 178bis of Legislative Decree No 152 of 2006 for the establishment of extended producer responsibility
schemes.
In relation to the support to the existing regulatory tools (End of Waste legislation, Minimum
Environmental Criteria (CAM) under Green Public Procurement) the chronoprogramme does
envisage the following measures, (i) additions and corrections to Legislative Decree No 116/2020
transposing Directive 2018/851 (T4 2022); (ii) Adoption of the Ministerial Decree adopting the
update of the ‘National Action Plan for the Environmental Sustainability of Consumption in Public
Administration’ (GPP NAP), pursuant to Article 1 (1126) of Law No 296/2006 (T4 2022); (iii)
Director’s Decree MITE DG EC ‘Operating instructions for the management and disposal of
encouraged photovoltaic panels’ (WEEE) (T3 2022); (iv) Annual programming of Minimum
Environmental Criteria and End Of Waste decrees shared within the permanent table with the
regions set up by MiTE (T1 2023; T1 2024; T1 2025); (v) Ministerial Decree Ecological Transition of
15 July 2022 on the end of waste of construction waste (reform M2C2-1.1. g of the NRRP) (T3 2022);
(vi) Ministerial Decree Ecological transition related to the end of waste of road rubbing land by
31.01.2023 (T1 2023); (vii) Ministerial Decree Ecological transition related to the end of waste of
mixed plastics by 30.06.2023 (T2 2023); (viii) Ministerial Decree Ecological transition related to the
end of waste textiles (T3 2023); (ix) Ministerial Decree Ecological transition relating to the end of
waste for batteries and accumulators (lead pastle) (T4 2023); (x) Training support programme for
administrations on green public procurement (CAM) implementing the ARCA project (milestone
M2C1-2) (launch T2 2022). The revision of the regulatory tool does therefore address specifically
construction, textile, plastics and waste of electrical and electronic equipment.
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As regards the support to industrial symbiosis project through regulatory and financial instruments
the chronoprogramme of the Strategy envisages (i) the development of project tools and/or
schemes for financial incentives and simplification of business networks for circular purposes,
regeneration of areas in circular ecodistricts with a view to industrial symbiosis, in collaboration with
Ministry of Economic Development, research centres, education/training systems and trade
associations (T3 2023) and (ii) the implementation of a digital platform to help match demand for
and supply of secondary raw materials with a view to industrial symbiosis (T2 2024).
In line with the further specifications of the Operational Arrangements, the National Strategy for
Circular Economy issued in 2017 include a reform of the EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) and
Consortia systems envisaging measures to encourage the design of products and their components
to reduce waste generation and related environmental impacts, and to ensure that the management
of waste is made in accordance with Article 179 of Legislative Decree No 152/2006. Section 2.4 of
the National Strategy for the Circular Economy specifies that a specific Supervisory Body under the
presidency of the Ministry of Ecological Transition will be established with the aim of “monitoring
the functioning of the Consortia and autonomous systems for waste management, so to make their
work more efficient and effective in terms of achieving objectives and using resources”. The
Supervisory Body will address all Consortia as specified by the Operational Arrangements. The
Strategy adds that the powers of that Supervisory Body will be (i) the monitoring of the activities of
the various consortia and autonomous systems and to ensure compliance with regulatory
obligations and environmental objectives; (ii) the adequacy of the costs incurred and (iii) the correct
determination of the environmental contribution and its use. This Supervisory Body will also involve
the Ministry for Economic Development (MISE), the Competition and Market Authority (AGCM), the
Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and the Environment (ARERA) and the National
Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI). The chronoprogramme envisages the adoption of the
relevant legal act for the set-up of the Supervisory Body by the end of 2022.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M2C1-2

M2C1.R1.3 - Technical support for Local Authorities

Name of the milestone: Approval of agreement for the development of the Building capacity action
plan to support local public authorities
Qualitative Indicator: Publication of the approved agreement in the
Time: Q2 2022
website of the Ministry
Context: This is a reform aimed at providing technical support to local authorities for the
implementation of environmental EU and national regulation, the development of plans and
projects regarding waste management, green public procurement and on tendering procedures.
This reform supports therefore the implementation of the waste management reforms proposed in
the business environment reform component.
The milestone M2C1-2 is the only one for the implementation of this measure and requires the
approval of an agreement for the development of the Building capacity action plan to support local
public authorities in implementing the environmental EU and national legislation, in developing the
plans and projects regarding waste management and in supporting them to tender procedures to
that concessions in waste management are granted in a transparent and non-discriminatory way.
Evidence Provided:
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In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Copy of the adopted action plan (ARCA project) and a link to the website where it can be
accessed
(https://www.mite.gov.it/pagina/riforma-1-3-supporto-tecnico-alle-autoritalocali).
2. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone, including all the constitutive
elements, was satisfactorily fulfilled.
3. Explanatory report demonstrating how the actions foreseen in the programme contribute
to achieving the objectives of the project as an Annex to the self-assessment fiche.
The authorities also provided,
4. The text of the Financing agreement between the Ministry of Ecological Transition and the
Agency for Territorial Cohesion.
5. The Convention for the implementation of the technical support for the implementation of
the ARCA project.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
The Ministry of Ecological Transition and the Agency for Territorial Cohesion have adopted an
agreement for the financing of the Building capacity action plan to support local public authorities
in various fields related to their powers as regards waste management. The agreement was
published
on
the
website
of
the
Ministry
of
Ecological
Transition
(https://www.mite.gov.it/pagina/riforma-1-3-supporto-tecnico-alle-autorita-locali).
The
implementation of the technical support is entrusted to Sogesid S.p.A. (Article 2 of the Convention
for the implementation of the ARCA project).
The technical support is envisaged for the following dimensions,





Technical assistance for the implementation of environmental EU and national legislation. The
ARCA project envisages that “Technical — regulatory and administrative support shall be
provided in preparation for launching calls for tenders for the construction of plant installations
for waste in accordance with the Public Procurement Code, EU and national environmental
legislation and Green Public Procurement rules and shall accompany the autonomous
regions/tests in the authorisation procedures for these.” (Activity 7- page 30). Technical and
regulatory support will be provided to the regions and autonomous provinces in the stages of
the tender and award of the service to check their compliance with the various legal
frameworks mentioned.
Support for the development of plans and projects regarding waste management. Activity 6
(page 29) of the ARCA project envisages that “The necessary support shall be provided to ensure
the completion of the updating process and approval of regional waste management plans” and
that “On-the-spot technical and regulatory assistance is provided for officials of the Regions that
are updating the respective waste management plans”. This activity consists of continuous
training to regions and autonomous provinces through the platform Monitor Piani to ensure the
completion of the regional waste management plants, including actions on how to use the
platform.

Support for tender procedures, to ensure that concessions in waste management are granted in
a transparent and non-discriminatory way increasing competitive processes to achieve better
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standards for public services as required by the CID. The ARCA project envisages that “Technical
— regulatory and administrative support shall be provided in preparation for launching calls for
tenders for the construction of plan installations in accordance with the Public Procurement Code
[…] and the legal framework on Green Public Procurement” (Activity 7 – page 30). Considering
that the Public Procurement Code as adopted by the Legislative Decree n. 50 of 18 April 2016
requires that concessions are granted in a transparent and non-discriminatory way (Articles 29
and 30) and mandates (Article 34) that contracting authorities must comply with enviromental
and energy sustainability criteria, set and defined in detail by the Ministry for Environment (now
Ministry for Ecological Transition), also pursuant to the principles contained in Law 221/2015 on
the promotion of green economy, it is considered that this constitutive element of the milestone
is satisfactorily fulfilled. it is considered that this constitutive element of the milestone is
satisfactorily fulfilled.


Activities 7 and 10 of the ARCA project (pages 29 and 32) contain a specific building capacity
action plan to support local public authorities and professional public buyerfor applying the
correct application of Minimum Environment Criteria (CAM). Activity 10 will analyse all regional
management plants all PRGRs to ensure consistency and coherence among them. It will provide
technical-regulatory assistance in verifying the legal requirements of the plants, including the
technical support for capacity building support to local Authorities in the application of the
Environmental Criteria to the tender procedures Minimum (CAM) and green procurement (GPP).

Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M2C1-11

M2C1.I3.3 - Culture and awareness on environmental topics and challenges

Name of the milestone: Launch of web platform and contracts with authors
Qualitative Indicator: Notification of signature of contract with
Time: Q2 2022
content producers
Context: This investment consists in the design and production of digital content to raise awareness
of environmental and climate challenges by producing a set of podcasts, school-video lessons,
videos and articles, including an online, subscription-free platform as a “repository” of educational
and recreational materials on environment-related topics.
In a first stage the milestone M2C1-11 consists of launching a web platform and conclude final
agreements signature with "content producers". In a second stage target, M2C1-12, expected by
Q2-2026 consists of the development of those contents. They will include podcasts, school-video
lessons, videos and articles, also expecting to involve key influencers. In addition, an online,
subscription-free platform will be created with the objective to become the most comprehensive
“repository” of educational and recreational materials on environment-related topics.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Framework contract with Consip for the development of the web platform
2. Contract with the company Almawave S.p.A for the development of the portal culture and
awareness on environmental topics.
3. Contract with Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A for the development of omnichannel contents.
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4. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone (including all the constitutive
elements) was satisfactorily fulfilled.
5. Explanatory report demonstrating how the actions envisaged in the programme contribute
to achieving the objectives of the project as an Annex to the self-assessment fiche.
The authorities also provided:
1. Public
tender
for
the
development
of
digital
https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2022/04/08/TX22BFM7073/s5)

contents

(

Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
The web platform was already publicly launched (https://coll-culturaeconsapevolezza.mite.gov.it)
on 15 July 2022
For the contents, contracts with Almawave S.p.A and with ENGINEERING INGEGNERIA
INFORMATICA S.p.A. were signed respectively on 9 June 2022 and 29 August 2022 following the
tender published in the Official Journal of the Italian Republic on 8 April 2022
(www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2022/04/08/). Section 4 of the technical specification of the tender
describes the object of the contract, which includes the production of 180 podcasts organised in
stakes according to the agreed editorial plan; the production of 120 video clips and short tutorials
for the web and social media; the production of up to 20 video dissemination classes for primary,
secondary and secondary schools and creation of a maximum of 8 video and radio Spots. The section
5.1 of the tender specifies the type of contents eligible. Article 1 of the contract with Almawave,
signed on 9 June 2022, specifies that this company will develop the contents related to culture and
environmental awareness. The contract with Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, signed on 29
August 2022, specifies that this company will develop the omni-channels contents.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M2C1-13

M2C1.R1.2 - National Program for Waste Management

Name of the milestone: Entry into force the Ministerial Decree for the National Program for Waste
Management
Qualitative Indicator: Provision in the law indicating entry into force Time: Q2 2022
Context: This reform consists in the adoption of a broad National Programme for Waste
management aiming at the highest levels of preparation for reuse, recycling and recovery of waste,
adapting the network of installations necessary for integrated waste management, minimising final
disposal as the ultimate and residual option, establishing monitoring systems, preventing the
opening of new infringement procedures against Italy, tackling low collection of waste, discouraging
landfilling and ensuring complementarity with regional waste programmes, enabling the
achievement of European and national waste legislation objectives and tackling illegal waste
dumping and open-air burning.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
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1. Ministerial Decree n. 257 of 24 June 2022 approving the National Program for Waste
Management published in the Official Journal n. 151 of 30 June 2022 (
https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2022/06/30/22A03806/sg);
2. The National Program for Waste Management approved as an Annex to the Ministerial
Decree n. 257 of 24 June 2022.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
Article 1 of the Ministerial Decree approves the National Program for Waste Management.
The National Program for Waste Management contains in its Chapter 3 a synoptic table that
provides a set of so-called “general objectives” and “macro-objectives” as well as “macro-actions”
that aim at the highest levels of preparation for reuse, recycling and recovery of waste. It also
provides in its Chapter 8 a table with the synthesis of strategic flows, infrastructure gaps a regional
actions that need to be undertaken to aim at the highest levels of preparation for reuse, recycling
and recovery of waste. These objectives achieve the objectives set out in article 181 of Legislative
Decree 152/06 and also take into account the extended producer responsibility schemes.
The National Program for Waste Management contains in its Chapters 3 a synoptic table that
provides a set of so-called “general objectives” and “macro-objectives” as well as “macro-actions”
that aim to adapt the network of installations necessary for integrated waste management,
minimising final disposal as the ultimate and residual option. It also includes in its Chapter 8 a table
with the synthesis of strategic flows, infrastructure gaps a regional actions that need to be
undertaken to adapt the network of installations necessary for integrated waste management,
therefore minimising final disposal as the ultimate and residual option. These objectives adapt the
network of installations necessary for integrated management with a view to develop the circular
economy – ensuring the necessary capacities to achieve the highest levels of preparation for reuse,
recycling and recovery of waste.
The National Program for Waste Management contains in its Chapter 12 a list of indicators to
implement the “macro-objectives“ of the National Program for Waste Management. These
indicators allow to establish an adequate monitoring of the implementation of the National Program
for Waste Management to allow the constant verification of compliance with its objectives and the
eventual necessity to adopt corrective tools for the achievement of the planned actions.
The National Program for Waste Management contains in its Chapter 8 a table with the synthesis of
strategic flows, infrastructure gaps and regional actions that need to be undertaken to prevent the
opening of new infringement procedures against Italy for failure to implement EU legislation on
waste. The platform MonitorPiani to be based on table 32 (page 77 of the program “checklist per la
valutazione della coerenza dei piani regionali con la normative comunitaria”) is expected to include
a set of elements to stipulate six waste streams (i.e. municipal waste, packaging waste, batteries
waste, hazardous waste, WEEE (waste from electrical and electronic equipment) & ELVs (End of Life
Vehicles) as well as an analysis of the current waste management situation in the geographical entity
concerned; measures to be taken to improve environmentally sound preparation for re-use,
recycling, recovery and disposal of waste; an evaluation of how the plan will support the
implementation of the objectives and provisions of the Directive 2008/98/EC on waste; an
evaluation of whether the waste management plans conform to the prohibition laid down in article
5 of Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste, notably that no waste that has been separately
collected for preparing for re-use and recycling is landfilled (with the exception of waste resulting
from subsequent treatment operations of the separately collected waste for which landfilling
delivers the best environmental outcome).
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The National Program for Waste Management contains in its Chapter 8 a table with the synthesis of
strategic flows, infrastructure gaps and regional actions that need to be undertaken to tackle the
low collection of waste and to discourage landfilling.
The National Program for Waste Management contains in its Chapter 9 for the regional waste
management plants the requirement to be complementary to the National Program for Waste
Management.
The National Program for Waste Management contains in its Chapters 3 a synoptic table that
provides a set of so-called “general objectives” and “macro-objectives” as well as “macro-actions”
that aim at the highest levels of preparation for reuse, recycling and recovery of waste. It also
provides in its Chapter 8 a table with the synthesis of strategic flows, infrastructure gaps a regional
actions that need to be undertaken to bridge the waste management gaps and regional divide,
regarding installations capacity and quality standards existing between the different regions and
areas of the national territory, with the objective to recover delays.
The National Program for Waste Management contains in its Chapters 3 a synoptic table that
provides a set of so-called “general objectives” and “macro-objectives” as well as “macro-actions”
to achieve the current and new objectives provided for by European and national legislation. It also
provides in its Chapter 8 a table with the synthesis of strategic flows, infrastructure gaps a regional
actions that need to be undertaken to achieve the current and new objectives provided for by
European and national legislation;
The National Program for Waste Management contains in its Chapters 3 a synoptic table that
provides a set of so-called “general objectives” and “macro-objectives” as well as “macro-actions”
to tackle illegal waste dumping and open-air burning (e.g. in Terra dei Fuochi area) through
measures, included the introduction of a new Waste traceability system, supported Global
Monitoring System to face illegal dumping shall be developed using satellites, drones ad artificial
intelligence (AI) technologies.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M2C2-18

M2C2.I3.5 - Hydrogen Research and Development

Name of the milestone: Award of all public R&D contracts to research projects on hydrogen
Qualitative Indicator: Notification of the award of the contracts on
hydrogen research and development

Time: Q2 2022

Context: This investment consists in supporting research and development activities on hydrogen
based on electrolysis using renewable energy and in line with the Directive (EU) 2018/2001. The
milestone M2C2-18 is the first step in the implementation of this measure by ensuring the award of
the relevant contracts to ensure that there is a least a project in each of the four dimensions
identified in the milestone. The measure will be completed by the milestone M2C2-19 expected by
Q2-2026 which envisages that at least four projects (one per dimension) will have been carried out.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Copy of contract award notifications approving the ranking of the projects admitted to the
contribution;

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2. Extract of the relevant parts of the technical specifications of the project proving alignment
with the Council Implementing Decision’s description of the investment and milestone;
3. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone (including all the constitutive
elements) was satisfactorily fulfilled.
4.
The authorities also provided:
1. Ministerial
Decree
n.545
of
23
December
2021
(
https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/gu/2022/02/16/39/sg/pdf );
2. Programme Agreement between the Ministry of Ecological Transition and the Agency for
Energy Efficiency (ENEA);
3. Text of the notices published with the eligible conditions for the awards (
https://www.mite.gov.it/sites/default/files/archivio/bandi/avviso_R_S
and
https://www.mite.gov.it/sites/default/files/archivio/bandi/avviso_R_S )
Analysis
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:
For the first line of intervention, Article 1 of the Ministerial Decree n.545 of 23 December 2021
specifies that a Programme Agreement (AdP) between the Ministry of Ecological Transition and the
Agency for Energy Efficiency (ENEA) sets the framework for projects of research and development
in the area of hydrogen. The National Council for Research (CNR) and the Research on the Energy
System S. p. A (RSE) are entrusted as implementing bodies as well.
Article 2.2 of the AdP specifies that the activities of research and development eligible under the
AdP are the following,
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)

Production of clean and green hydrogen;
Storage, transport and transformation into derivates and e-fuels;
Fuel Cells for stationary and mobility application;
Integrated smart management systems to increase the resilience and reliability of intelligent
hydrogen-based infrastructures.

The same article provides that “research activities shall support the production of electrolytic
hydrogen from renewable energy sources within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 or from
energy mains electricity, or hydrogen related activities meeting the reduction requirement life cycle
greenhouse gas emissions of 73.4 % for hydrogen (resulting in 3 t CO2eq/t H2) and 70 % for
hydrogen-based synthetic fuels compared to a fossil fuel of reference of 94 g CO2eq/MJ, in line with
the approach set out in Article 25(2), and Annex V to Directive (EU) 2018/2001.”
Paragraph 4 of Article 1 of the Ministerial Decree n. 545 of 23 December 2021 provides the allocation
of resources to ENEA, CNR and RSE which are the entities entrusted for the envisaged activities on
research and development in those areas.
For the second line of intervention, Article 1.5 of the Ministerial Decree envisages that two tenders
shall be launched for the development of activities on research and development in hydrogen
addressed to research centres/universities and private entities respectively. The two tenders were
launched on 23 March 2022 and the ranking of projects selected and award notifications were
published on 27 June 2022.
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Section 2 of the extract of the technical specifications of every project selected show the specific
aim and area of it, ensuring there is at least one project for each of the four dimensions outlined in
the milestone. They are the following,





Production of clean and green hydrogen;
Innovative technologies for hydrogen storage, transport and transformation into derivates and
e-fuels;
Fuel Cells for stationery and mobility application;
Integrated smart management systems to increase the resilience and reliability of intelligent
hydrogen-based infrastructures.

Indent h of Article 5 of the two tenders ensure that the research activities selected will have to
comply with the life-cycle GHG emissions savings requirement of 73.4% for hydrogen and 70% for
hydrogen-based synthetic fuels relative to a fossil fuel comparator of 94g CO2e/MJ in analogy to the
approach set out in Article 25(2) of and Annex V to Directive (EU) 2018/2001.
In line with the further specifications envisaged in the Operational Arrangements, for the call
addressed to private entities an amount of at least 40 % of the resources is intended to finance
projects to be carried out in full or for the majority share in establishments, subsidiaries, factories
or laboratories located in the regions of Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia,
Sardinia and Sicily. (Paragraph 2 of Article 3 of the notice.
With respect to the further specification on the expectation of the deployment of technical
assistance, a technical assistance structure has been created to support the implementation of the
RRP measures, which has been put at their disposal.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M2C2-21

M2C2.R4 - Measures to promote hydrogen competitiveness

Name of the milestone: Entry into force of fiscal incentives
Qualitative Indicator: Provision in the law indicating the entry into
force of the law

Time: Q2 2022

Context: This reform consists in adopting tax measures to incentivise the production and/or
utilisation of hydrogen, in line with EU rules about taxation, and transposing the RED II Directive.
The objective is to support hydrogen production based on electrolysis using renewable energy
sources as defined in the Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (renewable Directive) or grid electricity.
This milestone is the only one for the implementation of this measure and requires the entry into
force of a law setting out fiscal incentives to support the production of green hydrogen to favour its
consumption by the transport sector.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Decree Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022 converted into Law n. 79 of 29 June 2022 (
https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/gu/2022/06/29/150/sg/pdf ) ;
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2.

Ministerial Decree n. 347 of 21 September 2022 published in the Official Journal n. 223 of
23 September 2022 (link);
3. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone, including all the constitutive
elements, was satisfactorily fulfilled.
Analysis::
Article 23 of the Legislative Decree n. 36 of 30 April 2022 introduces tax incentives to the production
and consumption of hydrogen from renewable sources to support the production and consumption
of green hydrogen in the transport sector.
Article 23(1) provides for the exemption from payment of related general charges to the electricity
system for the consumption of electricity from renewable sources in plants of electrolysis for the
production of green hydrogen.
The Ministerial Decree n. 347 of 21 September 2022 specifies the cases and technical conditions
related to the applicability of that provision as provided by Article 23 (2) of the Legislative Decree n.
36 of 30 April 2022. Specifically, Article 23 (2) sets out that “Within sixty days from the date of entry
into force of this decree, by decree of the Minister of Ecological Transition the technical conditions
to which Article 23 (1) of the Decree Law apply are identified and detailed”.
Article 3 of the Ministerial Decree n. 347 of 21 September 2022 specifies that the fiscal incentive
referred to in Article 23 (1) of the Legislative Decree n. 36 of 30 April 2022 will only support
hydrogen-related activities that meet the requirement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the
life cycle of 73.4% in relation to a fossil fuel reference of 94 g CO2e/MJ (i.e. resulting in less than 3
tCO2eq/tH2) as provided by the text of the milestone and in compliance with the Do No Significant
Harm principle. Article 2 of the Ministerial Decree n. 347 of 21 September 2022 specifies that the
beneficiaries of the fiscal incentive are both public and private agents in relation to their
consumption of electricity from renewable sources used for the production of green hydrogen.
Article 50 of the Decree Law n. 36 provides that it enters into force the day after its publication in
the Official Journal n. 100 of 30 April 2022. Article 6 of the Ministerial Decree n. 347 of 21 September
2022 specifies that it enters into force the day after its publication in the Official Journal of 23
September 2022.
The assessment of the transposition of Directive 2018/2001/EU for the purposes of payments from
the Recovery and Resilience Facility does not prejudge the evaluation by the Commission of the
transposition of the Directive by Italy in any other proceedings.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M2C2-38

M2C2.I5.1 - Renewables and batteries

Name of the milestone: Entry into force of a Ministerial Decree
Qualitative Indicator: Provision in the law indicating the entry into
Time: Q2 2022
force of the Ministerial Decree
Context: This investment consists in supporting the development of a value chain in renewables
and batteries. This milestone identifies the amount of available resources, the access requirements
of the beneficiaries, the eligibility conditions for programs and projects, the eligible expenses and
the form and intensity of aid for the development of high-efficiency photovoltaics panels and for
the development of batteries.

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Then, the two targets related to the implementation of this measure are M2C2-39 to increase the
production capacity of photovoltaic panels and M2C2-40 to increase the production of batteries.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Publication in the Official Journal of 16 March 2022 of the Ministerial Decree n. 63 of 27
January 2022 (“Attuazione dell’Investimento 5.1 «Rinnovabili e batterie» del Piano
nazionale di ripresa e resilienza (PNRR) attraverso lo strumento agevolativo dei contratti di
sviluppo”).
2. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone, including all the constitutive
elements, was satisfactorily fulfilled.
3. Directorial Decree of 25 March 2022 published on the website of the Ministry of Economic
Development
(https://www.mise.gov.it/index.php/it/93-normativa/decretidirettoriali/2043280-decreto-direttoriale-25-marzo-2022-contratti-di-sviluppo-pnrrbatterie-e-rinnovabili );
The authorities also provided:
4. Circular n° 120820 of 22 March 2022 as regards compliance with the DNSH principle of the
proposals
selected
for
financing
(https://www.mise.gov.it/index.php/it/94normativa/circolari,-note,-direttive-e-atti-di-indirizzo/2043287-circolare-28-marzo-2022-n120820-contratti-di-sviluppo-valutazione-del-principio-dnsh-ai-fini-del-finanziamento-conle-risorse-del-pnrr ).
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:
Article 1 (3) of the Ministerial Decree n. 63 of 27 January 2022 identifies the respective amounts of
available resources per type (batteries, photovoltaics and wind power).
Article 2 of the Ministerial Decree sets out the implementing arrangements and access requirements
for the beneficiaries, specifying that this investment is governed by the Decree of the Minister of
Economic Development of 9 December 2014 (The so-called “Development contracts”).
Article 3 of the Ministerial Decree sets out the eligibility conditions for the projects, both in terms
of content and expenditure eligible. In particular, the basis are the development contracts, which
have as an object the implementation, on the initiative of one or more enterprises, of an industrial
development program for the implementation of which one or more investment projects are
required, as identified in Title II of the Decree of 9 December 2014 governing the functioning of the
development contracts, and possibly of research, development and innovation, as identified in Title
III of the same decree of 9 December 2014, strictly connected and functional to each other.
Article 4 of the Ministerial Decree sets out the form and intensity of aid for the projects. In this
respect, it specifies that “The subsidies are granted within the limits of the maximum aid intensities
envisaged by the schemes applicable Development Contracts” as governed by and take by Article 8
of the Decree of 9 December 2014.
The Directorial Decree of 25 March 2022 sets out the calendar for the submission of proposals
(Article 1- “Starting from 12.00 on 11 April 2022 and until 17.00 on 11 July 2022 it will be possible to
apply for concessions based on the extent of the Development Contracts referred to in Article 43 of
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the Decree-Law of 25 June 2008, no. 112 for the support of development consistent with the purposes
of Investment 5.1, sub-investment 5.1.1 "PV Technology", 5.1.2 "Wind industry", and 5.1.3 "Battery)
and specifies the obligations of the beneficiaries and criteria for the selection of proposals (Article
2). Article 2(1) (b) identifies the contribution of the project proposed to the increase of generation
capacity produced for wind farms, photovoltaic (W/year) or storage capacity for batteries (Wh/year)
as one of the key criteria for the selection of the projects..
Beyond the requirements of this milestone, Articles 3(2) and 3(3) provide that the projects
submitted comply with the principle of Do No Significant Harm. Article 3(2) specifies that “the
development programs referred to this decree must not cause significant harm to environmental
objectives pursuant to art. 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 (principle 'do not significant harm »DNSH) and must comply with the applicable national and EU environmental legislation as well as
with the provisions of RGS MEF circular no. 32 of 30 December 2021.” Article 3(3) adds that “the
companies selected commit to ensure compliance with the technical guidelines cited on the
application of the principle "do not cause significant harm". The Circular n° 120820 of 22 March
2022 specifies the various requirements that the projects shall meet to be considered compliant
with the Do No Significant Harm Principle, including an exclusion list in Sections 4.2 and 4.3.
In line with the national legal framework, in absence of a specific provision related to the entry into
force, the Ministerial Decree has entered into force on the fifteenth day following its publication in
the Official Journal.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M2C2-42

M2C2.I5.4 - Support to start-ups and venture capital active in the ecological
transition

Name of the milestone: Signature of the financial Agreement
Qualitative Indicator: Notification of the signature of the financial
Time: Q2 2022
Agreement
Context:
This investment aims at stimulating the growth of the Italian innovation ecosystem, with a particular
focus on green transition and related sectors. The measure will be implemented by setting up a
Green Transition Fund, managed by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Venture Capital SGR, which will invest
in venture capital funds, start-ups and incubation/acceleration programs, alongside top venture
capital managers and system actors.
Milestone M2C2-42 requires the signature of the financial agreement and setting up the fund,
between the Ministry of Economic Development and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Venture Capital SGR
and is the first milestone of this measure. It is followed by target M2C2-43, which is expected to be
fulfilled by the second quarter of 2026, and which relates to the activation of private investments in
the green-tech sector.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone (including all the constitutive
elements) was satisfactorily fulfilled;

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2. A copy of the financial agreement (that includes the investment policy) signed on 28 June
2022 between the Ministry of Economic Development and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Venture
Capital and a link to the publication on the Ministry’s website.
The authorities also provided:
3. Ministerial Decree of 3 March 2022, published in the Official Journal n. 105 of 6 May 2022,
which allows the establishment of the Green Transition Fund;
4. Directorial Decree of 28 June 2022, which adopts the financial agreement.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:
 The Ministerial Decree of 3 March 2022 enabled the establishment of the Green Transition Fund,
under the condition of the signature of the financial agreement between Ministry of Economic
Development and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Venture Capital SGR (art. 3);
 The financial agreement between the above-mentioned parties was signed on 28 June 2022;
 The financial instrument is dedicated to support start-ups, venture capital,
incubators/acceleration programs in the field of the ecological transition (art 2 of the financial
agreement);
 In line with the Council Implementing Decision, the financial agreement includes an investment
policy and eligibility criteria ensuring the compliance with ‘Do No Significant Harm’ Technical
Guidance (2021/C58/01). The financial agreement dedicates:
o Chapter 2 “Politica di investimento dello strumento” to outline the investment policy. More
specifically, section 2.1 describes the scope of the Green Transition Fund which is to provide
direct and indirect investments in start-ups and to expand the capital available to
researchers also developing innovative ventures in partnership with corporates;
o Chapter 3 “Criteria di Ammissibilità’” to outline the eligibility criteria. The Green Transition
Fund will undertake investments with a maximum of a five-year investment period and
subsequent five year portfolio management period (art. 3, comma 1);
o Chapter 6 “Politica di verifica e della sostenibilità del principio DNSH e lista di esclusione” to
outline the compliance with the ‘Do No Significant Harm’ Technical Guidance
(2021/C58/01), as described in the Council Implementing Decision. An ex-ante and an expost assessment of compliance with the DNSH exclusion list and the EU and Italian
environmental legislation will be performed by environmental experts and will be carried
out before and after concluding each investment (art. 4 and 6). All investments will also
undergo Invest EU sustainability proofing (art.4).
 Finally, with the Directorial decree of 28 of June 2022, the Ministry of Economic Development
adopted the financial agreement signed with CDP Venture Capital SGR. In line with the national
legal framework, this Ministerial Decree has the nature of an administrative act and produces
effects from the date of adoption.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M2C2-52

M2C2.I5.2 - Hydrogen

Name of the milestone: Production of electrolysers
Qualitative Indicator: Notification of the publication of all public contracts

Time: Q2 2022
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Context: This investment consists in supporting projects for the development of a value chain in
hydrogen in Italy that is fit also to participate in potential Important Projects of Common European
Interest in Hydrogen.
This milestone is the first step in the implementation of this measure and requires the award of the
contract to build an industrial plant for the production of electrolysers. The next step in the
implementation in the target M2C2-53 which envisages to build an industrial plant for the
production of electrolysers for a capacity of 1 GW per year, indicatively by Q2-2026.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Award of the contract to De Nora Italy Hydrogen Technologies S.r.l.;
2. Award of the contract to Ansaldo Energia S.p.A.;
3. Self-assessment fiche providing a summary document duly justifying how the milestone
(including all the constitutive elements) was satisfactorily fulfilled;
4. Extract of the relevant parts of the technical specifications of both contracts proving
alignment with the Council Implementing Decision’s description of the investment and
milestone.
The authorities also provided:
5. Copy of the Ministerial Decree n. 168 of 27 April 2022;
6. Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Ecological Transition and the
Ministry of Economic Development.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular,
Article 1 of the Ministerial Decree n. 168 of 27 April 2022 provides the financial resources for (i) the
construction of factories for the production of electrolysers, under the ‘IPCEI Fund’ established by
Article 1 (203) of Law No 30 December 2018 and (ii) to support projects aimed at factories for the
production of electrolysers in addition to those referred to in the previous paragraph.
Article 2 specifies that a public notice will be adopted for the selection of projects for the production
of electrolysers in accordance with the objectives specified in Article 1. The Council Implementing
Decision required the award of the contract to build an industrial plant for the production of
electrolysers. The Italian authorities have awarded two contracts for the constructions of two
industrial plants as demonstrated by the result of the public notice which awards contracts to
“Turnkey Electrochemical plants for H2 production” of Ansaldo Energia and to De Nora Italy
Hydrogen Technologies S.r.l for a “Gigafactory” for the production of electrolysers, both of them
under the IPCEI Fund. Whilst there were two awards instead of one, thereby constituting a minimal
deviation from the requirement of the Council Implementing Decision, the investment does overall
award contracts for the production of electrolysers. As such the investment overall support projects
for the development of a value chain in hydrogen in Italy that is fit also to participate in potential
Important Projects of Common European Interest in Hydrogen, that is the main goal of this part of
the investment. On this basis, it is considered that this constitutive element of the milestone is
satisfactorily fulfilled.

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In accordance with the technical specifications of the agreements signed between the IT authorities
and the awarded beneficiaries, the industrial plants for the production of electrolysers are expected
to reach an aggregated capacity of 847 MW in 2026, rising to around 2.3 GW in 2031 as the
production capacity of the De Nora plant is increased through a ramp-up period. Target M2C2-53
requires that Italy build an industrial plant for the production of electrolysers for a capacity of 1 GW
per year and the authorities should take the necessary actions to this end.
With respect to the further specification of the Operational Arrangements, which specifies that the
geographical location of the plant is subject to the awarded project of the tender, the technical
specifications of the agreements signed make clear that for one power plant the main location of
investment will be Genoa while for the other the applicant will identify the location based on its
ability to enable intense synergies among hydrogen value chain actors and its proximity to the
Hydrogen Valleys.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M2C3-4

M2C3.R1.1 - Simplification and acceleration of procedures for energy
efficiency interventions

Name of the milestone: Simplification and acceleration of procedures for energy efficiency
interventions
Qualitative Indicator: Provision in the legal act(s) indicating the entry into force Time: Q2 2022
Context: This is a reform which aims to simplify and accelerate the procedures for the
implementation of interventions related to energy efficiency by (i) launching of the national portal
for the energy efficiency of buildings, (ii) strengthening of the activities of the information and
training plan aimed at the civil sector, (iii) updating and strengthening of the National Fund for
energy efficiency and (iv) accelerating the implementation phase of projects financed by the
Programme for energy renovation of buildings owned by the central government (PREPAC).
Milestone M2C3-4 is the only milestone of this reform and requires to adopt a legal provision to
simplify and accelerate procedures for energy efficiency interventions to achieve the four objectives
aforementioned.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Copy of the publication in the Official Journal of the Decree Law n. 17 of 1 March 2022 converted
into Law n. 34 of 27 April 2022;
2. Decree
Law
n.
48
of
10
June
2020
(https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/gu/2020/06/10/146/sg/pdf);
3. Law
n.
234
of
30
December
2021
(https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2021/12/31/21G00256/sg);
4. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone, including all the constitutive elements,
was satisfactorily fulfilled.
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5. Copy of the programme of Information and Training 2021-2023 by the National Agency of Energy
Efficiency.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:
Article 8 (1) of the Decree Law n. 48 of 10 June 2020 modifies Article 4-quater of the Decree Law n.
192 of 19 August 2005 to set up the national Portal for the energy efficiency of buildings. That Article
specifies that the aim is to provide citizens, businesses and public administration with information
on the energy performance of buildings, on best practices for effective energy requalification in cost
terms, on existing promotion instruments for improving the energy performance of buildings,
including replacement of fossil fuel boilers with more sustainable alternatives, and on energy
performance certificates.
Article 8 (2) adds a one-stop shop to provide assistance and information to (i) citizens and
businesses in relation to: the mapping building energy, compliance with sector legislation,
assessment of efficiency potential and selection, the priorities for action, including the plans for
requalification by successive stages, at the selection of instruments promotion that is better suited
to the purpose and training of professional skills; and (ii) to public administrations in relation to: the
mapping building energy, compliance with sector legislation, assessment of efficiency potential and
selection, the priorities for action, including the plans for requalification by successive stages, at the
selection of instruments, promotion that is better suited to the purpose, including through the use
of Energy Performance Contracts, and training of technical skills.
The link to the portal, which was launched on 14 April 2022, is the following: https://pnpe2.enea.it/
As regards the strengthening of the activities of the information and training plan aimed at the civil
sector, Article 13 of Decree Law n. 73 of 14 July 2020 provides that since 31 January 2021, and every
three years after that, the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic
Development, prepares an information and training programme to promote and facilitate the
efficient use of energy and submits it to the Ministry for approval economic development. The Plan
of Information and Training for 2021-2023 was adopted on 21 December 2021 based on Article 12
(2) of the Decree Law n. 73 of 14 July 2020.
Point 514 of Article 1 of the Law n. 234 of 30 December 2021 updates the National Fund for Energy
Efficiency (FNEE) by strengthening it with additional EUR 8 million per year as of 2022 to support
the loans at favourable interest rates and public guarantees offered by the FNEE to support energy
efficiency measures in public buildings and enterprises.
In relation to accelerating the implementation phase of projects financed by PREPAC, Article 19 of
Decree Law n. 17 of 1 March 2022 (converted into Law 34/2022) provides that the State Property
Office (“Agenzia del Demanio”) may support the interregional bodies responsible of the public works
in the implementation of operations, including to ensure the implementation of operations “already
covered by contracting with the same operating structures in the context of the implementation of
the programmes already prepared”. It also envisages the possibility of “doing use of purchase and
trading instruments telematics, including the electronic public market administration (MEPA) and
dynamic system of acquisition of public administration (SDAPA)’, in order to accelerate the
implementation of the projects. This legal change arises from the analysis carried out by the public
administration based on which it was found that delays in the implementation of projects is mostly
linked to the high volume of activities carried out by the interregional bodies engaged in functions
linked to large projects such as public works and infrastructure of national interest. For this reason,
the State Property Office is now also given the possibility to manage directly the contracting stages
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of the design and execution of the works, especially for smaller projects. In particular, the new legal
framework provides for: A. forms of collaboration between the interregional bodies and the State
Property Office to speed up the contracting phase of the design and execution of the worksor the
use of electronic purchasing and trading tools with faster implementation procedures, such as the
electronic public administration market (MEPA) and the dynamic public administration purchasing
system (SDAPA).
Article 18 of Decree Law n. 48 of 10 June 2020 specifies that it enters into force the day after its
publication in the Official Journal, which happened on 10 June 2020 (n. 146).
Article 43 of the Decree Law n. 17 of 1 March 2022 specifies that it enters into force the day after
its publication in the Official Journal, which happened on 28 April 2022 (n. 98).
Article 22 of the Law 234 of 30 December 2021 specifies that it entered into force on 1 January 2022.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M2C4-1

M2C4.R2.1 - Simplification and acceleration of the procedures for
implementing interventions against hydrogeological instability

Name of the milestone: Entry into force of the simplification of the legal framework for a better
management of hydrological risks
Qualitative Indicator: Provision in the relevant legal act(s) indicating the
entry into force

Time: Q2 2022

Context: The aim of this reform is to overcome the existing weaknesses in the governance of
hydrogeological risks highlighted by the Italian Court of Auditors. It consists of simplifying and
accelerating procedures for the implementation of projects in this area, including establishing
maximum deadlines for each phase; prioritising interventions in line with the National Risk
Assessment and with Article 6 of the Decision 1313/2013 EU and Risk Management Capability
Assessment and the Do No Significant Harm principle; setting a plan to increase the administrative
capacity of the entities responsible for the implementation of these projects and reinforcing the
coordination between the various levels of government involved, including by streamlining the
information flows.
This is the only milestone related to the implementation of this measure.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Decree Law n. 77 of 31 May 2021 converted into Law n. 108 of 29 July 2021
(https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2021/07/30/21A04731/sg);
2. Law n. 233 of 29 December 2021
(https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/gu/2021/12/31/310/so/48/sg/pdf);
3. Decree Law n. 80 of 9 June 2021 converted into Law n. 113 of 6 August 2021 (
https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2021/06/09/21G00093/SG );

4. Directorial Decree 146 of 30 May 2022;
5. Decree Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022 (https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2022/04/30/22G00049/sg )
6. Plan for strengthening the administrative capacity of the institutional bodies responsible for
the implementation of the interventions aimed at mitigating hydrogeological risks;

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7. Decree of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of 27 September 2021 (
https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2021/11/15/21A06670/sg )
8. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone, including all the constitutive elements,
was satisfactorily fulfilled.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular: For the prioritisation of prevention interventions, Article 36 ter (3) of Decree Law n. 77
of 31 May 2021 provides the prioritisation of interventions by appointing the Government
Commissioners for the prioritisation of measures necessary for the swiftest implementation of the
hydrogeological projects. The Commissioners address the regional administrations for the swift
conclusion of the process of approving and authorising all preventive measures; and tackling
hydrogeological instability. This legal provision also specifies that they must act in line with the
priority criteria, of the Management Plans against the risk of floods (“Piani di gestione del rischio di
alluvioni”), of the Plans of Hydrogeological Structures (“Piani di assetto idrogeologico”) and of the
National Risk Assessment in line with Article 6 (“Risk management”) of the Decision 1313/2013/EU
. The Management Plans against the risk of floods (one per basin) are the operational tool to identify
and plan the actions needed to reduce the negative consequences of floods for human health, land,
property, the environment, cultural heritage and economic and social activities in line with the
Directive 2007/60/CE. The Plans of Hydrogeological Structures are the spatial planning tool through
which the Basin Authority seeks to establish spatial planning that ensures a balance and
compatibility between hydrogeological dynamics and the increasing anthropiisation of the area, and
to ensure that existing settlements and infrastructure are made safe and that future activities are
developed in a compatible manner. Both are based on the National Risk Assessment and the Risk
Management Capability Assessment.
The regional structures responsible for issuing opinions and authorisations for prevention and
mitigation of hydrogeological risks, including environmental ones, are bound by the activities
indicated by the Commissioners of Government. Article 16 (3) of the Law 233 of 29 December 2021
added to paragraph 3 of the Article 36 ter of Decree Law n. 77 of 31 May 2021 the specification that
the interventions will be carried out in coherence with Article 6 of Decision 1313/2013/EU, as well
as in line with the Do No Significant Harm principle.
Several legal provisions were adopted to accelerate the procedures for project design and simplify
project implementation and financing procedures of the interventions against hydrogeological risks.
Paragraph 1 of Article 36-ter of the Decree Law n. 77 of 31 May 2021 specifies that the interventions
of prevention and mitigation of hydrogeological instability, including the interventions envisaged
under the RRP, are qualified as works of national interest and so are given priority (the priority
criteria are defined in Decree Law n. 152 of 6 November 2021). Paragraph 3 of Article 36-ter of the
Decree Law n. 77 of 31 May 2021 mandates the Government Commissioners to promote and adopt
as a priority the measures necessary for the more rapid implementation of interventions of national
interest. The regional structures responsible for issuing opinions and authorisations, including
environmental ones, for prevention and mitigation of hydrogeological risks are obliged to assume
the activities indicated by the Commissioners of Government as a priority, thus helping to accelerate
the procedures for project design. In addition, paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 10 of Decree Law n. 91
of 24 June 2014 are modified to give to the Government Commissioners the power to make use, in
addition to the regional structures, of technical and administrative offices of the municipalities, of
the interregional administrations as well as the company ANAS S.p.A., the consortia of reclamation
and district authorities, as well as structures existing commissioners for the interventions against
hydrogeological risks. Paragraph 11 of the same Article reduces by one half the deadlines for the
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public expropriations of public interest as set out by the Decree of the President of the Republic
327/2001. It therefore reduces the time required for the approval of projects involving
expropriations of public interest. Paragraph 18 mandates the Upper Institute for Environmental
Protection and Research (ISPRA) to provide for the recognition of the functionalities of the platform
of the National Directory of Soil Defense Interventions (ReNDiS) for a faster and more efficient
management of the assessment and selection of proposals proposed for financing. In parallel, the
same paragraph envisages the update, adaptation and enhancement of ReNDIS by the Ministry of
Ecological Transition and ISPRA in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy and Finance, with the
Department for Policy Planning and Coordination of Economic policy of the Presidency of the Council
of Ministers, and in liaison with the Department of Civil Protection of the Presidency of the Council
of Ministers and with other central governments with expertise in the field of soil protection and
hydrogeological instability . Furthermore, Annex 1 to the Decree of the Presidency of the Council
of Ministers of 27 September 2021 accelerates the procedures for project design and sets general
principles to simplify project implementation and financing procedures of hydrogeological risk
projects. More precisely, stage 1 of Annex 1 specifies that all financing requirements, which can be
introduced at any moment, are to be inserted in ReNDIS. Every proposal is given a Codice Unico di
Progetto (CUP)- Single Project Identifier-. Stage 2 outlines that the Autorità di Bacino (Basin
Authorities) have a maximum of 30 days to assess the intervention and another 15 days in case there
are additional clarifications provided by the Region. Stages 4 and 5 specify that the classification of
the proposals submitted and the assessment from an economic and tendering perspective is carried
out in a maximum of 60 days by the Ministry of Ecological Transition. Stage 2.4 provides the common
criteria for the classification of the interventions. Lastly, Article 23 (5) of the Legislative Decree 36 of
30 April 2022 under letter a) provides for a period of 30 days for the opinion of the State-Regions
Conference on the Basin plans (Piani di Bacino), specifying that to proceed without the
aforementioned opinion after those 30 days.
Paragraphs 15 to 19 of Article 36-ter aim to harmonise and streamline the information flows to
reduce redundancy in reporting between the various information systems of the State and develop
a system of indicators for a better identification of hydrological risks, in line with the
recommendation of the Italian Court of Auditors. To this end, paragraph 15 provides that, in order
to rationalize the different information systems related to the financing and to the reporting of the
interventions aimed at mitigating hydrogeological instability, the Ministry of Ecological Transition
provides for the recognition and streamlining of its information systems on the subject of
interventions for soil protection, in order to ensure homogeneous information flows at national
level and coherent between the different systems. This is achieved with the "Internal recognition
document of Ministry of Ecological Transition (MiTE) on its information systems regarding
interventions for soil defense". With this document two main areas relating to the information
systems used by the MiTE, for the physical monitoring of interventions for soil protection are
recognised: 1. The Information systems used for the transmission of data to the Unitary Database
(BDU) of the National Monitoring System (SNM) regarding the interventions financed with the
National Fund for Development and Cohesion and 2. The Information systems used for data
transmission to the BDU and to the database Public Administrations (BDAP) financed with ordinary
funds. Paragraph 16 provides that ISPRA, in agreement with the Ministry of Ecological Transition
draws up a study for the implementation of interoperability processes between systems information
for the monitoring of tenders, projects, public works and investments related to the mitigation
interventions of hydrogeological instability and carries out the technical and operational activities
of its competence for the implementation of the consequent program based on the specific
agreement. Paragraph 17 specifies that ISPRA carries out the aforementioned activities after
consultation with the competent structures of the Ministry Economy and Finance and the
Department for Planning and the coordination of the economic policy of the Presidency of the
Council of Ministers as well as in conjunction with the other central administrations with powers in
subject of soil defence and hydrogeological defence interventions, in order to make the monitoring
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and reporting system of the projects more integrated, effective, fast and efficient , guaranteeing
adequate information and publicity to the relevant entities or recipients. Lastly, paragraph 5 of the
D.P.C.M. of 27 September 2021 provides that the insertion of "data of a technical, environmental,
geographical and financial nature of the interventions and the update of the same data in the
ReNDiS platform constitutes "a system of monitoring of funded interventions that is used by the
MiTE for verification on the state of implementation of projects related to the mitigation of
hydrogeological risks.
To reinforce the coordination of interventions among different government levels, in line with the
recommendations of the Italian Court of Auditors, Article 36-ter (15) empowers Commissioners to
intervene in all projects related to the mitigation of hydrogeological risks irrespective of the source
of funding. The Minister for the Ecological Transition sends an annual report to Parliament, by 30
June each year, on the state of their implementation of those projects. Then, Article 36-ter (16)
specifies that The Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (Ispra), in agreement
with the Ministry of Ecological Transition, draw up a study for the implementation of interoperability
processes between systems information for the monitoring of tenders, projects, works public and
investment related to the operations of mitigation of hydrogeological instability and technical
activities and operational matters within its remit for the implementation of the resulting
programme on the basis of a special agreement.
In relation to the creation of joint databases on incidents, in line with the recommendation of the
Italian Court of Auditors which outlined the importance of adopting a unitary system of data for the
management of the funding of projects against hydrogeological risks, Section 2.1 of Annex I of the
Decree of the Presidency of Council of Ministers of 27 September 2021 identifies the ReNDiS system
as a single platform for the requests and procedures related to the funding of projects and also for
the publication of a specific "Regional ranking of funding requests". Each request is identified with
a single ReNDiS code. The interventions must be identified with their own Unique Project Code
(CUP).
As regards the setting-up of maximum deadlines for each intervention phase Annex I of the Decree
of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of 27 September 2021 identifies specific steps related
to the submission and assessment of the requests for funding . Specific deadlines are established
for the intervention phase (assessment of the interventions by the Basin Authorities, 15 days; the
decision of the scores for every project submitted and the delivery of the economic and tendering
assessment, 60 days altogether).
For the strengthening of the capacity of the relevant entities Article 17- octies (2) of the Decree Law
n. 80 of 9 June 2021 specifies that for the implementation of the interventions aimed at reducing
hydrogeological instability, each commissioner benefits from a contingent of non-managerial staff
of up 200 units available until 31 December 2026. Paragraph 3 adds that the Ministry of Ecological
Transition is entitled up to 150 units from 2021 with contracts expiring not after 31 December 2026
for the same type of interventions. In addition, Paragraph 5 of Article 23 of the Legislative Decree n.
36 of 30 April 2022 provides under letter b) provides that the Bassin Authorities may make use of
the support given to the Ministry of Ecological Transition to favour the acceleration of interventions
against hydrogeological risks. Lastly, Article 1 of the Directorial Decree 146 of 30 May 2022 adopted
by the Director of Sustainable Development and the Director of General Administration, Planning
and Natural Assests sets the plan for strengthening the administrative capacity of institutional
bodies responsible for the implementation of projects aimed at reducing hydrogeological risks. The
Plan includes lines of intervention aimed at simplifying the procedures for the implementation and
financing of the interventions; strengthening of technical support structures for Government
Commissioners; developing capacity building of the Bassin Authorities (“Autorità di Bacino”).

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The Decree Law n. 77 of 31 May 2021 converted into Law n. 108 of 29 July 2021 entered into force
the day after its publication at the Official Gas provided by Article 67. The Decree Law n. 80 of 9
June 2021 converted into Law n. 113 of 6 August 2021 entered into force the day after its publication
at the Official Gas provided by Article 19. The Decree Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022 entered into force
the day after its publication at the Official Gas provided by Article 50. As regards the DPCM of 27
September 2022, in line with the national legal framework, in absence of a specific provision related
to the entry into force, it has entered into force on the fifteenth day following its publication in the
Official Journal. Lastly, the Directorial Decree 146 of 30 May 2022 has the nature of an
administrative act and produces effects from the date of adoption and has as such entered into
force.
In line with the specifications of the Operational Arrangements, the Decree of the Presidency of the
Council of Ministers (DPCM) of 27 September 2021 revises the DPCM of 28 May 2015 for an update
of the criteria, the arrangements and the resources intended to finance interventions aimed at
mitigating hydrogeological risks. Article 2 specifies that the DPCM of 28 May 2015 is replaced by the
DPCM of 27 September 2021. Then, Annex I to the DPCM of 27 September 2021 sets out maximum
deadlines for the stages of the financing requests and their assessment, which complements the
legal changes introduced by Article 36-ter of the Decree Law n. 77 of 31 May 2021 aimed at
accelerating the procedures for project design and simplifying project implementation. As regards
the streamlining of information flows and data sources, Article 36 ter (15) of Decree Law n. 77 of 31
May 2021 obliges the Ministry of Ecological Transition (MiTE) to identify and standardise its own
information systems on soil protection measures, also using the technical instructions provided by
the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance, in order to ensure an orderly, homogeneous
information flow at national level and consistent between the different systems. Based on that
provision, the MiTE developed its internal review document on its own information systems for soil
protection, covering two main areas: (i) Information systems used to transmit data to the National
Monitoring System (SNM) Unitary Database (BDU) for operations financed by the National Fund for
Development and Cohesion and (ii) Information systems used for the transmission of data to the
Public Administration Database (BDAP) financed from ordinary funds. On the development of a
system of indicators, Finally, Article 2(5) of the DPCM of 27 September 2021 provides that the
inclusion of the ‘technical, environmental, geographical and financial data of the operations
financed’ and the updating of the same data in the ReNDiS platform constitute ‘a system for
monitoring financed operations which is used by the MiTE for the purpose of periodic checks on the
state of implementation of hydrogeological risk mitigation programmes’. These data, which can be
found in the ‘population data sheet’, will be the set of indicators used by MiTE for monitoring
programmes related to the mitigation of hydrogeological risks. Until now the monitoring of the
interventions took place only through procedural-financial indicators, linked to the procurement of
interventions. The obligation, deriving from the DPCM of 27 September 2021, to fill in for the
request for financing certain fields of the "preliminary form", will allow the development of the
indicator “Population benefiting from protection measures against floods and other disasters nature
related to the climate " and the "Risk Class"
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M2C4-4

M2C4.R4.2 - Measures to ensure full managerial capacities for Integrated
water services

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Name of the milestone: Entry into force of the new legal framework of irrigation purposes
Qualitative Indicator: Provision in the relevant piece of legislation
indicating the entry into force

Time: Q2 2022

Context: This milestone is part of a broader reform that has the aim of improving management of
water resources and make the system more efficient. The specific objective of this milestone is to
set the right incentives for a better use of water resources in the agricultural sector, to introduce a
system of penalties for the illegal extraction of water and avoid the expansion of existing irrigation
systems. M2C4-4 represents the second step in the implementation of this measure requiring the
entry into force of a law setting out the legal framework on water services for their sustainable use
and incentivise investment in water infrastructure.
The subsequent milestones for the implementation of this reform is M2C4-2, whose fulfilment is
expected by the third quarter of 2022. That milestone is the final step in the implementation of this
measure and consists ofthe adoption of a new legal framework aimed at (i) reducing fragmentation
of entities through rules and aggregation mechanisms to have a single operator for the entire
“Ambito Territoriale Ottimale”, (ii) to provide for incentives for a sustainable use of water in
agriculture and (iii) to set a system of regulated prices that takes adequately into account
environmental resource use and pollution in accordance with the polluter-pays principle.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone, including all the constitutive
elements, was satisfactorily fulfilled
2. Decree Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022 converted into Law n. 79 of 29 June 2022, as published in
the Official Journal;
3. Law n. 233 of 29 December 2021 converting the Decree Law n. 152 of 6 November 2021 as
published in the Official Journal;
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:
The milestone reinforces the system of penalties for the illegal extraction of water. Paragraph 5 of
Article 16 of the Decree Law n. 152 of 6 November 2021 modifies the paragraph 4 of Article 96 of
the Decree Law n. 152 of 3 April 2006, by increasing the penalties envisaged for the illegal extraction
of water. They are increased from a range of EUR 3 000 to 30 000 to a new one of EUR 4 000 to 40
000 for the serious breaches and from a range of EUR 300 to 1 500 to a new one of EUR 400 to 2
000 for the other breaches. Article 1 (2) specifies that this Decree Law entered into force the day
after publication in the Official Journal on 31 December 2021.
The first part of Article 16 (6) requires an impact assessment as in Article 4 (7) of the Water
Framework Directive to assess the (possibly cumulative) impact on all potentially affected water
bodies. It specifies that “ With a view to ensuring the sustainable development of the water systems
from an environmental point of view, for applications for use water for irrigation purposes, during
the procedure for the release of the relevant title shall be provided, on the basis of appropriate
documentation provided by the applicant for impact assessment, including cumulative impact
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assessment, in accordance with Article 4(7) of Directive 2000/60/EC of European Parliament and of
the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water
policy, on all water bodies potentially affected.”. This provision is expected to avoid any use of water
for irrigation systems before having undertaken an analysis of its impact on the water systems and
on the sustainable use of water resources.
In relation to avoiding the expansion of existing irrigation systems the second part of Article 16 (6)
of Decree Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022 converted into Law n. 79 of 29 June 2022 sets the prohibition
of expanding the existing irrigation systems following the conditions set in this part of the milestone
(“ it is forbidden to expand the existing irrigation systems, even if aimed at achieving efficiency
objectives, if affected water systems are in a less than good state or if it is envisaged to adopt
measures aimed at achieving or maintaining the environmental quality of the water systems referred
to in Article 76 of the legislative decree 3 April 2006, n. 152, or to prevent further deterioration, even
temporary, even in anticipation and taking into account the evolution of climate change”. Through
this legal change the expansion of the irrigation systems when the water systems are not in a good
state is forbidden and will be limited also in those cases where they are subject to operations of
improvement or maintenance of their quality.
As regards compliance with the further specifications in the Operational Arrangements by which
“The legal framework is expected to privilege the digitalisation to improve the remote control and
detection of illegal extraction of water”, Article 23 (4) of Decree-Law No 36 of 30 April 2022 amends
the fourth subparagraph Article 21 of Royal Decree n.1775 of 11 December 1933 (paragraph
introduced by Article 96 (9) of the Legislative Decree n. 152 of 2006, adding the following text: “and
prioritising digitalisation to improve control remote and detection of illegal water abstraction”. That
way, in the award of new concessions and the renewal of those existing in relation to irrigation it is
expected that those envisaging digitalisation to improve remote control and the identification of
illegal water extraction will be privileged.
Article 50 of the Decree Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022 specifies that it entered into force the day after
publication at the Official Journal, which happened on 29 June 2022 (n. 150) after having been
converted into Law n. 79 of 29 June 2022.
Paragraph 2 of Article 1 of the Law n. 233 of 29 December 2021 specifies that it entered into force
the day after its publication in the Official Journal, which happened on 31 December 2021 (n. 48).
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M2C4-5

M2C4.I3.2 - Digitization of national parks and marine protected areas

Name of the milestone: Entry into force of the administrative simplification and development of
digital services to visitors to national parks and marine protected areas
Qualitative Indicator: Entry into force of the administrative simplification and
development of digital services to visitors to national parks and marine Time: Q1 2022
protected areas
Context: This measure will set standardised and digitised procedures for the modernisation,
efficiency and effective functioning of protected areas in its various dimensions such as nature
conservation, administrative simplification of procedures and services to visitors of national parks
and marine protected areas. After the intervention the monitoring of natural resources is expected
to have improved so as to take the necessary preventive and corrective measures when necessary
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for the protection of biodiversity. It is also expected to lead to better services and awareness about
biodiversity to visitors of national parks and marine protected areas for a more sustainable tourism
and responsible consumption of natural resources.
This is the first milestone of this measure, which requires the adoption of a Ministerial Decree for
the development of digital services for visitors to national parks and marine protected areas. It will
and it is be followed by milestone M2C4-6, expected by Q4-2023, which concerns the actual
development of digital services for visitors to national parks and marine protected areas and which
is expected to be fulfilled by the fourth quarter of 2023.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone, including all the constitutive
elements, was satisfactorily fulfilled;
2. Ministerial Decree n. 167 of 22 March by the Minister of Ecological Transition including the
proof
of
publication
in
the
site
of
the
Ministry
(
https://www.mite.gov.it/sites/default/files/archivio/normativa/dm_22_03_2022_digitaliz
zazione.pdf )
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all
constitutive elements of the milestone.
Article 1 of the Ministerial Decree n. 167 of 22 March 2022 by the Minister of Ecological Transition
adopts the guidelines on national park entities and marine protected areas.
Those guidelines develop digital services for users of national parks and marine protected areas
under Section 1.2 (“Servizi digitali per i visitatori dei Parchi nazionali e delle Aree marine protette”),
including for instance a digital platform accessible from smartphones and tablets which allows the
user to have access to all information on national parks and marine protected areas throughout the
national territory. The visitor will be able to find the same functions and structure for all national
protected areas, both terrestrial and marine. While services and information are common to all
protected areas, they will be specific contents for each area such as mapping, communication
routes, timetables, fares, booking and online ticketing, etc. It will also include sections on the
environment and its conservation or on sustainable mobility for movements within the area.
This intervention will also contribute to the simplification of administrative procedures and to the
provision of services to visitors of national parks and marine protected areas. The Ministry of
Ecological Transition, as implementing entity, through SOGEI-Società Generale d’Informatica S.p.A.
pursuant to Article 9 (2) of Decree-Law No 77 of 31 May 2021, converted with amendments by Law
n. 108 of 29 July 2021 and through the Circular n. 6 MEF RGS — Prot. 12114 of 24 January2022,
will, in cooperation with national parks and marine protected areas, develop a set of digital services
for each National Park and Protected Marine Area consisting on the standardisation of new and
existing IT systems or the modernisation, efficiency and effective functioning of the procedures. In
particular, all services intended for users will be created in such a way that they can be used digitally
and with interoperability of data and services. As regards nature conservation as well as for
standardised and digitised procedures the guidelines to develop digital services for users of national
parks and marine protected areas specify that the Ministry of Ecological Transition has also carried
out a set of meetings with the bodies managing the protected areas, in order to identify the needs
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of National and Marine Protected Areas Parks and to determine their needs in terms of digital
equipment, for the monitoring of pressures on habitats and species of priority interest. The
guidelines underline that this survey will result in a special plan of operations targeting protected
areas, with one component of digital equipment supplies specific to each national park and marine
protected area, and a component of scientific activities and verifications in field. The special plan is
expected to be adopted by the end of the third quarter of 2022.The indicators envisaged by the
legal framework to monitor the achievement of the objectives of the investment and take the
necessary preventive and corrective measures when necessary for the protection of biodiversity
will be the number of users of services, broken down by type of service; and the level of user
satisfaction, broken down by type of service (Section 3 of the guidelines).
In line with the national legal framework, this Ministerial Decree has the nature of an administrative
act and produces effects from the date of adoption and has as such entered into force.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M2C4-27

M2C4.R4.1 - Simplification of legislation and strengthening of governance
for the implementation of investments in the water supply infrastructures

Name of the milestone: Entry into force of the simplification of legislation for interventions in
primary water infrastructure for the security of water supply
Qualitative Indicator: Provision(s) in the relevant piece(s) of
Time: Q2 2022
legislation indicating the entry into force
Context: The objective of this reform is to simplify and make more effective the legal framework for
water supply infrastructures and provide assistance when necessary to the implementing bodies
with insufficient capacity to undertake and complete those investments within the timelines set
originally.
The main measures planned to achieve those objectives are mainly through (i) the establishment of
a central public financing instrument for investments in the water sector which unifies resources
which are rather scattered at present; (ii) simplifying the procedures for reporting and monitoring
of the investments financed and (iii) further involving of the Regulator in the planning of the
investments to be undertaken and in possible revisions to the plan.

Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Law of 9 November 2021, n.156 converting Decree-Law 10 September 2021, n. 121, into
law (https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2021/11/09/21G00170/sg).
The authorities also provided:
2. Law of 27 December 2017, n.205
( https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2017/12/29/17G00222/sg)
3. Copy of the plan for technical assistance signed between the Ministry of Infrastructure and
Sustainable Mobility (MIMS) and Invitalia S.p.A.

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4. Copy of the Framework contract between the Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable
Mobility (MIMS) and Sogesid S.p.A
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
Article 1 (516) of the Law of 27 December 2017, n.205, as modified by Article 4-bis of Decree-Law
10 September 2021, n. 121 converted into law by Law of 9 November 2021, n.156 merges the
sections “aqueducts” and “reservoirs” of the National Plan for interventions in the water sector
(Piano Nazionale di interventi nel settore idrico). The former was managed by the Regulatory
Authority for Energy, Networks and the Environment (ARERA), which is the water regulator, and the
latter by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility (MIMS). As a result, the National
Plan for interventions in the water sector is the central financing instrument in the water sector.
Article 1 (516) of the Law of 27 December 2017, n.205, as modified by Article 4-bis of Decree-Law
10 September 2021, n. 121 converted into law by Law of 9 November 2021, n.156 indicates that
the Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and the Environment (ARERA) has to be consulted
for the decree establishing the National Plan for interventions in the water sector. According to the
aforementioned Article 1 (516), ARERA is consulted for the updates of the National Plan for
interventions in the water sector that takes place every three years. Article 1 (516bis) adds that any
changes to the National Plan must be implemented after consulting ARERA.
In relation to the provision of support and accompanying measures for implementing bodies not
able to carry out investments relating to primary procurement within the foreseen time frame,
Article 1 (520) of Decree-Law No 121 of 10 September 2021 converted into Law No 156 of 9
November 2021 (National Action Plan in the water sector) provides that the Ministry of Sustainable
Infrastructure and Mobility (MIMS), without new or increased financing, must monitor the progress
made in the implementation of the measures of the National Action Plan in the water sector and
must ensure support measures for implementing bodies to resolve any problems in the planning
and implementation of the measures. The initiatives undertaken until now concern (i) compliance
with the deadlines laid down by the relevant milestones and targets in the Council Implementing
Decision and (ii) more broadly, the strengthening of the administrative capacity of the various actors
involved in the governance of primary water infrastructure. The set of measures adopted to support
and accompany operators in the primary water infrastructure sector and to improve administrative
capacity, including public procurement, are the following,
i. Recruitment of technical staff to strengthen the investment implementation and monitoring
phase of the projects in the NRRP, in accordance with Article 1 of Decree-Law No 80 of 9 June
2021, converted into law by Law No 113 of 6 August 2021, by which implementing entities are
authorised to use the resources of the economic managers of the NRRPs to recruit new technical
staff (in addition to that recruited under the ‘1000 experts for the regions’ initiative), including
through the dedicated portal provided by the Civil Service (www.inpa.gov.it). The recruitments
increase the human capital endowment of the implementing actors, with the effect of
strengthening the delivery capacities of the institutions most at risk;
ii. A plan for technical assistance activities between MIMS and Invitalia S.p.A. pursuant to i
dell’art.7, commi 7-bis e 7-terof Decree-Law 76/2020 converted into Law 120/2020 by which
Invitalia may be activated at the request of the MIMS Directorate-General for Dams and Water
Infrastructure for activities to support the implementing bodies for carrying out tender
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iii. A dedicated portal (Capacity Italia) has been set up by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti on the Italian
Government Domani website (https://www.sportellotecnico.capacityitaly.it/s/), aimed at
providing technical assistance for implementing bodies to ask specific questions that may arise
during the implementation phase of the projects under the NRRP in the water sector, including
a set of Frequently Asked Questions;
iv. The so-called NRRP Academy: pursuant to Article 7 (7-bis) and (7-ter) of Decree-Law No 76 of 16
July 2020, as amended by Law No 120 of 11 September 2020, the NRRP Academy initiative was
launched to provide training to single managers of the implementing entities responsible for the
concrete implementation of the NRRP measures with particular reference to public
procurement. This training activity takes the form of live webinars accessible on the portal,
dedicated to the various aspects of investment implementation;
v. For structural interventions beyond the implementation of the NNRP, the MIMS has signed a
framework agreement with Sogesid S.p.A by which the latter provides technical assistance to the
most fragile implementing bodies for the implementation of primary water infrastructure
projects. Finally, on the basis of Ministerial Decree N. 259 of 24 June 2022 the seven Basin
Authorities are beneficiaries of the resources relating to the ‘Fund for the feasibility design of
infrastructure and priority settlements for the development of the country, as well as for the
project review of infrastructure already financed’. Beneficiary bodies may also use the resources
allocated to them to use agreements concluded with other in-house bodies, in order to support
design activities with dedicated technical assistance.
As regards the simplification of procedures for reporting and monitoring the investments financed
in the water sector, the repeal, by Article 1 (4-bis) (c) of Decree-Law No 121 of 10 September 2021,
converted into Law No 156 of 9 November 2021, of Article 1 (517) and (518) of Law No 205 of 27
December 2017, which provided for the differentiation between the ‘reservoir’ section and the
‘aqueducts’ section, allowed the creation of a single programming instrument, the ‘National Plan for
Infrastructure and Safety Measures in the Water Sector’. This simplification significantly accelerates
the procedure used in the context of the implementation of the measures referred to in the Prime
Ministerial Decree N.133 of 1 August 2019 — ‘aqueducts’ section, which provided for the transfer
of resources to the implementing bodies with a shift beyond that provided for in the Prime
Ministerial Decree of 17 April 2019 — ‘reservoirs’ section. Beyond the requirements of the
milestone, on the basis of paragraph 516-bis of Article 1 of the Law of 27 December 2017, n.205,
as modified by Article 4-bis of Decree-Law 10 September 2021, n. 121 converted into law by Law of
9 November 2021, n.156, the Ministerial Decree n. 291 of 21 September 2022 adopted the
Guidelines setting out the criteria for the selection and assessment of the investment projects in the
area of water infrastructure. .
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M4C1-3

M4C1.R2.1 - Teachers’ recruitment

Name of the milestone: Entry into force of the reform on teaching profession.
Qualitative Indicator: Provision in the law indicating the entry into
force of the reform
Context:

Time: Q2 2022

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The Reform 2.1 on the teaching profession aims to attract, recruit and motivate quality teachers,
with the overall strategic objectives of improving educational outcomes and the quality of the Italian
education system.
As provided in the Council Implementing Decision, milestone M4C1-3 consists of four points: i)
improvement and simplification of the public competition procedures; ii) strengthening of the
qualification needed to access the teaching profession; iii) establishment of a more effective
teachers’ mobility framework, in the interest of teaching continuity; iv) setting a career progression
linked to the performance evaluation and continuous professional development.
In line with the Council Implementing Decision, the full implementation of the Reform 2.1 on
teachers’ recruitment is linked to two additional steps: indicatively by Q4 2023, the secondary
legislation for the effective implementation of the reform shall enter into force (M4C1-10);
indicatively by Q4 2024, at least 70 000 teachers shall be recruited within the reformed recruitment
system (M4C1-14).
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone was satisfactorily fulfilled in line with
the requirements set out in the Council Implementing Decision Annex and in the further
specification of the Operational Arrangements
2. Copy of artt. 58-59 of the Decree-Law n. 73 of 25 May 2021, published in the Official Journal
n. 123 of 25 May 2021 and converted into Law n. 106 of 23 July 2021, published in the
Official Journal n. 176 of 24 July 2021
3. Copy of Decree-Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022, published in the Official Journal n. 100 of 30 April
2022 and converted into Law n. 79 of 29 June 2022, published in the Official Journal n. 150
of 29 June 2022
4. Copy of art 38 of Decree-Law n. 115 of 9 August 2022, published in the Official Journal n.
185 of 9 August 2022 and converted into Law n. 142 of 21 September 2022, published in the
Official Journal n. 221 of 21 September 2022
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:
 Simplification and improvement of the recruitment system based on public competition
procedures. The reference in the Council Implementing Decision to recruitment system is further
specified in the Operational Arrangements, which describes the characteristics of the reformed
public competition procedures, outlining that the hiring competitions - based on the reformed
procedures - shall be organized on a regular basis. Criteria shall be based on candidates’ cultural
and service qualification and on the candidate’s ability to teach as measured by a specific test,
such as a simulated lesson. Art 59, paragraph 10, of the Decree-Law n. 73 of 25 May 2021, and
converted into Law n. 106 of 23 July 2021 provides for teachers to be recruited on a regular basis
every year. Art 46 of Decree-Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022, converted into Law n. 79 of 29 June
2022, provides for the further improvement and simplification of the competition procedures.
The assessment of candidates is enhanced by testing their knowledge competences to teach and
skills (including IT) through two main exams (written and oral). Within the oral examination, a
dedicated test is devoted to verifying candidate’s ability to teach. The reform also substituted
questions based on multi-choice tests with open-ended questions. Paragraph 1, letter b) states
that the Ministry of Education shall appoint a dedicated commission which will contribute to the
preparation of the written questions. A single evaluation commission at national level shall also
be established to ensure uniformity across the country and transparency in the evaluation of
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written tests. After having successfully passed the public competition, the candidate will be hired
but she/he needs to pass a final test after one-year of probationary period. After the successful
completion of the one-year on the job training, the candidate is finally hired as a teacher with a
permanent contract in the same place of the probationary period.
Improvement of the qualification needed to access the teaching profession. In accordance with
the requirements of the Council Implementing Decision and with the further specification of the
Operational Arrangements, higher qualification in teaching to access the profession in secondary
school shall be achieved by strengthening the provision by HEIs (Higher Education institutions)
of pedagogical (teacher) training as a requirement for future access to the teaching profession.
Art 44 of Decree-Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022, converted into Law n. 79 of 29 June 2022, reinforces
the “qualification process” to become a teacher and therefore be eligible to participate to the
public competition procedure. The new qualification process requires the acquisition of 60
European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) in pedagogical subjects and
methodologies of teaching (equivalent to one year course compared to the current 24 ECTS) to
be provided by universities. It also requires passing a final exam which includes a simulated
lesson. Transitory arrangements are envisaged until December 2024, allowing people not yet
“qualified” to participate in public competitions. The transitory arrangements concern:
a)
Students/candidates who completed 30 ECTs (including 10 ECTs of traineeship) out of
the 60 ECTS (arrangement in place until December 2024);
b)
Teachers with at least 36 months of experience (in place until December 2024);
c)
Students/candidates who completed 24 ECTs by October 2022.
All the candidates hired through the transitionary arrangements will still be required to finalize
the “qualification” (namely, obtaining the additional missing 30ECTs and passing the final test)
within one year from passing the public competition.
More Effective mobility framework, limiting teachers' mobility in the interest of teaching
continuity. While the Council Implementing Decision more generically refers to the improvement
of the teacher's mobility in the interest of teaching continuity, the further specification in the
Operational Arrangements states that existing teacher's permanence obligation should be
extended to “more than 3 years” for newly recruited teachers. Art 44 paragraph 4, letter g) of
Decree-Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022, converted into Law n. 79 of 29 June 2022, provides the
minimum permanence in the same location to be longer than 3 years for a sub-group of the
newly recruited teachers (those not yet qualified at the moment of the public competition). Art
45 of same Decree-Law includes the teachers’ availability to stay in the same job post for more
than 3 years as one of the criteria to assign the monetary incentive provided by the “fondo per
la valorizzazione del personale docente”. Furthermore, art 38 of Decree-Law n. 115 of 9 August
2022, published in the Official Journal n. 185 of 9 August 2022, converted into Law n. 142 of 21
September 2022 provides that teachers awarded with the permanent incentive (see below) shall
remain in the same school for three additional years (six years in total) after their appointment,
in order to access and maintain the salary increase. This requirement is expected to further
strengthen the retention of qualified teachers by schools. Whilst the minimum permanence in
the same location remains set at 3 years in some cases, thereby constituting a minimal deviation
from the requirement of the Operational Arrangements, the reform, as such, overall promotes
teaching continuity which is the main goal of this part of the reform. On this basis, it is considered
that this constitutive element of the milestone is satisfactorily fulfilled.
Setting career progression linked to teachers’ performance evaluation and continuous
professional development. The reference in the Council Implementing Decision to career
progression is further specified in the Operational Arrangements which states in particular that
setting a career progression must balance seniority and performance in determining career and
salary progression. Art 44, paragraph 1, lett. i), article 16-ter of Decree-Law n. 36 of 30 April 2022
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envisages a system of training for teachers (compulsory for newly recruited teachers and
voluntary for the rest) articulated in three-year cycles. Each cycle, among the teachers who have
successfully completed the training cycle, the best performing ones are selected via an
evaluation process of the training, of their availability to perform additional tasks such as
mentoring, coaching, and organization of extracurricula activities, of their activities in class and
of the students’ educational outcomes. The best performing teachers shall receive a bonus
corresponding to between 10 and 20% of their current salary (the number of beneficiaries being
dependent upon the available resources). The bonus can be received again by the same teacher
only at the end of another three-year training programme. In addition, art 38 of Decree-Law n.
115 of 9 August 2022, published in the Official Journal n. 185 of 9 August 2022, and converted
into Law n. 142 of 21 September 2022, introduces a system of career progression, whose further
definition is delegated to collective agreements. The same provision introduces a permanent
annual incentive of EUR 5 640, on top of the teacher’s standard salary, available to up to 8 000
teachers who have successfully completed three different training cycles in a row. Until a
collective agreement is in place, a set of criteria to select recipients of the permanent benefit is
immediately applicable and laid out in the same Decree-Law. In particular, the selection shall be
based on the scores achieved during the three training cycles (which also take into account
performance, notably during teaching activities carried out and evaluated). Only in case of
candidates with the same score, the length of permanence in the same location and professional
curriculum are also considered. Via this legislative act, Italy has established a legal framework
that links career and salary progression to the performance evaluation of candidates in
professional trainings and rewards merit and performance, overcoming the previous system,
which was overly reliant on seniority. While the new system incentivises more senior teachers
to engage with the new training and performance evaluation, it makes the professional training
compulsory for newly recruited teachers. The salary progression, which can be considered as a
component of career progression, has been adequately defined providing financial incentives for
the completion of each training cycle and for a permanent salary increase following the
completion of three different training cycles to the best performing teachers. Importantly, the
level of salary progression is fixed and its level is considered to be a sizeable permanent incentive
to staff to develop their career through strong performances in continuous professional
development. The overall framework for career progression will be further specified by the
collective agreements process. Whilst not having already set in the law a career progression
framework represents a minimal deviation from the wording of this specific constitutive element
of the milestone as well as a specific part of the further specifications in the Operational
Arrangements, it does not change the nature of this part of the measure because career
progression is clearly linked to performance and continuous professional development and does
not affect the progress towards the achievement of the reform that the milestone represents.
On this basis, it is considered that this constitutive element of the milestone is satisfactorily
fulfilled
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M4C1-4

M4C1.I3.2 - School 4.0: innovative schools, wiring, new classrooms and
workshops

Name of the milestone: School 4.0 Plan to foster the digital transition of the Italian school system
is adopted
Qualitative Indicator: Decree adopting the School 4.0 plan

Time: Q2 2022
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Context:
This investment aims at updating school facilities and enhancing digital transition of Italian schools
through four different initiatives: i) transformation of 100 000 classrooms into innovative learning
environments; ii) creation of laboratories for digital profession; iii) digitization of school
administrations; iv) development of interior wiring cabling of approximately 40 000 school buildings
and related devices.
The milestone M4C1-4 has two main objectives, the transformation of 100 000 classrooms into
innovative learning environments (action a) and the creation of laboratories for the digital
professions in all high schools (action b). By Q4 2025, Investment 3.2 envisages the creation of 100
000 classrooms to be transformed in innovative learning environments (target M4C1-19).
The other two initiatives of Investment 3.2 mentioned above (point iii and point iv) are described in
the adopted School 4.0 plan but are not objectives of the milestone M4C1-4. In fact, as indicated in
the plan, these points are either related to measures financed outside the Recovery and Resilience
Facility Framework or related to the implementation of other investments of the Italian Recovery
and Resilience Plan.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone, including all the constitutive
elements, was satisfactory fulfilled;
2. Ministerial Decree of the Ministry of Education n. 161 of the 14 June 2022;
3. School 4.0 Plan as an Annex of the Ministerial Decree n.161 of the 14 June 2022;
The authorities also provided:
4. Relevant documentations concerning the financing of ongoing projects (“Progetti in Essere”)
included in the School 4.0 plan and financed through the Recovery and Resilience Facility
resources.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:
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Ministerial Decree n. 161 of the 14 June 2022 formalizes the adoption of the School 4.0 Plan to
implement the Investment 3.2 of the RRP;
Section 1 of the School 4.0 Plan summarizes the line of actions aimed at fostering digital
transition of the Italian school system in line with the description of the Investment 3.2 in the
Council Implementing Decision. Specifically:
o Section 1.2.1 of School 4.0 Plan describes the initiatives aimed at improving the interior
wiring cabling of about 40 000 schools buildings and related devices;
o Section 1.2.4 of School 4.0 Plan describes the initiatives aimed at fostering the digitalization
of the school administrations;
Section 2 of the School 4.0 plan covers point (i) describing the steps foreseen to implement
action a)” to transform 100 000 classroom in primary and secondary school into innovative
learning environment, in line with the description of the milestone in the Council Implementing
Decision. According to the plan, each school shall adopt a "School Strategy 4.0" to enhance their
digital transformation. Section 2.2 outlines the characteristics of the new classrooms. In
particular, the classrooms shall be equipped with digital screen, devices for the use of the lessons
that can also be carried out in videoconference and individual or group digital devices
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(notebooks, tablets, etc.), devices for digital communication, for the promotion of writing and
reading with digital technologies, for the study of STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering e
Mathematics – for digital creativity, for the learning of computational thinking, artificial
intelligence and robotics, for the use of contents through virtual and augmented reality. These
facilities are expected to enhance the connectivity and foster innovative teaching technologies.
Section 3 of the School 4.0 plan covers point (ii) describing the steps foreseen to implement
action b) to create laboratories for the digital professions in all high schools, in line with the
description of the milestone. Section 3.2 summarizes the characteristics of the laboratories and
their functioning. Thanks to their advanced digital equipment, the laboratories shall support the
creation of new jobs in highly digitalized areas (such as robotics and automation; artificial
intelligence; cloud computing; cybersecurity; Internet of Things.) During the designation phase
of the Already at an early stage, when the functioning of laboratories is designed, the plan
envisages exchanges between the school community and various actors at local and national
level to develop career paths adapted to the new challenges of digitization. In particular, the
contribution of universities, higher technical institutes (ITS), centres of research, companies and
innovative start-ups in During the laboratory management phase and the construction of shared
paths PCTO - “ Percorsi per le Competenze Trasversali e l’Orientamento (Pathways for
Transversal Skills and Orientation)” has the potential to enhance schools’ educational offer, by
supporting the creation of new professions in highly digitalized areas. The plan envisages the
potential contribution of universities, higher technical institutes (ITS), centres of research,
companies and innovative start-ups.
Section 4 of the adopted School 4.0 Plan identifies the procedural steps to implement the plan,
in particular, providing information on the timeline relative to public calls, award decrees, fund
disbursement to schools and public procurement for supply of digital devices and services by
implementing entities;
Section 4.1 establishes that the quota for the implementation of the Investment 3.2 is divided
among all the schools of the first and second cycle in proportion to the number of active classes
over the school year. A reserve of 40% of the resources in favor of schools in the southern regions
is also taken into account in the allocation of resources. In line with the milestone, 40% of the
schools benefitting from of the School 4.0 Plan must be located in the South of Italy.

Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M4C2-4

M4C2.R1.1 - Implementation of R&D support measures to foster
simplification and mobility

Name of the milestone: Entry into force of Ministerial Decrees on R&D simplification and mobility
linked to the ordinary financing fund.
Qualitative Indicator: Provision in the decree indicating the entry into
Time: Q2 2022
force of the law
Context:
The reform is expected to promote a shift towards a more systemic approach to R&D activities,
going beyond the current logic of reallocating resources by favouring a sharing approach and shall
focus on simplifying red tape in the management of funds dedicated to public-private research
activities, generating a significant impact through avoiding dispersion and fragmentation of
priorities. Public research bodies (EPR) shall play a key role both as possible project leaders for
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Partnerships, National Campaigns and Territorial Ecosystems, and as potential participants in calls
for proposals on the PNR Fund and the Infrastructure Fund. The reform shall be implemented by
the Ministry of University and Research (MUR) and the Ministry of Economic Development (MiSE)
through the creation of an inter-ministerial steering board.
M4C2-4 includes 4 key elements: 1) creation of a new simplified model to avoid dispersion of
priorities, 2) promoting mutual mobility of high-profile figures between academia and the business
sector; 3) simplification of funds management; 4) reform the career path of researchers to increase
their focus on research activities. No other milestone or targets are foreseen for this reform.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone was satisfactorily fulfilled in line with
the requirements set out in the Council Implementing Decision.
2. Ministerial Decree n.1314 of 14 December 2021, registered to the Court of Auditors on 27
December 2021 and published in the Official Journal n. 109 of 11 May 2022, on the
simplification of research funds management;
3. Ministerial Decree n. 330 of 30 March 2022, registered to the Court of Auditors on 13 June
2022 and published in the Official Journal n. 143 of 21 June 2022, promoting mutual mobility
of high-profile figures between academia and the business sector;
4. Conversion Law n.79 of 29 June 2022 that amends art.24 of the Law n.240 of 30 December
2010, published in the Official Journal n.150 of 29 June 2022, reforming the career path of
researchers to increase their focus on research activities.
The authorities also provided:
5. Ministerial Decree n.1233 of 10 November 2021, setting up an inter-ministerial steering
board for the implementation of the measures of M4C2 for the RRP.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:
 In line with description of the measure in the Council Implementing Decision, for the
implementation of the actions related to component M4C2 (therefore, also of the reform 1.1)
an inter-ministerial steering board between the Ministry of University and Research and the
Ministry of Economic Development was created (art.1 of the decree n. 1233 of 10 November
2021);
 The Ministerial Decree 1314 of 14 December 2021, entered into force on 28 December 2021, the
day after the registration to the Court of Auditors (art. 24), promotes a more systemic approach
to R&D activities through a new simplified model. In particular, in line with the further
specifications included in the Operational Arrangements, which requires the simplified model
for the selection of research projects to be inspired by international best practices the decree
introduces a two-phase evaluation procedure for research project proposals (art.9), managed by
a committee of international experts selected by the National Committee for Research
Evaluation (art. 8), followed by a final negotiation phase aimed at refining the proposals,
including on their scientific aspects, with the direct involvement of the Ministry which
undertakes an executive role (art. 10). The negotiation steered by the Ministry is expected to
reduce dispersion and fragmentation of research priorities, hence supporting the research focus
on key priorities and therefore facilitating the generation of impact. Public Research bodies will
play a key role both as possible project leaders for partnerships and as potential participants in
calls for proposals (art. 5, comma 1 and 2);
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The Ministerial Decree n. 330 of 30 March 2022, entered into force on 14 June 2022, the day
after the registration to the Court of Auditors (art.11), includes relevant incentives to promote
mutual mobility of high profiles figures (researchers and managers) between universities, public
research bodies and enterprises. Universities and public research bodies can stipulate
conventions with enterprises for the temporary mobility of researchers and high-qualified
experts (art. 1). During their mobility period, researchers and high-qualified experts will maintain
their role and salary. The research performed during their mobility period will be taken into
account for the performance evaluation of the researcher (art. 5 and 6). Managers performing a
research project in a university or a public research body will hold intellectual property rights
(art. 8);
 As regards the simplification of the management of funds, the Ministerial Decree 1314 of 14
December 2021, also introduces a “performance based approach” to project implementation
(similar to those in place for the RRP), based on the disbursements of funds upon the
achievement of milestones and targets (art. 12, 13 and 14). This system will guarantee an
adequate cash flow without losing control on the expenditures that will need to be accounted
according to the ordinary accounting modalities (art.14). Moreover, during the negotiation
phase of the new two-phase evaluation procedure, candidates will be able to integrate their
research proposals with new lines of activities or sectors, also accumulating resources coming
from other sources of funding (art. 10, comma 3a);
 The law n.79 of 29 June 2022, entered into force the day after the publication in the Official
Journal (art. 1, comma 2), amends art. 24 of the law 240 of 30 December 2010, reforming the
career path of researchers. The reform departs from the previous system based on two different
figures of temporary researchers (type A and B), by creating a unique tenure track, overcoming
the complexities of the former system. The new unique contract is expected to facilitate the
focus on research activities of researchers by introducing a specific incompatibility between the
role of researcher and any other employment relationship or scholarship not awarded for
research purposes. Researchers will also be able to suspend the research period in case of illness
or maternity/paternity leave (art. 6-decies). Moreover, the teaching and research activities of
the researcher will be considered by the National Agency for the Evaluation of University and
Research (ANVUR) for the purpose of allocating additional funding to universities. The law also
reduces the duration of the research contract from 8 to maximum 6 years. At their request, after
their third year, researchers having achieved the scientific qualification will be evaluated for the
purpose of an earlier entry into service (art.6-decies). The provisions of this reform are expected
to simplify the early stage of the researchers’ career, and accelerate their entry into role.
Transitional provisions are also included in the law to ensure a smooth transition to the new
system (art. art. 6-terdecies to art. 6-undevicies). In this sense, the old type of research contracts
and the new type will run together, allowing universities to also hire researchers of type B for
additional 12 months (art. 6-terdecies) and of type A for 36 months (art. 6-quinquiesdecies) from
the day of the entry into force of the law. For the next 36 months, universities will be also bound
to use at least the 25% of resources allocated to hire researchers with the new system, to
researchers who have or who have had in the previous 36 months a contracts of type A (6–
septiesdecies).
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M4C2-11

M4C2.I2.1 - Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI)

Name of the milestone: Entry into force of national legal act allocating the necessary funding to
provide support to project participants

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Time: Q2 2022
the entry into force of the act
Context: This investment aims to supplement the current Important Project of Common European
Interest (IPCEI) fund, referred to in Article 1 (232) of the 2020 Budget Law, with additional resources.
This is the second milestone under this measure as it follows M4C2-10, which consisted in the launch
of the call for expression of interest for the identification of the national projects meant to be
financed. Milestone M4C2-11 foresees the entry into force of the national legal act allocating the
necessary funding to support project participants. It will be followed by milestone M4C2-12, which
consists of the publication of the list of participants to IPCEI projects and is envisaged by Q2 2023,
and by milestone M4C2-22, which foresees that at least 20 companies will receive support through
the IPCEI model and is envisaged by Q2 2025.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone was satisfactorily fulfilled in line with
the requirements set out in the Council Implementing Decision;
2. Copy of the national legal act (Ministerial Decree) allocating the necessary funding to the
IPCEI fund, issued by the Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) on 27 June 2022 and
published on the Official Journal on 5 August 2022.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:
Article 2, point 1 of the Ministerial Decree of 27 June 2022 indicates that the objective of the Decree
is to provide funding to the IPCEI Fund to support projects related to the IPCEIs on Hydrogen
Technology, Hydrogen Industry, Microelectronics 23 and Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure and
Services. Article 2, point 2 of the Ministerial Decree allocates the budget of EUR 1.5 billion linked to
M4C2 Investment 2.1 “Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI)” of the RRP in
support of the above-mentioned IPCEIs through the IPCEI Fund.
In addition, as required in the description of the milestone, Article 4 of the Ministerial Decree of 27
June 2022 indicates the procedures and deadlines to submit projects. Article 4 specifies the detailed
procedures related to the submission and assessment of the project proposals, also indicating the
relevant documentation. As regards the deadlines for the submission of the projects, Article 4
foresees in particular that the submission of the projects will be opened within 90 days from the
notification of the related IPCEI State aid clearance decision and that the assessment of the project
proposals by the Ministry will occur within 90 days from their submission.
Furthermore, in line with the description of the milestone, the access requirements for potential
beneficiaries are indicated in Article 3 of the national legal act. In particular, Article 3, point 2,
stipulates that aid may be granted to (i) undertakings meeting the requirements laid down in Article
3 of the Inter-ministerial Decree of 21 April 2021, considered eligible for support by the Italian
authorities and identified by the related IPCEI State aid clearance decision and (ii) to research
organisations participating in the same projects, which were selected by the Ministry during the
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In line with the Council Implementing Decision and in accordance with the commitments referred
to in the preliminary assessment of the first payment request with respect to milestone M4C2-10,
concerning climate and digital contribution and the DNSH principle, Article 3, points 4 and 5 of the
Ministerial Decree of 27 June 2022 indicate that the climate and digital contributions will be ensured
and include the specifications concerning the respect of the DNSH principle (Commission Technical
Guidance (2021/C58/01)) in terms of eligibility criteria, exclusion list of activities and compliance
with the relevant EU and national environmental legislation. As the commitments on DNSH refer to
all subsequent procedural steps, compliance with such commitments will be assessed with respect
to milestone M4C2-12 and target M4C2-22.
As concerns the commitment to update the list of supported projects based on the progress of the
State aid notification procedure, as mentioned above, Article 3, point 2 indicates that aid may be
granted to undertakings considered eligible for support by the Italian authorities and identified by
the related IPCEI State aid clearance decisions. The list of supported projects is therefore expected
to be finalised once all related IPCEI State aid clearance decisions will be issued and, in the context
of the fulfilment of the subsequent milestone, M4C2-12, envisaged by Q2 2023, the authorities are
expected to finalise and publish such a list on the basis of the projects approved within the various
State aid clearance decisions. Finally, as concerns the commitment to report on the implementation
of the measure halfway through the life of the scheme and at the end of the scheme, the authorities
are expected to provide such reports in the context of the fulfilment of the subsequent milestone,
M4C2-12, envisaged by Q2 2023 and target M4C2-22, envisaged by Q2 2025.
In line with the national legal framework, the Ministerial Decree of 27 June 2022 has the nature of
an administrative act and produces effects from the date of adoption and has as such entered into
force.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M4C2-17

M4C2.I3.1 - Fund for construction of an integrated system of research and
innovation infrastructures

Name of the milestone: Award of contracts for the projects concerning: a) integrated system of
research and innovation infrastructures
Qualitative Indicator: Notification of the award of contracts
Time: Q2 2022
Context:
This investment supports the creation or strengthening, on a competitive basis, of research
infrastructures of pan-European relevance and dedicated innovation infrastructures, promoting the
combination of public and private investments. The measure shall finance 30 infrastructure projects
(existing or newly financed) with a research manager for each infrastructure.
M4C2-17 is the initial step in the implementation of the investment and requires the award of the
contracts to the projects financing the research and innovation infrastructures. Indicatively by Q2
2023, at least 30 research and innovation infrastructures will be funded and at least 30 research
managers, one per each infrastructure, will be hired (target M4C2-16).

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In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone (including all the constitutive
elements) was satisfactorily fulfilled, including specific details to prove compliance with the
DNSH;
2. 49 copies of the contract award notifications to the successful candidates, notified on 25
July 2022 (research infrastructures) and on 4 August 2022 (Innovation infrastructures);
3. One report of the evaluation committee regarding each selection phase (administrative
check; technical-scientific evaluation of the proposals, negotiation).
The authorities also provided:
4. 24 contract awards for research infrastructures (Directorial Decrees n. 106, 107, 108, 110,
111, 112 of 20 June 2022 and n. 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125,
126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131 of 21 June 2022), including their annexes:
o the full proposals (Annex A);
o the economic and financial plan (Annex B);
o Gantt chart (Annex C);
o Plan of allocations related to the mid-term objectives (Annex D)
o the contract template (Annex E);
o Unique Project Identifier (CUP) (Annex F);
5. 25 contract awards for innovation infrastructures (Directorial Decrees n. 133, 134, 135, 136,
137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154,
155, 156, 157 of 22 June 2022), including their annexes:
o The full proposals (Annex A);
o The contract template (Annex B);
o Unique Project Identifier (CUP) (ANNEX C);
o Plan of payments (Annex D);
6. The call for project n.3264 of 28 December 2021 financing research infrastructures;
7. The call for project n. 3265 of 28 December 2021 financing innovation infrastructures;
8. For each successful proposal, an ex-ante DNSH evaluation (‘’check list di valutazione ex-ante
del principio DNSH’’) by the Evaluation Committee and a self-declaration by the successful
tenderers on the compliance with the DNSH requirements (including DNSH exclusion list
and compliance with the EU and National environmental legislation);
9. Abstracts of the successful proposals;
10. Table comparing the research infrastructure projects with thematic alignment with the
European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) areas;
11. Annex 7C– Bridging evaluation table research infrastructures (IR) and innovation
infrastructures (ITEC).
Analysis:
The Commission considers that there is a clerical error in the text of the Council Implementing
Decision as regards the description of investment 3.1 and has undertaken the assessment on a
revised basis. In such description, it is stated that up to 30 infrastructure projects shall be financed.
However, target M4C2-16 which is expected in Q2 2023 states that at least 30 infrastructures should
be funded. This latter figure is the one considered relevant for the fulfilment of M4C2-17 and M4C216.
Against this background, the justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian
authorities cover all constitutive elements of the milestone.
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In particular:
 A total of 49 research and innovation infrastructures were awarded contracts following the
calls n.3264 and n.3265, launched on 28 December 2021. The contracts awards for the
innovation infrastructures were notified to the successful candidates on 4 August 2022
(innovation infrastructures) and on 25 July (research infrastructures) as evidenced by the
notifications provided;
 The call n.3264 has financed 24 research infrastructures of medium-high priority according
to the National Plan for Research Infrastructures 2021-2027 (PRIN). Resources were
allocated in the following 5 European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI)
areas: Digit; Energy; Environment; Health and Food; Physical Sciences and Engineering;
Social and Cultural Innovation);
 The call n.3265 has financed 25 innovation infrastructures coherent with the National
Programme for Research 2021-2027 (PNR) and with the smart specializations strategies at
the national or regional level. Priority was given to projects with a medium-high Technology
Readiness Level (TRL);
 All the research and innovation infrastructures were selected following a competitive call.
The selection of the projects was made on the basis of the criteria set out in the Council
Implementing Decision: scientific/technological/innovation leadership, their innovation
potential (both in terms of open innovation/open data and for proprietary developments),
their compliance with the thematic areas or for novel disruptive developments, their
translational and innovation plans, the support from industry as a partner for open
innovation and/or as users, the strength of the business development activities, IP
generation, clear rules for distinguishing open and protected output and licensing plans,
their ability to develop and host industrial doctorates, links with the venture or other types
of funds to facilitate the development of new start-ups.
 For the call n. 3264, the criteria for the selection of the projects were included in the project
proposal template - under point 28 ‘’extended abstract’’, taken into account for the
assessment of projects and evaluated according to the selection criteria n. A.1, A.2, A.4, B.1B.4 of the call for project (art. 10, comma 2), as evidenced by the reports of the evaluation
committee and as also explicitly justified by authorities in their summary document and in
Annex 7c;
 For the call n.3265, the criteria for the selection of projects are set out in art. 10, comma 5
and are in line with the Council Implementing Decision;
 All the projects proposals were assessed in terms of compliance with the DNSH conditions
set out in the Council Implementing Decision. Compliance with the ’Do no significant harm’
Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01) as well as the exclusion list and the requirement of
compliance with the relevant EU and national environmental legislation were included as
eligibility criteria of the projects (art. 6, comma 2c and comma 3 of the call n. 3264; art. 5,
comma 6, of the call n.3265) and all tenderers have submitted a declaration of compliance
with the DNSH conditions set out in the Council Implementing Decision. An ex-ante DNSH
evaluation for each project by the evaluation committee was also performed, as evidenced
by the DNSH checklists and by the calls for projects (art. 10, comma 2, criterion B2 for the
call. n.3264; art. 8, comma 4, of the call n.3265);
 In line with the Council Implementing Decision, in the summary document the authorities
provided a justification on the non-applicability of the Strategic Environmental Assessment
(SEA) to the projects concerned specifying that, according to the Italian legislation, the SEA
is not applicable to projects but only to programs and plans. In line with the explanation
provided by the Italian authorities, the Commission confirms that, the SEA is not applicable
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Finally, the Council Implementing Decision refers to a fund as the vehicle for implementing
this investment. As indicated above, Italian authorities have awarded contracts to 49
research and innovation infrastructures, by means of two calls of projects, in line with the
requirements of the milestone. Whilst a fund was not established, thereby constituting a
minimal deviation from a formal requirement of the Council Implementing Decision as to
the internal implementation process. The progress towards achieving the investment, which
the milestone represents, is not affected. The Fund, whose existence is presupposed, is, in
and of itself, not relevant for the fulfilment of the milestone. As such the investment
supports the creation or strengthening, on a competitive basis, of research infrastructures
of pan-European relevance and dedicated innovation infrastructures, that is the main goal
of this part of the investment. On this basis, it is considered that this constitutive element
of the milestone is satisfactorily fulfilled.

Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M4C2-18

M4C2.I1.5 - Establishing and strengthening of "innovation ecosystems for
sustainability", building "territorial leaders of R&D’’

Name of the milestone: Award of contracts for projects concerning innovation ecosystems
Qualitative Indicator: Notification of the award of contracts
Time: Q2 2022
Context:
The measure aims at financing temporary networks of research institutions and companies
(‘’innovation ecosystems’’), distributed on the national territory, selected through competitive
procedures.
M4C2-18 requires the notification of the awards of the contracts to the innovation ecosystems (final
step). No further milestones and targets are foreseen for this investment.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone (including all the constitutive
elements) was satisfactorily fulfilled;
2. 11 copies of the contract award notifications;
3. Report of the evaluation committee regarding each selection phase (pre-selection, analysis
of the full proposal, negotiation) against the call’s demands;
4. List of contractual counterparts.
The authorities also provided:
5. 11 contract awards (Directorial Decrees n.1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055,
1056, 1057, 1058, 1059 of 23 June 2022), including their annexes:
o the full proposals (Annex A);
o the cost plan (Annex B);
o the work and payments plan (Annex C);
o the contract template (Annex D);
o Unique Project Identifier (CUP) and concessions code (ANNEX E);
6. The call for projects (Directorial Decree. n. 3277 of 30 December 2021);
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7. For each successful proposal, an ex-ante DNSH evaluation (‘’check list di valutazione ex-ante
del principio DNSH’’) by the Evaluation Committee and a self-declaration by the successful
tenderers on the compliance with the DNSH requirements (including DNSH exclusion list
and compliance with the EU and National environmental legislation);
8. Abstracts of the successful proposals;
9. Several procedural acts related to the selection procedure (decree nominating the
evaluation committee; acts of the contracts authority approving the assessment of the
evaluation committee; notifications to the pre-selected candidates, and so on).
Analysis:
In their request for payment, the Italian Authorities made reference to the existence of clerical
errors in the Council Implementing Decision, with respect to the description of milestone M4C2-18.
In particular, for M4C2-18 a relevant part of the description of the milestone has been included in
the text of Milestone M4C2-19: “Projects shall be assessed taking into account their feasibility,
sustainability, cofounding from other sources (such as. regional funds), involvement of the productive
sector, quality of the partners, and impact on social and environmental sustainability”.
In addition, the following part of the description of milestone M4C2-18 is in fact relevant for M4C219: “The National Centres (NCs) shall be created following a competitive call by merging existing
world-leading laboratories already present in Universities, and public and private research centres,
as well as by setting up new bespoke infrastructure”. This latter aspect was also reflected in the
further specifications of the Operational Arrangements for M4C2-18 which are relevant for M4C219 only.
The Commission considers that these are clerical errors and has undertaken the assessment on this
basis.
Against this background, the justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian
authorities cover all constitutive elements of the milestone.
In particular:
 The Directorial Decrees n. 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058,
1059 of 23 June 2022 awarded the contracts to 11 innovation ecosystems. The financed
innovation ecosystems are: 1) ‘’Tech4You - Technologies for climate change adaptation and
quality of life improvement’’; 2) ‘’THE - Tuscany Health Ecosystem”; 3) ‘’Sicilian
MicronanoTech Research And Innovation Center - SAMOTHRACE”; 4) ‘’Rome Technopole”;
5) “Ecosystem for Sustainable Transition in Emilia Romagna; 6) ‘’RAISE (Robotics and AI for
Socio-economic Empowerment)”; 7) “NODES - Nord Ovest Digitale E Sostenibile”; 8) “MUSA
- Multilayered Urban Sustainability Action”; 9) “e.INS Ecosystem of Innovation for Next
Generation Sardinia”; 10) “Innovation, digitalisation and sustainability for the diffused
economy in Central Italy”; 11) “Interconnected Nord-Est Innovation Ecosystem (iNEST)”.
The contracts awards for the innovation ecosystems were notified to the successful
candidates on 29 July 2022 as evidenced by the notifications provided;
 All the innovation ecosystems were selected following a competitive call, launched on 30
December 2021 (Directorial Decree n. 3277). The selection of the projects was made on the
basis of the criteria set out in the Council Implementing Decision, as evidenced by the call
(art. 12, comma 2). In particular, in line with the Council Implementing Decision, projects
were assessed taking into account their feasibility, involvement of the productive sector and
local public entities (also in terms of co-financing), quality of the partners and impact on the
territory, also in terms of sustainability;
 The projects activities of the financed projects are coherent with the Council Implementing
Decision (art. 6). In particular, each project includes: (a) innovative training activities carried
out in synergy by universities and businesses to reduce the work-education mismatch;
industrial doctorates; (b) research activities, also carried out through research and
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innovation infrastructures with the participation of enterprises operating in the territory; (c)
support for start-ups; (d) involvement of local communities on innovation and sustainability
issues (art. 6, comma 1). Innovation ecosystems will have a social sustainability focus (art.1);
All the projects proposals were assessed in terms of compliance with the DNSH conditions
set out in the Council Implementing Decision. Compliance with the ’Do no significant harm’
Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01) as well as the exclusion list and the requirement of
compliance with the relevant EU and national environmental legislation were included as
eligibility criteria of the projects (art. 7, comma 2, bullet point n.4 of the call) and all
tenderers had to submit a declaration of compliance with the DNSH conditions set out in
the Council Implementing Decision. An ex-ante DNSH evaluation for each project by the
evaluation committee was also performed, as evidenced by the DNSH checklists;
Finally, in line with the Council Implementing Decision, in the summary document the
authorities provided a justification on the non-applicability of the Strategic Environmental
Assessment (SEA) to the projects concerned specifying that, according to the Italian
legislation, the SEA is not applicable to projects but only to programs and plans. In line with
the explanation provided by the Italian authorities, the Commission confirms that, the SEA
is not applicable to the projects at hand.

Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M4C2-19

M4C2.I1.4 - Strengthening research structures and supporting the creation
of “national R&D leaders” on some Key Enabling Technologies

Name of the milestone: Award of contracts for projects concerning national R&D leaders on key
enabling technologies
Qualitative Indicator: Notification of the award of contracts
Time: Q2 2022
Context:
The measure aims at creating national research centres, selected with a competitive procedure, able
to achieve a critical threshold of research and innovation capacity through collaboration of
universities, research centres and enterprises. Key elements of each National Centre are: a) the
creation and renewal of relevant research facilities, b) the involvement of private actors in the
implementation and implementation of research projects c) support to start-ups and spin off
generation.
The milestone M4C2-19 requires the notification of the awards of contracts to the national research
centres following a dedicated call for projects. M4C2-19 is the first step in the implementation of
the measure. The next step is milestone M4C2-9 in Q4 2025 (final step).

Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone was satisfactorily fulfilled in line with
the requirements set out in the Council Implementing Decision;
2. 5 copies of the contract awards notifications to the successful candidates, notified on 29
July 2022;
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negotiation);
The authorities also provided:
4. the call for project (Directorial Decrees n. 3138 of 16 December 2021);
5. Five contract awards (Directorial Decrees n. 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035 of 17 June 2022),
including their annexes:
o the full proposals (Annex A);
o the cost plan (Annex B);
o the work and payments plan (Annex C);
o the contract template (Annex D);
o Unique Project Identifier (CUP) and concessions code (ANNEX E);
6. Annex to the evaluation report providing details on the allocation of funds to the relevant
intervention fields to comply with the climate tagging requirements set out in the Council
Implementing Decision;
7. For each successful proposal, an ex-ante DNSH evaluation (‘’check list di valutazione ex-ante
del principio DNSH’’) by the Evaluation Committee and a self-declaration by the successful
tenderers on the compliance with the DNSH requirements set out in the Council
implementing Decision;
8. Abstracts of the successful proposals;
9. Ministerial Decree n.470 of 19 May 2022, appointing the evaluation committee;
10. The notification to the preselected candidates for the second stage of the selection
procedure.
Analysis:
In their request for payment, the Italian Authorities made reference to the existence of clerical
errors in the Council Implementing Decision, with respect to the description of milestone M4C2-19.
In particular, for M4C2-19 a relevant part of the description of the milestone has been included in
the text of Milestone M4C2-18: “The National Centres (NCs) shall be created following a competitive
call by merging existing world-leading laboratories already present in Universities, and public and
private research centres, as well as by setting up new bespoke infrastructure”. This latter aspect was
also reflected in the Operational Arrangements with respect to milestone M4C2-18.
In addition, the following part of the description of milestone M4C2-19 is in fact relevant for M4C218: “Projects shall be assessed taking into account their feasibility, sustainability, cofounding from
other sources (such as. regional funds), involvement of the productive sector, quality of the partners,
and impact on social and environmental sustainability”. Furthermore, the following incomplete
sentence does not allow for any substantive assessment: “The call for projects to be financed as
innovation ecosystems”.
The Commission considers that these are clerical errors and has undertaken the assessment on this
basis.
Against this background, the justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian
authorities cover all constitutive elements of the milestone.
In particular:
 The Directorial Decrees. n. 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034 and 1035 of 17 June 2022 financed the
creation of the following 5 national research centres: 1. High performance simulations,
computation and data analysis; 2. Agricultural Technologies (Agritech); 3. Development of gene
therapy and drugs with RNA technology; 4. Sustainable mobility; 5. Bio-diversity. The contracts
awards for the national research centres were notified to the successful candidates on 29 July
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All the national research centres were selected following a competitive call, launched on 16
October 2021 (Directorial Decree n. 3138). The selection procedure was carried out, in line with
the Ministerial Decree n.1314 of 14 December 2021 (art. 10 of the call), complying with
international best practices similar to those adopted by the European Innovation Council
(evaluation committee formed by international experts, two-phase selection procedures
followed by a final negotiation phase centred on the executive elements of the project
proposal);
The call for tenders (art. 1 and 6 of the call), in line with the requirement of the Council
Implementing Decision and the further specification of the Operational Arrangements, requires
that national research centres are created by merging existing world-leading laboratories
already present in Universities, and public and private research centres, as well as by setting up
new bespoke infrastructure;
According to the further specifications of the Operational Arrangements, the term merging
should be intended as an aggregation of skills already partially gained in Italy by highly qualified
public and private entities. Moreover, National Centers shall leverage the collaboration between
Universities Research Institutes and companies and shall have a technological and/or thematic
declination consistent with the European Agenda and the contents of the National Recovery and
Resilience Plan. In line with the above-mentioned further specifications of the Operational
Arrangements, the call specifies that national centres are aggregation of public universities and
public research entities and can involve highly qualified private universities, other public
research entities and private entities that carry out research activities (art. 1, comma 3 of the
call). Furthermore the national research centres will have a technological and/or thematic focus
consistent with the European Agenda and the contents of the National Recovery and Resilience
Plan (art. 1, comma 3, of the call). Their focus will be on the activities set out in the description
of the Council Implementing Decision description (art. 1, comma 4 and art. 6 of the call) notably:
the national research centres will aim at creating and/or renewing relevant research facilities;
devising and developing research activities, also with the involvement of private actors;
supporting start-ups and spin off generation; promoting technology-transfer and giving value to
research results;
All the projects’ proposals were assessed with respect to their compliance with the DNSH
conditions set out in the Council Implementing Decision. Compliance with the ’Do no significant
harm’ Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01) as well as the exclusion list and the requirement of
compliance with the relevant EU and national environmental legislation were included as an
eligibility criterion of the projects (art. 7, comma 2, bullet point n.4 of the call) and all tenderers
had to submit a declaration of compliance with the DNSH conditions set out in the Council
Implementing Decision. An ex-ante DNSH evaluation for each project by the evaluation
committee was also performed, as evidenced by the DNSH checklists;
The allocation of funds to the relevant intervention fields complies with the tagging
requirements set down in the Council Implementing Decision. In this sense, the call for project
specifically indicates (art. 3, comma 2 and 3 and art.7, comma 2), by means of Annex VI and VII
of Regulation (EU) 2021/241), the intervention fields IF022 (Research and innovation processes,
technology transfer and cooperation between enterprises focusing on the low carbon economy,
resilience and adaptation to climate change) and IF023 (Research and innovation processes,
technology transfer and cooperation between enterprises focusing on circular economy). The
respect of the intervention fields were assessed by the evaluation committee, as proved by the
evaluation report for the negotiation phase and its annex. In terms of funding, the activities
under the interventions fields IF022 and IF023 represent 37% and 15% respectively of the overall
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Decision;
 Finally, in line with the Council Implementing Decision, in the summary document the authorities
provided a justification on the non-applicability of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
to the projects concerned specifying that, according to the Italian legislation, the SEA is not
applicable to projects but only to programs and plans. In line with the explanation provided by
the Italian authorities, the Commission confirms that, the SEA is not applicable to the projects at
hand.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M4C2-20

M4C2.I3.2 - Financing start-ups

Name of the milestone: The agreement between IT government and the implementing partner
Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) establishing the financial instrument signed.
Qualitative Indicator: The agreement is signed by Italian Government
Time: Q2 2022
and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
Context:
The investment is intended to supplement the resources of the National Innovation Fund, the
instrument managed by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti to support the development of Venture Capital in
Italy. The measure shall finance private investments in innovative small and medium-sized
companies.
Milestone M4C2-20 requires the signature of the agreement, between the Italian government and
Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, setting up the financial instrument as a first step in the implementation of
Investment 3.2. Indicatively, by Q2 2025, at least 250 SMEs and start-ups shall receive support
through M4C2-21.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone (including all the constitutive
elements) was satisfactorily fulfilled;
2. A copy of the adopted funding agreement, signed on 28 June 2022, between the Ministry of
Economic Development and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Venture Capital SGR, that also includes
the investment policy of the financial instrument;
3. Directorial Decree of 28 June 2022, which adopts the funding agreement.
Additional evidenced provided:
4. Ministerial Decree of 11 March 2022, which enables for the establishment of the Digital
Transition Fund.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
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The Ministerial Decree of 11 March 2022 enabled the establishment of the Digital Transition
Fund. The resources used for the investment will supplement the resources of the National
Innovation Fund (art. 2);
2. The funding agreement between the above-mentioned parties was signed on 28 June 2022;
3. The financial instrument is dedicated to support innovative start-ups and foster the development
of venture capital in Italy (art. 2.1 and 2.2);
4. The funding agreement includes a very comprehensive and detailed investment policy, which in
line with the Council Implementing Decision, includes:
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Chapter 2.1 “Politica di investimento dello strumento” and the introductory chapter to
describe the investment targets including the fund size, number of operations, amounts to
be supported over time differentiated by beneficiary such as SMEs and mid-caps/large
companies. In particular, the fund’s size will be of 300 million with a total investment of 700
million and will support at least 250 enterprises with 250 operations. The fund will invest in
SMEs and mid-caps/ large companies active in the digital transition and in the in the field of
artificial intelligence, cloud, Industry 4.0, cybersecurity, fintech, and blockchain.
Progressively, on the basis of market trends and market conditions resources will be
allocated over time differentiated by beneficiary and in view of the target M4C2-21;Chapter
2.2 “Ambito e beneficiari ammissibili” to define the thematic scope of the fund and the
eligible beneficiaries with a specific reference to the digital transition and to DNSH
conditions;
Chapter 2.3 “Intermediari finanziari ammissibili e processo di selezione” to explain the
criteria for the selection of the financial beneficiaries and their selection process. More in
detail, the financial beneficiaries will be funds with large experience in the sector and
evidence of positive results with similar operations;
Chapter 2.4 “Tipo di sostegno fornito” and the introductory chapter, to define the type of
support granted, which is mainly equity but can also include guarantees and loans;
Chapter 2.5 “Rischio/rendimento mirato per ogni tipo di investitore”; to describe the target
risk/return for each type of investor. In particular, the risk expected is in line with market
conditions;
Chapter 2.6 “Politica di rischio, politica antiriciclaggio e conflitto di interessi” to outline the
risk policy, antimony laundering conditions and how to address potential conflict of interest.
More specifically, the fund will apply the dispositions envisaged by EU and national
legislation;
Chapter 2.7 “Governance” to define the governance structure and defines the roles and
responsibilities of the partners, the fund managers, the Board, and of the Investment
Committee. In particular, the management body is in charge of the operational side of the
investment, and of liaising with other partners. The Board is responsible for the decision
making process on the investment strategy and will take into consideration the technical
opinion of the Investment Committee;
Chapter 2.8 “Limiti di diversificazione e concentrazione” to set the diversification and
concentration limits,which are in line with best market practices;Chapter 2.9 “Politica
azionaria, compresa la strategia di uscita per investimenti azionari” to define the equity
policy and the exit strategy for equity investments, which will be in line with market best
practices;
Chapter 2.10 “Politica di verifica del principio DNSH e della sostenibilità” to the compliance
with the DNSH conditions set out in the Council Implementing Decision. An ex-ante and anpost assessment of compliance with the DNSH exclusion list and the EU and Italian
environmental legislation will be carried out before and after concluding each investment
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Chapter 2.11: “Politica di prestito per investimenti di debito, incluse le garanzia richieste e
collaterali” to set up the lending policy for debt investment, including required guarantees
and collateral. With regards to this chapter, the Council Implementing Decision requires
that the lending policy for debt investment, including required guarantees and collateral,
shall be defined in the investment policy. Whilst the investment policy defines quantitative
limits that need to be respected, it delegates the definition of critical elements of the
lending policy for debt investment to the fund management regulation (‘’Regolamento di
Gestione’’). Whilst the lack of definition of critical elements of the lending policy for debt
investment constitutes a minimal deviation from the requirement of the Council
Implementing Decision, the financial agreement does establish the financial instrument and
provide the main terms for its implementation, which are the core objectives of the
milestone. This includes the quantitative limits that will need to be respected by the lending
policy for debt investment. For this reason, despite this deviation, it is considered that the
nature of the measure has not changed and the progress towards achieving the investment,
which the milestone represents, is not affected. On this basis, it is considered that this
constitutive element of the milestone is satisfactorily fulfilled.
 Chapter 2.12: “Timeline per la raccolta fondi e per attuazione” to describe the timeline for
fund raising and for implementation, which is in line with the target M4C2-21
5. Finally, with the Directorial Decree of 28 June 2022, the Ministry of Economic Development
adopted the funding agreement of the instrument.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M5C2-9

M5C2.I3 - Housing First and Post Stations

Name of the milestone: Entry into force of the operational Plan regarding projects on Housing First
and Post Stations, defining the requirements of projects that can be presented by local entities, and
launch of call for proposal
Qualitative Indicator: Provisions in the law indicating the entry into
Time: Q1 2022
force of the Operational plan of interventions.
Context: The objective of this measure is to protect and support the inclusion of marginalised people
through housing first and post stations projects. Via the ‘housing first’ approach, municipalities shall
make flats available for single individuals, small groups or families in need for a period up to 24
months. Tailored projects for personal development shall be activated in order to foster the
beneficiaries’ autonomy, also by improving their employability. The set-up of ‘post stations’ consists
in the creation of services and inclusion centres for homeless people. Such centres shall offer,
besides a limited overnight shelter, other important services such as health services, catering, goods
and post distribution, cultural mediation, job orientation and legal counselling, among others.
The milestone consists in the approval of the operational plan regarding projects on Housing First
and Post Stations that shall launch the call for proposal and shall define the requirements for
projects to be presented by local entities in line with the description of the measure. M5C2-9 is the
first step of the measure, to be complemented by the provision of temporary accommodation to at
least 25 000 people living in severely material deprivation indicatively by Q1 2026 through M5C210.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
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1. Self-assessment report endorsed by the Ministry of Labour providing for the summary
document duly justifying how the milestone (including all the constitutive elements) was
satisfactorily fulfilled.
2. The adopted operational plan.
3. Link to the website where the plan can be accessed, included in the summary document.
4. Directorial Decree of 9 December 2021 adopting the operational plan.
5. Directorial Decree of 28 January 2022 amending one part of the operational plan and the
text of the operational plan as amended.
6. Explanatory report endorsed by the Ministry of Labour demonstrating how the actions
foreseen in the operational plan contribute to achieving the objectives of the milestone as
an annex to the self-assessment report.
Additional evidence provided:
7. Directorial Decree of 15 February 2022 launching the call for projects and of the call for
projects (Avviso Pubblico 1/2022).
8. National guidelines currently in force to combat adults’ severe exclusion.
9. National Social Actions and Services Programme 2021-23.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:
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The operational plan regarding projects on Housing First and Post Stations (p.15-17) defines the
general requirements of projects that may be presented by local entities and also specifies that
implementing authorities must abide by the National guidelines to combat adults’ severe
exclusion of 5 November 2015 and the National Social Actions and Services Programme 2021-23
of August 2021, which in turn provide for further requirements.
In line with the national legal framework, the Directorial Decree of 9 December 2021 adopting
the operational plan has the nature of an administrative act and produces effects from the date
of adoption and has as such entered into force.
The launch of the call for proposals occurred on 15 February 2022 and the call further specifies
the necessary requirements for eligibility. In particular, the call for proposals includes, for
instance, the necessity to follow the National guidelines to combat adults’ severe exclusion of 5
November 2015, to prioritise the provision of small housing units well integrated in the urban
areas and communities, and to proper liaise with other territorial and social services; the
possibility to have more than one project in the same social-territorial district to account for the
concentration of severe deprivation in certain areas (one project every 300 000 inhabitants
respectively on housing first and post stations).
Projects on Housing First envisage that local entities make flats available for single individuals,
small groups or families up to 24 months. The type of projects (namely the delivery of housing
structures, including specific structures for individuals with health conditions in post-acute
phases, and the provision of individualised services, relying on multidisciplinary teams and
coordinating territorial, social and healthcare services and NGOs), target groups (namely
individuals and households facing material deprivation, extreme poverty or homelessness) and
duration (namely adopting a longer-term perspective up to 24 months) are defined in the
operational plan (p. 15-16) and in the call for projects (Avviso Pubblico 1/2022, article 6.7). The
National guidelines to combat adults’ severe exclusion provide that the projects favour
cooperation with public and non-profit organisations in finding suitable housing infrastructures.
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Complementary development and autonomy programmes for the beneficiaries are described in
the call for projects (Avviso Pubblico 1/2022, article 6.7) and in the self-assessment report, in
line with the applicable National guidelines to combat adults’ severe exclusion, and are a key
aspect of the projects that, through the housing first approach, ultimately aim for the
beneficiaries’ full autonomy, eventually overcoming their need to rely on the reception system.
Projects in this area should focus on liaising with territorial services for individualised long-term
planning, with homecare and socio-healthcare services in case of health conditions, with justice
and penitentiary services when appropriate.
 Projects on Post Stations envisage the development of service and inclusion centres for
homeless people as described in the operational plan (p.16) which also mentions to the nonexhaustive list of services included in the description of the measure in the Council
Implementing Decision. The operational plan (p.17) and the call for projects (Avviso Pubblico
1/2022, article 6.8) also mention the coordination with employment services aimed at job
orientation activities and traineeship programmes (“tirocini formativi”).
The analysis above covers and supports compliance also with the further specifications in the
Operational Arrangements since they coincide with part of the text of the milestone.

Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M5C2-11

M5C2.I4 - Investments in projects of urban regeneration, aimed at reducing
situations of marginalization and social degradation

Name of the milestone: Award of all public contracts for investments in urban regeneration to
reduce situations of marginalisation and social degradation, with projects in line with the RRF
objectives including the DNSH principle.
Qualitative Indicator: Notification of all public contracts for
investments in urban regeneration to reduce situations of
Time: Q1 2022
marginalisation and social degradation, with projects in line with the
RRF objectives including the DNSH principle.
Context: The objective of this measure is to provide municipalities with grants for investments in
urban regeneration, to reduce marginalization and social degradation as well as to improve the
social and environmental context of urban centres, in full respect of the Do–no-significant Harm
principle. This will be achieved, for instance, by supporting the reuse and re-functionalization of
public areas and existing public building structures for purposes of public interest, and by improving
the urban landscape through renovation of public buildings, with particular attention to the
development of social, cultural, educational services, including sport activities.
Milestone M5C2-11 consists in the notification of all public contracts awarded to at least 300
municipalities. Eligible municipalities must have more than 15 000 inhabitants, be provincial capitals
or metropolitan cities. Eligible investments in urban regeneration should concern in the areas of
activities described in the measure and in the milestone. The milestone also defines the resources
that can be allocated to municipalities depending on their number of inhabitants or on their status
as provincial capitals or municipal cities. M5C2-11 is the first step of this measure, complemented
by M5C2-12 on the completion of at least 300 projects indicatively by Q2 2026.
Evidence Provided:
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In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Self-assessment report endorsed by the Ministry of Interior providing for the summary
document duly justifying how the milestone (including all the constitutive elements) was
satisfactorily fulfilled.
2. Inter-ministerial Decree-Law of 30 December 2021 and its annexes. Press releases by the
Ministry of Interior related to the approval of Inter-ministerial Decree-Law and attesting the
related notification (“comunicato”) in the Official Journal n. 4 of 7 January 2022.
3. Prime Minister Decree-Law of 21 January 2021 published in the Official Journal n. 56 of 06
March 2021.
4. Inter-ministerial Decree-Law of 4 April 2022 and its annexes. Press releases by the Ministry of
Interior related to the approval of the Decree-Law was also provided.
5. Extracts of the relevant parts of the technical specifications of the project extracted from the
Codice Unico di Progetto (Unique Project Code) monitoring system (e.g. CUP codes, CUP project
descriptions, cost plans, total surface covered by the interventions, energy efficiency
improvements when applicable) proving alignment with the Council Implementing Decision
description of the investment and target.
6. Press release (“Comunicato”) 25 March 2022 by the Ministry of Interior notably recalling the
DNSH principle.
The authorities also provided:
7. Law n. 108 of 29 July 2021 and Law n. 156 of 09 November 2021 on technical assistance.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:
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Inter-ministerial Decree-Law of 30 December 2021 and its annexes complemented by Prime
Minister Decree-Law of 21 January 2021 and Inter-ministerial Decree-Law of 4 April 2022 notify
all projects awarded to at least 300 municipalities of more than 15 000 inhabitants for
investments in urban regeneration to reduce situations of marginalisation and social
degradation, with projects in line with the RRF objectives including the DNSH principle.
The grants are awarded to municipalities of more than 15 000 inhabitants which are not the
provincial capitals, to the provincial capital municipalities and to the metropolitan cities as laid
out in Decree-Law of 21 January 2021 art.2.
Projects of urban generation shall consist of at least one of the following interventions as laid
out in Decree-Law of 21 January 2021 art.2.1: 1. Reuse and re-functionalization of public areas
and existing public building structures for purposes of public interest, including the demolition
of abusive works carried out by private individuals in the absence or total discrepancy from the
building permit and the arrangement of the relevant areas; 2. Improvement of the quality of the
urban landscape and of the social and environmental fabric, including through building
renovation of public buildings, with particular reference to the development of social and
cultural, educational and didactic services; 3. Green, sustainable and smart transport projects.
In line with the requirements of the Council Implementing Decision, the Decree-Law of 21
January 2021 art.2.2 provides for the maximum amounts per municipality as follows: EUR 5 000
000 for municipalities with populations ranging from 15 000 to 49,999 inhabitants; EUR 10 000
000 for municipalities with a population of between 50 000 and 100 000 inhabitants; EUR 20 000
000 for municipalities with a population greater than 100,000 inhabitants and for municipalities
that are provincial capitals or metropolitan cities.
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Regarding DNSH, gas-condensing boilers shall not be eligible for the interventions under this
measure as laid out in the conditionalities in Decree-Law of 4 April 2022 article 6.3. and specified
in the press release (“Comunicato”) 25 March 2022 by the Ministry of Interior and Moreover,
while the selection criteria did not explicitly include the DNSH given that the selection process
preceded the publication of DNSH Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01), Decree-Law of 30
December 2021 article 4.2 and Decree-Law of 4 April 2022 article 6.2 refer to Article 17 of
Regulation (EU) 2020/852 and the DNSH Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01). Article 3 of the act
of accession and obligation includes the obligation for the entities to comply with DNSH as
specified in Decree-Law of 30 December 2021. Annexed to the Decree-Law of 30 December
2021, the act of accession and obligation must be subscribed in order for entities to participate
in projects and receive the related resources. It is a binding act and includes sanctions in case of
breach of the obligations, up to the loss of financing. To comply with the DNSH principle in the
implementation phase, entities are also supported via the checklists verification included in the
Operating Guide for compliance with the DNSH principle.
 In line with the further specification set out in the Operational Arrangements, which specifies
that calls are expected to target potential beneficiaries based on needs, the selection criteria of
the call allowed for the situations of greater marginalisation and social degradation to be
identified among the projects presented by applying the social and material vulnerability index
(Decree-Law of 30 December 2021 article 2 and Decree-Law of 21 January 2021 article 5). The
definition of the index by the National Statistical Institute is also recalled in Decree-Law of 21
January 2021.
With respect to the further specification on the expectation of the deployment of technical
assistance, the self-assessment report refers to the provisions related to technical assistance in Law
n. 108 of 29 July 2021 and Law n. 156 of 09 November 2021 applicable to all measures in the RRP.
The report also explains that the Ministry of Interior is currently assessing and elaborating specific
support needs to be potentially advanced.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M5C2-15

M5C2.I5 - Urban Integrated Plans - Overcoming illegal settlements to fight
labour exploitation in agriculture

Name of the milestone: Entry into force of the Ministerial Decree setting out the mapping of illegal
settlements is adopted by the “Tavolo di contrasto allo sfruttamento lavorativo in agricoltura” and
the ministerial decree to allocate resources is adopted.
Qualitative Indicator: Provision in the law indicating the entry into
Time: Q1 2022
force of the Ministerial Decree
Context: The objective of this measure is to regenerate, revitalize and enhance large degraded
urban areas, with particular attention to the creation of new services for the person and the
requalification of accessibility and inter-modal infrastructures, allowing the transformation of
vulnerable territories into smart and sustainable cities. This investment includes two interventions:
(I) support to general projects to deliver and implement urban integrated plans; (II) specific projects
to overcome illegal settlements in agriculture, in which local administrations will be supported in
the creation of action plans to overcome illegal settlements and provide decent housing solutions
for workers in the agricultural sector. Furthermore, under this investment a thematic Fund (Fund of
Funds) shall be created, in collaboration with the EIB, targeting the support of private intervention
in urban regeneration initiative.
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Milestone M5C2-15 concerns the second type of projects which address illegal settlements housing
agriculture workers and consists in the entry into force of a Ministerial Decree that shall allocate
resources on the basis of the mapping of illegal settlements carried out by the Working Group on
the fight against labour exploitation in agriculture (“Tavolo di contrasto allo sfruttamento lavorativo
in agricoltura”). Standards of temporary and long-term housing solutions shall also be defined.
Milestone M5C2-15 is the first step in implementation complemented by M5C2-16 on the
completion of projects in at least 90% of the areas identified as illegal settlements, indicatively by
Q1 2025.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Self-assessment report endorsed by the Ministry of Interior providing for the summary
document duly justifying how the milestone (including all the constitutive elements) was
satisfactorily fulfilled.
2. Decree-Law of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies n.55 of 29 March 2022 published
in the Official Journal n. 108 of 10 May 2022 which allocated resources to the municipalities
participating in the projects selected for the measure.
3. Draft Directorial Decree integrating Decree n.55 of 29 March 2022 published at the website
of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies ( https://www.lavoro.gov.it/documenti-enorme/normative/Documents/2022/DD-UDM-6-del-14092022-M5C2-investimento-5.pdf )
defining standards for temporary and long-term housing solutions.
4. Data presenting the results of the mapping of illegal settlements carried out by the Working
Group on the fight against labour exploitation in agriculture.
5. Official minutes of a meeting of the Working Group endorsing the results of the mapping
exercise and establishing criteria for the allocations of resources to municipalities on 1
March 2022.
6. Grant agreement between the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies and the Associations
of Municipalities (ANCI) signed on 27 July 2021 to apply the Action Plan to support local
authorities in fighting against labour exploitation in agriculture and the Action Plan.
The authorities also provided:
7. The 2020-22 three-year plan to contrast labour exploitation in agriculture (“Piano triennale
di contrasto allo sfruttamento lavorativo in agricoltura e al caporalato 2020-2022”) by the
Working Group on the fight against labour exploitation in agriculture.
8. Decree-Law n.119 of 23 October 2018 and the Inter-ministerial Decree of 04 July 2019
establishing the Working Group on the fight against labour exploitation in agriculture and
their sub-working groups including one with competence on housing.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:
The Decree-Law n. 55 of 29 March 2022 allocates resources to the municipalities which result
hosting illegal settlements on their territory based on the results of a mapping exercise. The mapping
exercise was carried out via a survey process at municipal level described in the self-assessment
report and in the Action Plan to support local authorities in fighting against labour exploitation in
agriculture. The mapping led to the identification of 37 municipalities with illegal settlements
hosting agriculture workers. Extracts of the data related to the mapping were also provided. On 1
March 2022 the Working Group on the fight against labour exploitation in agriculture endorsed the
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results of the mapping and agreed on the criteria for the allocation of resources among the selected
municipalities. The criteria described in the self-assessment report include the long-standing
presence of illegal settlements (above 7 years), the estimated number of people residing in the
illegal settlements and existing local projects already addressing the issue of illegal settlements.
In line with the national legal framework, in absence of a specific provision related to the entry into
force, the Ministerial Decree n. 55 of 29 March 2022 has entered into force on the fifteenth day
following its publication in the Official Journal on 10 May 2022. Directorial Decree integrating Decree
n.55 of 29 March 2022 provides standards for temporary and long-term housing solutions to be
applied in the projects to overcome illegal settlements. In line with article 2 of Decree n.55 of 29
March 2022, the directorial decree is part of the subsequent legal provisions that can be approved
in order to select and carry out projects in the implementation phase. The Directorial Decree draws
on the relevant existing legal provisions in the field of housing standards and explicitly requires the
projects, both on temporary and long-term housing solutions, to be consistent with such legal
provisions. In particular, the projects need to be consistent with the 1961 ILO Recommendation
R115 – “Recommendation concerning Workers’ Housing”, notably its section on housing standards
(Directorial Decree article 1). The projects also need to respect national laws including provisions in
construction and public health law, in the field of occupational safety and health that lay out
workers’ housing standards (“Testo Unico sulla Salute e Sicurezza sul Lavoro”) and collective
bargaining agreements (Directorial Decree article 3). Regional and local laws will also have to be
applied and a summary report of such provisions will need to be submitted for each project
(Directorial Decree article 4). Lastly, the Directorial Decree provides for the eligibility of projects in
the framework of the RRP in case of breach of any of the provisions in the same Decree.
Regarding support to local authorities in creating local action plan as laid out in the description of
the measure, the agreement between ANCI and the Ministry of Labour of 27 July 2021 attributes to
local administrations a fundamental role in the implementation of the 2020-22 three-year plan to
contrast labour exploitation in agriculture which, in turn, recalls the role of local administrations in
planning and implementing housing solutions, in collaboration with other entities on the territory.
Furthermore, the agreement adopts the Action Plan to support local authorities in fighting against
labour exploitation in agriculture. According to the Action Plan, through local multi-sectoral action
plans municipalities will propose a set of measures including some to create adequate housing
solutions for workers in agriculture. The Action Plan explicitly lays out that a dedicated technical
secretariat will deliver specific support actions to ten municipalities in order to elaborate their local
multi-sectoral action plans. The self-assessment report provides details on the timing and steps of
the roll-out of the plans and projects and specifies that the competent units in the Ministry of Labour
will give continuous support to all local implementing authorities.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M5C2-19

M5C2.I6 - Innovation Programme for Housing Quality

Name of the milestone: Regions and Autonomous Provinces (including municipalities and/or
metropolitan cities located in those territories) signed the agreements to redevelop and increase
social housing
Qualitative Indicator: Agreements with local authorities are signed.
Time: Q1 2022
Context: The objective of this measure is to build new public housing accommodations and
redevelop degraded areas, mainly focusing on green innovation and sustainability. The investment
shall provide support to: (I) redevelop, reorganize and increase the offer for public housing; (II)
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regenerate areas, spaces and public and private properties; (III) improve the accessibility and safety
of urban areas and the provision of services; (IV) develop participatory and innovative management
models to support social and urban welfare.
The milestone is the first step in the implementation of the measure and consists in the signature of
the agreements for projects in the areas of activities of the measure by regions and autonomous
provinces and/or municipalities and/or metropolitan cities located in those territories, covering at
least 15 different regions and autonomous provinces. The measure is complemented by target
M5C2-20 by which at least 10 000 housing units and at least 800 000 squared meters of public spaces
should be covered by projects, indicatively by Q1 2026.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Copy of the agreements and a link to the website where they can be accessed.
2. Self-assessment report endorsed by the Ministry of Interior providing for the summary
document duly justifying how the milestone (including all the constitutive elements) was
satisfactorily fulfilled.
3. Explanatory report demonstrating how the actions foreseen in the agreement contribute to
achieving the objectives of the milestone called “PINQUA - Programma Innovativo Nazionale
per la Qualità dell’Abitare. Progetti e prime evidenze” published in March 2022.
The authorities also provided:
4. Inter-ministerial Decree-Law n. 395 of 16 September 2020 and annex which establishes the
procedure for the call for projects, the evaluation criteria and financing conditions.
5. Ministerial Decree n. 383 of 7 October 2021 and its annexes listing the projects presented,
selected and excluded.
6. Directorial Decrees n.17524 of 29 December 2021 and n.804 of 20 January 2022 their
annexes further specifying financing and implementation conditions.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:

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Overall, 158 agreements have been signed between the Ministry and the beneficiaries in 19
regions, exceeding the requirement of the CID of at least 15 Regions and Autonomous Provinces.
The projects in the measure, consisting of 151 ordinary projects and 7 pilot projects, will target
public spaces and housing units and Decree-Law n. 395 of 16 September 2020, article 2,
specifies the following eligible activities, in line with the Council Implementing Decision:
o redevelopment, reorganization and increase of the assets intended for public housing;
o re-functionalization of areas, spaces and public and private properties also through the
regeneration of the urban and socio-economic fabric;
o improve the accessibility and safety of urban areas and the provision of services and
urban-local infrastructures;
o regeneration of areas and spaces already built, increasing environmental quality and
improving climate resilience to climate change also by means of operations with impacts
on urban densification;
o identification and use of innovative management and inclusion models and tools, social
and urban welfare, as well as participatory processes.

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The selection process described in the self-assessment report and detailed in the explanatory
report has been carried out by a dedicated high-level commission based on criteria that are
consistent with the constitutive elements of the milestone. The most relevant criterion focussed
on the social impact of projects, namely: the extent to which the project concerns public estate,
is well integrated in the urban policy context, concerns areas particularly lacking housing offer,
includes public spaces dedicated to social integration and services to foster social inclusion,
involves NGOs in the field. Criteria accounting for the inclusion of education and cultural
facilities and services and improvement of cultural and natural heritage were also included,
contributing to the regeneration of the urban socio-economic fabric concerned and
strengthening the provision of services. Criteria on environmental and urban impact were also
highly relevant and they included: energy efficiency and sustainability, environmental
remediation, use and recycling of materials, the share of areas already in use involved, of green
areas and of areas dedicated to each form of sustainable transport (walking, cycling and public
transport). Other criteria also favoured projects applying innovative technical tools, including IT
tools, innovative management models and participatory processes to develop the projects.
The self-assessment report and the explanatory report provide further details on the projects
selected, including the housing units and public spaces concerned linked to the subsequent
target. The projects are expected to deliver 9.8 million of m2 of renewed public spaces and
16.540 housing units, the majority of which for public housing.

Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M6C1-1

M6C1.R1 - Definition of a new organisational model for Territorial
healthcare assistance network

Name of the milestone: Entry into force of the secondary legislation (Ministerial Decree) envisaging
the reform of the organisation of healthcare.
Qualitative Indicator: Provision in the law indicating the entry into
Time: Q2 2022
force of the legislation.
Context:
This reform establishes a new model of territorial healthcare assistance and creates a new
institutional structure of Health-Environment-Climate prevention. In particular, the reform is
expected to establish a new organisational model for the territorial healthcare assistance network
through the definition of a regulatory framework which identifies structural, technological and
organisational standards. In addition, it is expected to define a new institutional structure of HealthEnvironment-Climate prevention, following an integrated approach (“One Health”) and a holistic
vision (“Planetary Health”).
Milestone M6C1-1 requires the entry into force of the secondary legislation providing for the
definition of a new organisational model of territorial healthcare assistance network. This is the only
milestone related to this reform.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone was satisfactorily fulfilled in line with the
requirements set out in the Council Implementing Decision;

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2. Ministerial Decree n. 77 of 23 May 2022 and its annexes (published in the Official Journal n. 144
of
22
June
2022),
and
a
link
to
access
it
(https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/gu/2022/06/22/144/sg/pdf); The model of territorial
healthcare assistance network is contained in Annex 1 to 3 of the Ministerial Decree;
3. Art. 27 of the Decree Law of 30 April 2022, n. 36, which sets up the national system for
prevention which represents the new institutional structure of Health-Environment-Climate
prevention included in the reform.
The authorities also provided:
4. Document A of 27 June 2022 (Ministry of Health) – Responses to European Commission’s
questions of 21 June 2022
5. Document B of 1 August 2022 (Ministry of Health) - Responses to European Commission’s
questions of 13 July 2022
6. Document C of 31 August 2022 (Ministry of Health) - Responses to European Commission’s
questions of 9 August 2022
6. A set of annexes to the summary document, including:

Annex 3.4: “Decree models and standards for Territorial Assistance”;

Annex 3.5: “Illustrative report”;

Annex 3.6: “Technical and financial report”.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all constitutive
elements of the milestone.
In particular:
 In line with the requirement of the Council Implementing Decision, Ministerial Decree n. 77 of
23 May 2022 and its annexes define a new organisational model of territorial healthcare
assistance network. In line with the national legal framework, in absence of a specific provision
related to the entry into force, the Ministerial Decree has entered into force on the fifteenth day
following its publication in the Official Journal (I.e. 7 July 2022).
 The model describes a series of specialised structures for territorial healthcare provision and for
each of them specifies the minimum organisational standards (such as in terms of number of
structures per population, staffing needs and services provided), technological standards (such
as ICT tools, medical equipment and eHealth solutions) and structural standards (such as
availability of some specific types of premises) to which they shall abide. The new organizational
model re-organises the delivery and planning of medical services to strengthen territorial
assistance. To this end, the new structures defined by the model will be adapted to population
and geographical parameters and the planning and delivery of the services will be made at the
district level so to tailor the population needs in specific territories.
 The main institutional structures defined in the new model are:
1) Health Community Houses (one house for every 40/50.000 inhabitants) which shall be
places for proximity primary and specialised care provided through a multidisciplinary
approach. The Health Community Houses are an innovative and central element of the new
organisational model as they represent the single and integrated access point to the
healthcare system which connects the patients to a broader set of health and social services
within their territory. While the planning of services to be provided by Health Community
Houses as well as their medical staffing could vary according to the population needs in the
districts, the reform stipulates a minimum set of services to be delivered and of staff
requirements for those structures: 7-11 nurses, 1 social worker and 5-8 administrative staff
and 2 medical staff (as clarified by Ministry of Health document sent on 2 September 2022).
2) Territorial coordination centres (one centre for every 100.000 inhabitants staffed with 3-5
nurses and additional technical and administrative staff and operational seven days per
week) which shall coordinate the activity of territorial healthcare infrastructures (notably
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health community houses) and link them to the other district health services, including
homecare, hospital healthcare and emergency services. In addition, the territorial health
coordination centres, through collection and processing of health data, are expected to play
a monitoring role and to provide informative and logistics support to health professionals.
These structures are also expected to improve access, continuity and integration of health
services within the territory.
3) Community Hospitals (one hospital with 20 beds for every 100.000 inhabitants) which shall
be infrastructures for the hospitalization of patients, intermediate between home care and
general hospitals. These structures will provide health services to patients requiring low
intensity treatments or patients with chronic diseases which require continuative assistance
and are not suitable for homecare. These structures have also the objective to avoid
unnecessary admissions to general hospitals while providing their services in a more suitable
environment and closer to the patients’ domicile.
4) A new institutional structure of Health-Environment-Climate prevention, according to the
"One-Health" approach (Sistema nazionale prevenzione salute dai rischi ambientali e
climatici) is introduced by Ministerial Decree n. 77 of 23 May 2022 Annex 1, section 14 and
article. 27 of the Decree Law of 30 April 2022, n. 36. The structure is composed of
representatives of regions and provinces, of the Ministry of Health and of its prevention
departments, of zoo prophylactic institutes and of the national institute for health (Istituto
superiore di sanità). Its prevention activities cover: the identification and assessment of
health issues associated with environmental and climatic risks and the definition and
implementation of suitable prevention policies through integration with other sectors; the
inclusion of health in decision-making processes involving other sectors, through for
instance communication and training activities; the support to other entities in health
impact assessment activities; contribution to the development of integrated monitoring
methods and systems, relying on modelling and data analysis. The structure is expected to
follow the “one health” holistic approach that focuses on human health as deeply linked
with environmental sustainability. With the aim of fostering the healthcare system
resilience, the new structure is expected to better coordinate local communities and
concerned institutions and stakeholders.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M6C1-2

M6C1.I1.1 - Community Health Houses to improve territorial health
assistance

Name of the milestone: Approval of an Institutional Development Contract
Qualitative Indicator: Notification of the approval
Time: Q2 2022
by Ministry of Health and regions
Context:
The investment project consists in the establishment and operationalisation of Community Health
Houses, through the activation, development and aggregation of primary care services and
implementing (energy efficient) assistance delivery centres for an integrated response to care
needs.
M6C1-2 requires the approval of an institutional development contract for each Region and
Autonomous province, with the Italian Ministry of Health as the responsible and implementing
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Authority and the participation of regional Administrations together with the other entities
concerned for Community health houses and identifies parties involved and their obligations. The
remaining target (M6C1-3) for the measure envisages the availability of 1350 community health
houses by Q2 2026.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone was satisfactorily fulfilled in line with the
requirements set out in the Council Implementing Decision;
2. Copy of the contracts (one for each Region and Autonomous Province), approved and signed
and
a
link
to
access
them
(https://www.pnrr.salute.gov.it/portale/pnrrsalute/dettaglioContenutiPNRRSalute.jsp?lingua
=italiano&id=5835&area=PNRR-Salute&menu=missionesalute&tab=2 ). Each Contract has an
annexed “Operational Plan” (Piano Operativo).
3. For each Region/Autonomous province, letter notifying the signature of the institutional
development contract (and copy of the confirmation of the delivery mail) dated between 17
and 20 of June 2022 and confirming its entry into force by the Ministry of Health.
4. For each Region/Autonomous Province, document of approval of the Contract by the
department of general accounting of the Ministry of Finance dated between 15 and 16 of June
2022.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all
constitutive elements of the milestone.
In particular:
In line with the requirement of the Council Implementing Decision, all the 21 Institutional and
Development Contracts (one per Region and Autonomous Province) have been signed by the
Ministry of Health and Regions/ Autonomous Provinces (as entities concerned for the
Community Health Houses) between the 30 and 31 of May 2022 and approved by the (general
accounting department of the) Ministry of Finance between the 15 and 16 of June. Notification
of the approved contract has been sent by the Ministry of Health to the Regions/Autonomous
Provinces between 17 and 20 of June 2022 by certified email.
 Art. 3, 4 and 5 of the contract include the obligations of the involved parties, notably the Ministry
of Health, Regions/Autonomous provinces (directly or jointly with the entities of the
Regional/Provincial Health System) to guarantee the establishment and operationalisation of
the Community Health Houses.
 The Ministry of Health (Art. 4 of the contract) is the central administration responsible of the
overall implementation of the investment, performing the coordination of the management
activities, monitoring, and audit and control of the interventions foreseen by the contract as
regards the Community Health Houses. Art. 4 comma 2 of the contract lists the obligations of
the Ministry of Health that will be ensured by AGENAS (National Agency for the Regional Health
Services).
 Art. 5 of the contract sets out the specific obligations of the Regions/Autonomous Provinces (as
the implementing authorities) to guarantee the execution and expected results as regard the
Community Health Houses, including, inter alia, the adoption of adequate measures to ensure
sound financial management, reporting requirements, the coordination of the project activities
and their execution etc. In addition, art.5 comma 2 specifies that Regions and Autonomous
Provinces can delegate the execution of the interventions to the entities of the Regional Health
Service.
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In line with the requirement of the milestone, the Institutional Development Contract and
related Operational Plans, ensures an integrated governance approach, as these refer both to
investments of the Recovery and Resilience Plan as well as additional investments from national
sources of co-financing (Piano nazionale per gli investimenti complementari al PNRR) as detailed
in the annex “Operational Plan”.
The further specifications of the Operational Arrangement require a single Institutional
Development Contract for each Region/Autonomous Province explicitly referring to M6C1
Investments 1.1 Community Health Houses; 1.2 Territorial Coordination Centres; 1.3
Community Hospitals, and M6C2 Investment 1.1: Digital update of Hospitals’ technological
equipment. In line with those further specifications, the Institutional Development Contract
contains a general part common to all investments and the annexed Operational Plan, with
separate sections containing distinct provisions for each one of the above mentioned
investments.

Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M6C1-4

M6C1.I1.2 - Home as the first place of care and telemedicine

Name of the milestone: Approval of the Guidelines containing the digital model for the
implementation of Home Care
Qualitative Indicator: Guidelines approved by Ministry of Health

Time:
Q2 2022

Context:
The investment consists in the large-scale adoption of telemedicine solutions and supporting
healthcare innovation. The goal is to increase the number of people treated in home care to 10%
of the population over 65 through investment in hardware and increased service provision. The
planned investment concerns the establishment of 600 Territorial Coordination Centres (“Centrali
Operative Territoriali”) that are intended to link and coordinate various territorial, social-health and
hospital services, as well as the emergency-urgency network.
M6C1-4 requires the approval of guidelines which shall streamline the processes necessary to
enhance home care through the development of remote monitoring techniques and home
automation. The next target for the measure (M6C1-8) requires selecting at least one telemedicine
project per region, indicatively by Q4 2023. Target M6C1-7 requires the entry into operation of at
least 600 Territorial Coordination Centers, indicatively by Q2 2024. Target M6C1-9 requires to
increase the number of people assisted by telemedicine tools by 200 000, indicatively by Q4 2025.
The last target, M6C1-6, requires to increase the number of people treated in home care by 800
000 units, indicatively by Q2 2026.

Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone was satisfactorily fulfilled in line with the
requirements set out in the Council Implementing Decision; The summary document contains
also a confirmation of the adoption of the guidelines signed electronically by a Director General
of Ministry of Health.
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2. Ministry of Health Decree (dated 29 April 2022) containing the digital model for the
implementation of home care published in the Official Journal n. 120 of 24 May 2022.
3. Link
to
the
website
where
the
guidelines
can
be
accessed:
https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/atto/serie_generale/caricaDettaglioAtto/originario?atto.data
PubblicazioneGazzetta=2022-0524&atto.codiceRedazionale=22A03098&elenco30giorni=false
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all
constitutive elements of the milestone.
In particular:
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The guidelines have been approved on 29 April 2022 and a link to the website where they are
published has been provided in the summary document.
 In line with the requirement of the Council Implementing Decision, the guidelines streamline
the processes to enhance home care. More precisely, the guidelines define and categorise
different types of telemedicine activities, outline the role of technological instruments,
streamline actions and responsibilities (who does what and when), and bring together health
professionals and technical actors in the workflows. Tele-monitoring is conceived in the
guidelines as an essential telemedicine service and its role in conjunction with the other
telemedicine services is accurately described. Domestic solutions are conceived in the guidelines
as a tool to increase the safety, autonomy and comfort of the patient in order to allow a greater
use of telemedicine as an alternative to institutionalisation of patients.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M6C1-5

M6C1.I1.2 - Home as the first place of care and telemedicine

Name of the milestone: Institutional Development Contract approved by Ministry of Health and
regions
Qualitative Indicator: Notification of the approved Contract
Time: Q2 2022
Context:
The investment consists in the large-scale adoption of telemedicine solutions and supporting
healthcare innovation. The goal is to increase the number of people treated in home care to 10%
of the population over 65 through investment in hardware and increased service provision. The
planned investment concerns the establishment of at least 600 Territorial Coordination Centres
(“Centrali Operative Territoriali”) that are intended to link and coordinate various territorial, socialhealth and hospital services, as well as the emergency-urgency network.
M6C1-5 requires the approval of an institutional development contract for each
Region/Autonomous province, which is a contract between Regions/Autonomous Province and
Ministry of Health and is a tool to identify the sites for the interventions, parties involved and their
obligations. The next target for the measure (M6C1-8) requires selecting at least one telemedicine
project per region, indicatively by Q4 2023. Target M6C1-7 requires the entry into operation of at
least 600 Territorial Coordination Centers, indicatively by Q2 2024. Target M6C1-9 requires to
increase the number of people assisted by telemedicine tools by 200 000, indicatively by Q4 2025.
The last target, M6C1-6, requires to increase the number of people treated in home care by 800
000 units, indicatively by Q2 2026.
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Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone was satisfactorily fulfilled in line with
the requirements set out in the Council Implementing Decision;
3. The 21 institutional development contracts (one for each Region and Autonomous
Province),
approved
and
signed
and
a
link
to
access
them
(https://www.pnrr.salute.gov.it/portale/pnrrsalute/dettaglioContenutiPNRRSalute.jsp?lingua
=italiano&id=5835&area=PNRR-Salute&menu=missionesalute&tab=2 ). Each Contract has an
annexed “Operational Plan” (Piano Operativo). For each Region/Autonomous province, letter
notifying the signature of the institutional development contract (and copy of the confirmation
of the delivery mail) dated between 17 and 20 of June 2022 and confirming its entry into force
by the Ministry of Health.
4. For each Region/Autonomous Province, document of approval of the Contract by the
department of general accounting of the Ministry of Finance dated between 15 and 16 of June
2022.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all
constitutive elements of the milestone.
In particular:
 In line with the requirement of the Council Implementing Decision, all the 21 Institutional and
Development Contracts (one per Region and Autonomous Province) have been signed by the
Ministry of Health and Regions/ Autonomous Provinces (as the other entities concerned for the
implementation of Home Care) between the 30 and 31 of May 2022 and approved by the
(general accounting department of the) Ministry of Finance between the 15 and 16 of June.
Notification of the approved contract has been sent by the Ministry of Health to the
Regions/Autonomous Provinces between 17 and 20 of June 2022 by certified email. The
Ministry of Health (Art. 4 of the contract) is the central administration responsible of the overall
implementation of the investment, performing the coordination of the management activities,
monitoring, and audit and control of the interventions foreseen by the contract as regards the
Territorial Coordination Centers. Art. 4 comma 2 of the contract lists the obligations of the
Ministry of Health that will be ensured by AGENAS (National Agency for the Regional Health
Services).
 Art. 5 of the contract sets out the specific obligations of the Regions/Autonomous Provinces (as
the implementing authorities) to guarantee the execution and expected results as regard the
Territorial Coordination Centers, including, inter alia, the adoption of adequate measures to
ensure sound financial management, reporting requirements, the coordination of the project
activities and their execution etc. In addition, art.5 comma 2 specifies that Regions and
Autonomous Provinces can delegate the execution of the interventions to the entities of the
Regional Health Service.In line with the requirement of the milestone, each Contract, through
its annex “Operational Plan” (paragraph 6.2 Action Plan) establishes a time schedule for the
interventions related to the entry into operation of Territorial Cooperation Centers.
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Article 11 of the Contract and Annex 4 to the Operational Plan provides for the evaluation and
monitoring criteria related to the implementation of the investment.
In line with the requirement of the milestone, Article 6 of the Contract establishes a Tavolo
Istituzionale chaired by the Minister of health which decides on possible partial defunding and
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in case of delays and non-compliance with the timing indicated, assesses the conditions for the
activation of the substitutory powers procedure (“Commissioner ad acta”) described in Art. 12
of law decree of 31 May 2021, number 77, converted with modifications by law of 29 July 2021
number 10. This provision (Art. 12 par.6) also defines sanctions for contractors for noncompliance with the terms of the Contract.
The further specifications of the Operational Arrangement require a single Institutional
Development Contract for each Region/Autonomous Province explicitly referring to M6C1
Investments 1.1 Community Health Houses; 1.2 Territorial Coordination Centres; 1.3
Community Hospitals, and M6C2 Investment 1.1: Digital update of Hospitals’ technological
equipment. In line with those further specifications, the Institutional Development Contract
contains a general part common to all investments and the annexed Operational Plan, with
separate sections containing distinct provisions for each one of the above mentioned
investments.

Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M6C1-10

M6C1.I1.3 - Strengthening Intermediate Healthcare and its facilities
(Community Hospitals)

Name of the milestone:
Istituzionale di Sviluppo)

Approval

of an Institutional Development Contract (Contratto

Qualitative Indicator: Notification of the approval of the
Time: Q2 2022
Institutional Development Contract
Context:
The measure consists of creating at least 380 community hospitals, i.e., healthcare facilities for
patients who, following an episode of minor acuity or the relapse of chronic pathologies, require
low-intensity and short-term clinical interventions.
M6C1-10 requires the approval of an institutional development contract for each
Region/Autonomous province, which is a contract between Regions/Autonomous Province and
Ministry of Health and to identify the sites for the interventions, parties involved and their
obligations. As part of this measure, indicatively by Q2 2026, in accordance with target M6C1-11,
400 community hospitals shall be made available.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone was satisfactorily fulfilled in line with
the requirements set out in the Council Implementing Decision;
2. Copy of the 21 institutional development contracts (one for each Region and Autonomous
Province),
approved
and
signed
and
a
link
to
access
them
(https://www.pnrr.salute.gov.it/portale/pnrrsalute/dettaglioContenutiPNRRSalute.jsp?lingua
=italiano&id=5835&area=PNRR-Salute&menu=missionesalute&tab=2 ). Each Contract has an
annexed “Operational Plan” (Piano Operativo).
3. For each Region/Autonomous province, letter notifying the signature of the institutional
development contract (and copy of the confirmation of the delivery mail) dated between 17
and 20 of June 2022 and confirming its entry into force by the Ministry of Health.
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4. For each Region/Autonomous Province, document of approval of the Contract by the
department of general accounting of the Ministry of Finance dated between 15 and 16 of June
2022.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all
constitutive elements of the milestone.
In particular:
 In line with the requirement of the Council Implementing Decision, all the 21 Institutional and
Development Contracts (one per Region and Autonomous Province) have been signed by the
Ministry of Health and Regions/ Autonomous Provinces (as the other entities concerned for the
implementation of the Community Hospitals) between the 30 and 31 of May 2022 and
approved by the (general accounting department of the) Ministry of Finance between the 15
and 16 of June. Notification of the approved contract has been sent by the Ministry of Health
to the Regions/Autonomous Provinces between 17 and 20 of June 2022 by certified email.
 Art. 5 of the contract sets out the specific obligations of the Regions/Autonomous Provinces (as
the implementing authorities) to guarantee the execution and expected results as regard the
Community Hospitals, including, inter alia, the adoption of adequate measures to ensure sound
financial management, reporting requirements, the coordination of the project activities and
their execution etc. In addition, art.5 comma 2 specifies that Regions and Autonomous
Provinces can delegate the execution of the interventions to the entities of the Regional Health
Service.
 In line with the requirement of the milestone, Article 6 of the Contract establishes a Tavolo
Istituzionale chaired by the Minister of Health which, in case of delays and non-compliance with
the timing indicated, assesses the conditions for the activation of the s substitutory powers
procedure (“Commissioner ad acta”) described in Art. 12 of law decree of 31 May 2021, number
77, converted with modifications by law of 29 July 2021 number 10.
 The Annex 2 of the Operational Plan (which integrates the contracts) lists all the sites that have
been identified for the investments, in line with the requirement of the Council Implementing
Decision.
 Paragraph of 6.3 of the Operational Plan referred above, in its operational indications reports
that as regards to the technology park of the facilities, i.e. all the tools, licences and
interconnections, preference shall be given to aggregate procurement methods, in line with the
milestone’s requirement.
The further specifications of the Operational Arrangement require a single Institutional
Development Contract for each Region/Autonomous Province explicitly referring to M6C1
Investments 1.1 Community Health Houses; 1.2 Territorial Coordination Centres; 1.3 Community
Hospitals, and M6C2 Investment 1.1: Digital update of Hospitals’ technological equipment. In line
with those further specifications, the Institutional Development Contract contains a general part
common to all investments and the annexed Operational Plan, with separate sections containing
distinct provisions for each one of the above mentioned investments.
Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: M6C2-5

M6C2.I1.1 - Digital update of hospitals’ technological equipment

Name of the milestone: Approval of the Institutional Development Contract

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Qualitative Indicator: Notification of the signature of the
Institutional Development Contract by Ministry of Health and Italian Time: Q2 2022
Regions
Context:
This investment consists in the improvement of the digitalization of healthcare facilities. The
investment follows three main lines of interventions, which are: modernisation of large healthcare
equipment by substituting obsolete models with technological advanced ones; informatization of
the processes of “Dipartimenti Emergenza e Accettazione” (DEA) 1st level and DEA 2nd level
hospitals and increase in the number of beds in intensive and semi-intensive care units.
The milestone M6C2-5 requires the approval of an institutional development contract for each
Region/Autonomous province, which is a contract between Regions/Autonomous Province and
Ministry of Health and is a tool to identify the sites for the interventions, parties involved and their
obligations. The next milestone for the investment (M6C2-7) is expected by Q4 2022 and concerns
the award of all public contracts related to informatization of DEAs. The following target (M6C2-6)
requires the entry into operation of 3100 units of new large sanitary equipment, indicatively by Q4
2024. Target M6C2-8 requires the completion of digitization of 280 hospitals, indicatively by Q4
2025. The final target for the measure requires the installation of 7700 additional beds in ICUs and
semi-intensive care, indicatively by Q2 2026.
Evidence Provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone was satisfactorily fulfilled in line with
the requirements set out in the Council Implementing Decision;
2. The 21 institutional development contracts (one for each Region and Autonomous
Province),
approved
and
signed
and
a
link
to
access
them
(https://www.pnrr.salute.gov.it/portale/pnrrsalute/dettaglioContenutiPNRRSalute.jsp?lingua
=italiano&id=5835&area=PNRR-Salute&menu=missionesalute&tab=2 ). Each Contract has an
annexed “Operational Plan” (Piano Operativo).
3. For each Region/Autonomous province, letter notifying the signature of the institutional
development contract (and copy of the confirmation of the delivery mail) dated between 17
and 20 of June 2022 and confirming its entry into force by the Ministry of Health.
4. For each Region/Autonomous Province, document of approval of the Contract by the
department of general accounting of the Ministry of Finance dated between 15 and 16 of June
2022.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Italian authorities cover all
constitutive elements of the milestone.
In particular:
 In line with the requirement of the Council Implementing Decision, all the 21 Institutional and
Development Contracts (one per Region and Autonomous Province) have been signed by the
Ministry of Health and Regions/ Autonomous Provinces between the 30 and 31 of May 2022
and approved by the (general accounting department of the) Ministry of Finance between the
15 and 16 of June. Notification of the approved contract has been sent by the Ministry of Health
to the Regions/Autonomous Provinces between 17 and 20 of June 2022 by certified email.
 Art. 5 of the contract sets out the specific obligations of the Regions/Autonomous Provinces
(as the implementing authority) to guarantee the execution and expected results as regard the
Digitisation of Hospitals, including, inter alia, the adoption of adequate measures to ensure
sound financial management, reporting requirements, the coordination of the project activities
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and their execution etc. In addition, art.5 comma 2 specifies that Regions and Autonomous
Provinces can delegate the execution of the interventions to the entities of the Regional Health
Service.
In line with the requirement of the milestone, Article 6 of the Contract establishes a Tavolo
Istituzionale chaired by the Minister of health which, in case of delays and non-compliance with
the timing indicated, assesses the conditions for the activation of the substitutory powers
procedure (“Commissioner ad acta”) described in Art. 12 of law decree of 31 May 2021, number
77, converted with modifications by law of 29 July 2021 number 10.
The Annex 2 of the Operational Plan (which integrates the contracts) lists all the sites that have
been identified for the investments, in line with the milestone’s requirement. In particular, the
identified sites are listed in section 6.4 (informatization of the processes of “Dipartimenti
Emergenza e Accettazione” (DEA) 1st level and DEA 2nd level hospitals), 6.5 (modernisation of
large healthcare equipment by substituting obsolete models with technological advanced
ones), and 6.6 (increase in the number of beds in intensive and semi-intensive care units, which
follows the re-organization plan of milestone M6C2-4 of Q4-2021).
The further specifications of the Operational Arrangements require a single Institutional
Development Contract for each Region/Autonomous Province explicitly referring to M6C1
Investments 1.1 Community Health Houses; 1.2 Territorial Coordination Centres; 1.3
Community Hospitals, and M6C2 Investment 1.1: Digital update of Hospitals’ technological
equipment. In line with those further specifications, the Institutional Development Contract
contains a general part common to all investments and the annexed Operational Plan, with
separate sections containing distinct provisions for each one of the above mentioned
investments.

Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

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