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12 March 2018

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Enterprises, Stock Exchange, Financial, Equity markets, Sustainable investments, Green financial products

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The EU action plan for sustainable finance is coming The European Commission presents its strategy The European Commission presented its action plan for sustainable finance with the aim of directing the EU capital market towards a development compatible with the fight against climate change and a harmonious development of the economy and society. It is a program that collects the indications of the expert group report on sustainable finance in Europe (HLEG-High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance). "The transition to a greener and more sustainable economy - underlined the vice president of the EU Commission Frans Timmermans - is beneficial for creating jobs, for...

12 March 2018

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Environment, Environmental Protection, Sustainable Development, CIEPEC 2018, Italy-China Collaboration

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As part of the Italy-China Environmental Protection Collaboration, the Ministry for the Environment and the Protection of the Territory and the Sea promotes the participation of Italian companies in the China International Environmental Protection Exhibition & Conference - CIEPEC 2018 through the offer of a stand for Italian companies, support for the organization of B2B meetings. The Event will be held in Beijing from 7 to 9 June 2018. Rome, 9 March 2018 Source Ministry of the Environment...

12 March 2018

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The turnover thresholds have been updated for the prior notification of merger transactions, the Competition and Market Authority

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The Antitrust Authority has decided that, starting from today, March 12, 2018, the turnover thresholds beyond which it becomes mandatory the prior notification of the merger transactions amounted to 495 million euros for the total turnover achieved at national level by all the companies involved in the operation and EUR 30 million for the total turnover achieved individually at national level by at least two of the companies concerned. The increase in the value of the thresholds corresponds, as required by art. 16 of the law n. 287/90, to the increase in the price index of the gross domestic product, equal,...

03 March 2018

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Companies, Values, European Dimension, The value.s of business, BusinessEurope Day 2018

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“We have a key role to play in making sure that our model of social market economy continues to thrive. This is why we chose to focus BusinessEurope Day 2018 on the value.s of business”, President Emma Marcegaglia said at the opening of BUSINESSEUROPE Day on 1 March 2018 in Brussels. The fourth edition of the event coincided with BusinessEurope’s 60th anniversary. Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President of the European Commission, and Michel Barnier, Chief Negotiator of the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU, also delivered keynote...

03 March 2018

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Companies, Innovation, Steel, Environment, The European steel industry: main paths to the smart and low carbon industry of the future, EU Industry Days and Eurofer – Estep workshops

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Smart industry European steel industry already a world leader in environmental and climate performance They were held on 22-23 February 2018 at the headquarters of the European Commission Covent Garden and the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Brussels EU industry days updated stakeholders on the Commission's strategic approach to industrial policy and actions to further develop industrial competitiveness in Europe. They are also used as a forum in which stakeholders who contribute to European industrial competitiveness have been able to showcase their activities, learn from each other, discuss cross-cutting issues and develop joint visions for the future. The interested parties came from multiple industrial sectors, finance,...

02 March 2018

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Industrial Property, Trademarks, Application for Registration, Front Rights, Likeness, Confusion Risk, Consumer Average Warning, Normal Level, Exclusion, Commission ruling on appeals against the provisions of the Italian Patent and Trademark Office n. 50/16 of 04 July – 18 August 2016

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Article 12, paragraph 1, lett. D, CPI, Code of Industrial Property, (Legislative Decree 10 February 2005, No. 30) Registration as a trade mark There are new, in accordance with Article 7, the signs that the date of filing the application Call up Cass. 7488/2004 and 12860/2005 Essential lines of the sentence Opposition against trademark application filed with the UIBM - earlier rights, CTMs - Uibm rejection opposition, against the provision, appealed to the Board of Appeals - examination, the figurative one, the other complex, composed of a figurative part and on the one hand, the relative likeness of the marks, the conclusion that the conflicting...

02 March 2018

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Stock exchanges, Financial Markets, Manufacturing Activities, Trump’s duties sink Europe – Import duties on raw materials, Germany’s major concern

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A cold shower sales figures in February (-10.8%) Milan, 02 Mar - The protectionist announcement of Trump that frightened Wall Street yesterday (-2%) today weighs on Tokyo (-2.5%) and on Europe at the start of the session. The US president announced that next week he will approve duties to protect the American steel industry and has indicated that they should be 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum. All the details on application and possible exemptions are still missing, but a lot has been enough to bury the stock, with Wall Street negatively affecting the budget from the beginning of the year. At the start...

01 March 2018

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Companies, Growth, SMEs, Economy Form State, Euro Zone, manufacturing is confirmed in the expansion area

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The average of the first quarter PMI has so far been the second highest since the spring of 2000. The PMI, Purchasing Managers' Index, remained above the non-change threshold of 50, thus signaling an expansion for 56 consecutive months. The Eurozone manufacturing sector continues to expand at a high rate in February. The IHS Markit PMI final Index of the Eurozone Manufacturing Sector decreased from 59.6 in January to 58.6 points, but was better than the previous flash estimate of 58.5. The figure is well above the relative long-term average of 51.8. The PMI remained above the non-change threshold of 50, thus signaling an...

28 February 2018

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Competition, Agreements and abuses, Parental liability concept, antitrust control, intercompany transactions, Competition and Market Authority, Provision no. 27016 of 31 January 2018

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THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY OF COMPETITION AND MARKET IN ITS ADMINISTRATION of January 31, 2018; HEARD the Rapporteur; GIVEN the law of 10 October 1990, n. 287; CONSIDERING its resolution of 22 October 2014 with which the Guidelines were adopted on the methods for applying the quantification criteria for administrative pecuniary sanctions imposed by the Authority pursuant to Article 15, paragraph 1, of Law no. 287/90 (hereinafter referred to as "Guidelines"); IN VIEW of its provision n. 26064 of 8 June 2016, adopted at the end of the procedure n. I / 783 - Agreement between operators in the Vending sector, with which the...

28 February 2018

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Financial, Stock Exchange, Financial Markets, Protection of Investors and Customers of Intermediaries and ADRs

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The proceedings of the Consob conference - ACF - Università Bocconi of 11 July 2017 have been published The volume collects the contributions presented at the conference organized by Consob, Arbitrator for Financial Disputes (ACF) and Luigi Bocconi University "Protection of investors and customers of intermediaries and ADRs" held in Milan at the Bocconi University on 11 July 2017 . The conference program, which examined the issues of arbitration in the field of financial markets, saw the opening of the works of Simone ALVARO (head of the Legal Studies Office, Consob Studies Division), the introduction of Marco VENTORUZZO (Bocconi University) , the...