04.10.2018

Indemnity payment upon expiry of maritime State concessions in Italian ports: is the indemnity coming?

We take the cue from the recent publication of an application for the granting of a maritime State concession under Article 18 of Law No. 84/94, to review the latest developments on the subject of a…

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06.08.2018

“I just called to say”… The Italian Transport Regulation Authority, following the call for input, approves the first regulatory measures on fair and non-discriminatory access to port facilities

Let's go back to a topic already dealt with in the previous issues of our Bulletin, namely the call for input called by the Italian Transport Regulation Authority (hereinafter “TRA”) on “Methods and…

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06.08.2018

The new parameters for evaluating applications for concessions laid down by the Italian Ministry of Infrastructures and Transports: “the capacity to ensure the widest access conditions to terminals for users and operators concerned”

Let’s continue our analysis of the important circular No. 187 issued by the Italian Ministry of Infrastructures and Transports (“MIT”) published in the Official Gazette of the Italian Republic on 5…

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06.08.2018

Regulation (EU) 2017/352 on port services and financial transparency: general principles regarding port services

Let’s continue our analysis of the Regulation (EU) 2017/352 "establishing a framework for the provision of port services and common rules on financial transparency of ports", examining the general…

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06.08.2018

Mooring agreement and custody obligation

Now that summer has started, we believe it appropriate, for once, to put aside for a while issues related to great port matters and deal instead with a topic concerning leisure boating, which exactly…

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06.08.2018

Contributions from Nctm Offices Around the World
Shipping & Transport Bulletin August-September 2018

Trade Wars and shipping The immediate shipping response to the slowly intensifying trade war has been to increase movement so as to anticipate the entry into force of some of the biggest batches of…

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06.08.2018

Which "Judge in Berlin" for agreements in lieu of port concessions?

In a democratic order, to ensure the legitimacy of decisions (and therefore their acceptability by the recipients), the administrative action cannot disregard the social consensus. Therefore, with a…

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28.07.2018

Nctm assists AXA IM – Real Assets and Pradera with acquisition of 8 Gallery Shopping Centre

Nctm Studio Legale assisted AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets ("AXA IM - Real Assets”) and Pradera Limited (“Pradera”), on behalf of their investors, with the acquisition of the 8 Gallery shopping…

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04.07.2018

nctm e l’arte: Artists-in-residence, XI Edition

Scholarships Awarded to Juan Sandoval and Alessandro Quaranta The evaluation board of nctm e l’arte: Artists-in-residence met last 25 June and picked Juan Sandoval and Alessandro Quaranta as the XI…

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28.06.2018

The liability of Internet hosting providers for content published by third parties: the Wikipedia case

Judgment No. 1065 of 19 February 2018 of the Court of Appeals of Rome deserves special mention for being one of the few judgements dealing with the topic of Internet hosting provider liability for online…

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28.06.2018

Creditor’s clawback action against the family trust. Is the family trust slowly fading?

With the final judgement no. 3641/2018 the Italian Supreme Court has ruled on the creditor’s right to undertake the clawback action against a family trust, which had been established by one of the…

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28.06.2018

The quota-holder of a limited liability company (“s.r.l.”) can effectively exercise its right of option on the capital increase by offsetting the relevant debt with his eventual credit towards the company which is subordinated pursuant to art. 2467 of the

The Business Division of the Court of Rome, addressing – from what we can gather, for the first time – a topic little explored also among the Scholars, recently excluded that the quota-holder of a limited…

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