Dl bills, under 5,000 euro condominium debts no risk of foreclosure
From the Productive Activities Commission comes the shield for defaulters of unpaid condominium electricity bills, but only if the house is the only property owned by the debtor
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The house owned by a vulnerable person cannot be attached if the debt for non-payment of condominium energy bills is less than EUR 5,000 and the house is the only property owned by the debtor. This is provided for by an amendment to the bills decree presented by Fratelli d'Italia and approved in the Productive Activities Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, with the first signature of Silvio Giovine.
To whom it is addressed
Foreclosure of the property does not occur, provided that the owner has established residence there and it is not a luxury dwelling (A/8 and A/9). Vulnerable persons are considered to be those who are in an economically disadvantaged condition or in a serious health condition requiring the use of medical-therapeutic equipment powered by electricity, disabled, over 75 years of age.
The condominium may still register a mortgage
.The further forms of guarantee and protection envisaged by the legislation in force in favour of Csea (Cassa per i servizi energetici e ambientali) for the recovery of its credits remain unaffected. To secure its credit, the condominium may, in any case, register a judicial mortgage pursuant to Article 2818 of the Civil Code.
Delay of the decree's passage through the court
.Meanwhile, work resumed in the Productive Activities Commission in the Chamber of Deputies. President Alberto Gusmeroli (League) asked for a postponement of the Chamber's session from Friday 11 April to Monday 14 April. In the meantime, the Commission has approved, among others, an amendment by the rapporteurs that strengthens the position of the Cassa per i Servizi Energetici e Ambientali (Csea) with respect to credits claimed by entities obliged to pay general system charges and other tariff components. These credits are assisted, the voted amendment states, 'by a general lien on any movable property of the debtor'. While, it is specified, 'the further forms of guarantee and protection provided by the regulations in force in favour of the Csea for the recovery of its credits remain unaffected'.
Company cars: safeguard only until 30 June 2025
The Commission will continue its examination of the decree-law between today and tomorrow with a view to issuing the mandate to the rapporteurs to report to the House. The go-ahead is expected for a safeguard measure from the tax restriction imposed on company cars considered to be the most polluting given for use to employees, ordered by 2024 and to be delivered from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2025. Despite the requests made to the MEF by committee chairman Alberto Gusmeroli (Lega) to overcome the unfairness of the 30 June deadline, the safeguard will lapse, penalising employees who, despite having ordered the cars by the end of 2024, will find themselves granted the car after 30 June, paying a higher tax burden for delivery problems not their fault. The green light for the safeguard will, however, come in the reworded version by the rapporteurs on Thursday afternoon, 10 April.
