Government's competition package: save-dehors, insurance and motorways at the centre of regulations
The government's competition bill addresses issues such as the 'dehorsaver', the portability of black box data on cars and measures to foster competition in the insurance sector
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On the government's table is the Competition Bill, one of 69 targets assigned by the NRP that must be passed by 31 December in order to access the 18.2 billion seventh instalment.
Among the important regulations under consideration will be the so-called "save-dehors" up to the portability of black box data on cars. On the motorway concessions, mentioned by several voices in the package, instead, a discussion is underway with the EU commission, which has made some remarks on a preliminary draft, says the Mit. Also on the executive's table will be the first single texts for the reorganisation of tax regulations, in implementation of the tax delegation.
What is planned for restaurants and commerce
As far as dehors are concerned, the aim is to make the measure launched during the pandemic to allow customers of bars and restaurants to stay outdoors and reduce the risk of contagion structural. This would therefore be an extension of the regulations for restaurants and commerce, linked to the provisional status of the measure. But this will perhaps be the last extension. The government is reportedly working on a new regulatory instrument to make the possibility structural. Perhaps with stricter rules for public decency. Both Anci and the Ministry of Culture and the superintendencies are involved in the preparatory work.
Insurance, black box data
There will also be measures in the area of motor insurance to promote competition and simplify the procedures for switching from one company to another. They concern black box data in particular. It is envisaged that when switching from one company to another, data, at least critical data, can be transferred.
A rule that does not, however, meet with the approval of consumers. "The black box was introduced with the Insurance Code to reduce fraud, but now it is mainly used to price motor third party liability policies, risking to destroy the system of mutuality between policyholders," says Stefano Mannacio, head of Assoutenti's insurance sector. "Systems such as policy portability can be useful for increasing competition between companies and the mobility of policyholders, but the problem is that the legislative system that introduced the black box tool is completely nebulous.
