Paolo Roncelli of Gianni, Origoni & Partners, Milan
Italian environmental law has been recently characterised by the frequent use of the urgency legislation tool of the law decree, i.e., a decree which is enacted by the government, is immediately binding and must be converted into law by the two Chambers of the Parliament within 60 days from its coming into force. Lack of the conversion of the law decree into law usually triggers the re-enactment of the law decree, often with amendments. As this process may be repeated more then once, many rules are practically modified every 60 days.
Waste Water Discharges
The fundamental text on this subject is the Law No. 319 of May 10, 1976, known as the 'Merli Law'. The latest version of the long string of law decrees that have modified the Merli Law in the recent past is Law Decree No. 9 of January 16, 1995. Among the amendments introduced by this law decree are dispositions which: (i) authorise regional authorities to regulate
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