Transposition (Italy)
Trend since last reporting period: 🡽 positive; 🡿 negative; = neutral
Ranking out of 27: 1 to 9; 10 to 18; 19 to 27
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INDICATORS |
Dec. |
EU |
Ranking |
Trend |
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Transposition deficit (percentage of all directives not transposed) |
0.7% |
1.1% |
8 |
🡽 |
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Overdue directives |
7 |
11 |
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Long-overdue directives (> 2 years) |
0 |
1 |
1 |
🡽🡽🡽 |
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Average delay in transposing directives (in months) |
11.5 |
12.6 |
8 |
🡽🡽 |
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Conformity deficit (percentage of all directives transposed incorrectly) |
1.5% |
1.3% |
20 |
🡽 |
Infringements (Italy)
Trend since last reporting period: 🡽 positive; 🡿 negative; = neutral
Ranking out of 27: 1 to 9; 10 to 18; 19 to 27
Ranking out of 23 (compliance with Court rulings): 1 to 8; 9 to 16; 17 to 23
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INDICATORS |
Dec. |
EU |
Ranking |
Trend |
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Number of pending infringement proceedings |
42 |
26 |
25 |
🡽 |
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Problematic sectors |
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Average duration of infringement proceedings (in months) |
54.7 |
47.9 |
23 |
🡿 |
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Average time taken to comply with Court rulings (in months) |
5.9 |
48.3 |
1 |
🡽🡽 |
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Internal Market Information System (Italy)
Performance – Italy performed well.
- Results for three indicators improved, in particular for requests accepted within 1 week.
- Results for three indicators were above or equal to the EEA average.
- Results for requests accepted within 1 week and for the efforts-related satisfaction survey were below the EEA average.
Requests accepted within one week (%)
Requests answered by the deadline agreed in IMI (%)
Satisfaction with timeliness of replies - as rated by counterparts (%)
Satisfaction with efforts made - as rated by counterparts (%)
Speed in answering requests (days)
Technical regulations information system (Italy)
SOLVIT (Italy)
- Caseload
Submitted cases: 132 (181 in 2021)
Received cases: 417 (287 in 2021)
Cases not accepted: 181 (203 in 2021)
- Resolution rate: 97% (99% in 2021)
- Handling time (as home centre)
Reply within 7 days: 97% (97% in 2021) – very good
Cases prepared within 30 days: 86% (84% in 2021) – very good
Solutions accepted within 7 days: 84% (89% in 2021 ) – very good
Cases not accepted within 30 days: 81% (87% in 2021) – very good
- Handling time (as lead centre)
Cases accepted within 7 days: 88% (90% in 2021) – very good
Cases closed in 10 weeks: 55% (64% in 2021) – good - Staffing level
needs improvement
Payment delays (Italy)
In 2022, the average payment delay (the time exceeding the legal or contractually agreed payment terms) by Italian public authorities was 22 days.
The average number of days needed for a business to have its invoices paid by other businesses (business-to-business payments) was 53.67 days.
Responsive administration and burden of regulation (Italy)
| Indicator | 2021 | EU average |
|---|---|---|
| Burden of government regulation (survey replies: 1 = worst, 7 = best) | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| Digital public services to start and run a business (100% = best performing) | 78.7% | n/a |
| Payment delays by public authorities | 22 days | 15.7 days |
| Time to resolve insolvency | 1.8 years | 2.0 years |
| Impact of regulation on long-term investment decisions (survey replies) | 8.8% | n/a |
Access to public procurement (Italy)
| Indicator | 2021 | EU average |
|---|---|---|
| Single bidder | 35% | 25% |
| No calls for bids | 7% | 6% |
| Publication rate (value advertised on Tenders Electronic Daily, in % of GDP) | 3.2% | 5.9% |
| Cooperative procurement (proportion of procedures with more than one buyer) | 11% | 5% |
| Award criteria (proportion of procedures awarded to cheapest bid) | 42% | 64% |
| Decision speed (days) | 203 | 99 |
| SME contractors | 42% | 61% |
| SME bids | 60% | 73% |
| Procedures divided into lots | 26% | 31% |
| Missing calls for bids | 2% | 1% |
| Missing seller registration numbers | 94% | 29% |
| Missing buyer registration numbers | 87% | 11% |
Note: A typical (mid-ranking) EU country is used for the EU average for all indicators except the publication rate. Due to delays in data availability, publication rate results are based on 2020 data.
Access to services and services markets (Italy)
| Indicator | 2021 | EU average |
|---|---|---|
| Restrictiveness indicator – architect | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| Restrictiveness indicator – accountant | 3.3 | 1.7 |
| Restrictiveness indicator – civil engineer | 3.3 | 2.4 |
| Restrictiveness indicator – lawyer | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| Restrictiveness indicator – real estate agent | 2.3 | 1.3 |
| Restrictiveness indicator – patent agent | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| Restrictiveness indicator – tourist guide | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| Domestic priority letter prices, letter 20 g (2020) | € 2.80 | € 0.88 |
| Intra-EU priority letter prices, letter 20 g (2020) | € 3.50 | € 1.53 |
| Domestic transit times, day+1 performance, priority letters 20 g (2020) | 82.7% | 84.2% |
Note: The EU restrictiveness indicator (EURI) measures the level of restrictiveness for the cross-border provision of services and the right of establishment for seven groups of professional services with a high share in EU firms’ intermediate consumption or cross-border mobility. The level of restrictiveness is measured on a scale from 0 (least restrictive) to 6 (most restrictive).
Access to finance (Italy)
| Indicator | 2021 | EU average |
|---|---|---|
| Access to public financial support (% of SMEs indicating deterioration) | 8.5% | 11.3% |
| Time to get paid by businesses (2022 survey) | 53.7 days | 52.5 days |
| Venture capital investments (% of GDP) | 0.42% | 0.48% |