Compliance
On the constitutional legitimacy of a fixed administrative sanction to protect the names of origin of agricultural and food products.
Constitutional court, March 10, 2023, no. 40
In this ruling, the Italian Constitutional Court assessed the constitutionality of administrative sanctions imposed for violations of rules protecting products with designation of origin (DOP) and geographical indication (IGP). Specifically, the Court declared the unconstitutionality of Article 4, paragraph 1, first sentence, of Legislative Decree No. 297 of November 19th, 2004, insofar as it provided for a fixed pecuniary administrative sanction of “50,000 euros”, instead of a range "from a minimum of 10,000 to a maximum of 50,000 euros."
28 March 2023