Italy: The subsidiarity principle

International Journal of Constitutional Law

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 131-137

  Groppi, Tania ^a   Scattone, Nicoletta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

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EID: 33746400495     PISSN: 14742640     EISSN: 14742659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icon/moi056     Document Type: Review

References (14)

1. Judgment of October 1, 2003, No. 303, available at http://www.giurcost.org/decisioni/2003/0303s-03.html.
2. See Andrea Morrone, La Corte costituzionale riscrive il Titolo V? [Is the Constitutional Court rewriting Title V?], available at http://www.forumcostituzionale.it.
3. Sicilia, Valle d'Aosta, Sardegna, Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
4. Including foreign policy, immigration, defense, currency regulations, competition rules, public order and security, citizenship, jurisdiction and legal procedures, civil and penal law, the general provisions regarding education, the minimum requirements of civil and social rights, provisions on local government, and protection of environment: see Costituzione art. 117, par. 1.
5. Such as the relationship with the EU, foreign trade, labor standards, education, professions, scientific research and technology, health protection, nutrition, sports system, civil defense, harbors and airports, transport network, communications, energy, public finance and taxation system, cultural heritage, savings and rural banks, land credit institutions: See Cost. art. 117, par. 3.
6. See La riforma del titolo V della Costituzione e la giurisprudenza costituzionale (Ernesto Bettinelli & Francesco Rigano eds., Giappichelli 2004), Giandomenico Falcon, Le Regioni e l'unità nelle politiche pubbliche, 2-3 Le regioni 305 (2004), Massimo Luciani, L'autonomia legislativa, 2-3 Le regioni 355 (2004), Paolo Caretti, La Corte e la tutela delle esigenze unitarie: Dall'interesse nazionale al principio di sussidiarietà, 2-3 Le regioni 381 (2004).
7. Cost. art. 118.
8. Cost. art. 119.
9. G. Zagrebelsky, La giustizia costituzionale nel 2003 [Constitutional Justice in 2003], available at http://www.cortecostituzionale.it.
10. Decision No. 303/2003, par. 2.
11. See, e.g., supra note 2.
12. The Advisory Department for the Normative Acts [reference No. 335 dated February 10, 2003], according to which the agreement between government and regions cannot be regarded as sufficient for amending the regulations concerning the distribution of the competences regulated by the Constitution.
13. See Fabio Cintoli, Le forme dell'intesa e il controllo sulla leale collaborazione dopo la sentenza 303/2003 [Forms of agreement and control of fair cooperation, pursuant to decision 303/2003], available at http://www.forumcostituzionale.it.
14. As shown in the sentence by the Constitutional Court, No. 177/1988, in which the handling of the national interests by the state was subordinated to respect for the rules of reasonableness and cooperation.