28 February 2024
The Single SEZ Dedicated Unit has provided operational guidelines to all municipalities within the Single SEZ on initiatives eligible to access the simplified regime of the single authorization.
Pending the approval of the strategic plan of the Single SEZ, using the general criteria defining "investment" as expenditure aimed at creating a new industrial, productive, or logistical facility, the following may access the simplified regime:
- Investment projects related to territories falling within one of the areas covered by the existing eight regional or interregional SEZ, if consistent with the Strategic Development Plans already adopted;
- Investment projects related to territories different from those included in the existing eight regional or interregional SEZ, predominantly located in industrial areas or areas intended for industrial and productive settlements, if aimed at achieving at least one of the following results:
- Establishment of a new plant;
- Expansion of an existing plant or its production capacity;
- Conversion or diversification of production of an existing plant.
The application must be accompanied by a business plan highlighting, specifically, the characteristics of the proposed projects and their impact on employment.
Furthermore, it is clarified that the following projects are not subject to the single authorization:
- Those subject to SCIA (Certified Start of Activity), single SCIA, and conditional SCIA as per articles 19 and 19-bis of Law No. 241 of August 7, 1990, and those for which the issuance of an enabling title is not foreseen;
- Those relating to energy plants and infrastructures;
- Those concerning works and other activities falling within airports territorial competence;
- Those relating to investments of strategic relevance as defined by Article 32 of Decree-Law No. 115 of 2022 and Article 13 of Decree-Law No. 104 of 2023;
- Those relating to commercial activities governed by Legislative Decree No. 114 of March 31, 1998, on commerce regulation.