On June 17, 2019, the Italian Parliament passed Law No. 55/2019 (“Law”), thus amending and supplementing – in addition to those amendments provided for by the previous Legislative Decree No. 14/2019 – the audit and control statutory framework applicable to Italian limited liability companies.
On April 17, 2019, the European Parliament and the Council enacted the Directive No. 2019/633 ("Directive") on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain.
On February 11, 2019, the Italian Parliament enacted the Law No. 12/2019 ("Law") introducing – for the first time ever in the Italian statutory framework – a legal definition of "blockchain technologies" ("tecnologie basate su registri distribuiti") and "smart contracts".
On March 26, 2019, the European Parliament approved the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market – No. 2016/0280 (COD) – (“Directive”) amending and supplementing the previous Directives No. 96/9/CE and No. 2001/29/CE.