PRIVATE SETBACK

Publicly-owned utilities in Italy appear to have been given the go-ahead to continue to run water and wastewater services in the new optimal territorial areas (ATOs) being set up under the Galli Law, following a court ruling in the administrative court of Liguria, in the north-west of the country.

The case, which was brought by two private water operators, argued that a concession entitling local utility Amga, part-owned by the municipality of Genoa, to run water services should be annulled because it was awarded without a tender and was therefore in conflict with EU competition law. The Italian piece of legislation that made temporary awards without tenders possible is ...

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