JUDGMENT NO. 132

YEAR 2024

ITALIAN REPUBLIC

Comments on the Decision of

1. Fabio Cintioli, Constitutional Court Judgment No. 132 of 2024: From Administrative Liability for Gross Negligence to Administrative Result, for the courtesy of federalismi.it

2. Daniela Bolognino, Another Piece in Defining a New Balance of Administrative Liability for Damage to the Treasury, for the courtesy of Rivista di Diritto ed Economia dei Comuni

3. Francesco Saverio Marini, Judgment No. 132 of 2024: The Constitutional Court Experiments with New Decision-Making Techniques, for the courtesy of Rivista della Corte dei conti

4. Vito Tenore, "One's Will Where One Can: The 'Treasury Shield' is Legitimate Because it is Temporary and Aims to Alleviate 'the Burden of Administering,' Which Also Legitimates the Adoption of the Foti C1621 Bill [Judgment 132/2024], for the courtesy of Rivista della Corte dei conti

 

IN THE NAME OF THE ITALIAN PEOPLE

THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

composed of:

President: Augusto Antonio BARBERA;

Judges: Giulio PROSPERETTI, Giovanni AMOROSO, Francesco VIGANÒ, Luca ANTONINI, Stefano PETITTI, Angelo BUSCEMA, Emanuela NAVARRETTA, Maria Rosaria SAN GIORGIO, Filippo PATRONI GRIFFI, Marco D'ALBERTI, Giovanni PITRUZZELLA, Antonella SCIARRONE ALIBRANDI,

has rendered the following

JUDGMENT

in the proceedings concerning the constitutional legitimacy of Article 21, paragraph 2, of the Decree-Law of July 16, 2020, No. 76 (Urgent Measures for Simplification and Digital Innovation), converted, with amendments, into Law of September 11, 2020, No. 120, referred by the Court of Audit, jurisdictional section for the Campania Region, in the liability proceedings against T. T. and others, with order of December 18, 2023, registered as No. 19 in the register of orders 2024 and published in the Official Gazette of the Republic No. 9, first special series, of the year 2024, the hearing of which was set for the Chamber of Council meeting of June 4, 2024.

Having considered the out-of-time filings of T. T. and S. R., as well as the intervention of the President of the Council of Ministers;

Having heard the Reporting Judge Giovanni Pitruzzella in the Chamber of Council meeting of June 6, 2024;

Having deliberated in the Chamber of Council meeting of June 6, 2024.

Facts

1.— By order of December 18, 2023, registered as No. 19 in the register of orders 2024, the Court of Audit, jurisdictional section for the Campania Region, raised, with reference to Articles 3, 28, 81, 97, and 103 of the Constitution, questions of constitutional legitimacy of Article 21, paragraph 2, of Decree-Law No. 76 of July 16, 2020, as converted, with amendments, into Law No. 120 of September 11, 2020, which provides that "[l]imited to the facts committed from the date of entry into force of this decree and until June 30, 2024, the liability of the parties subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Audit in matters of public accounting for the action of liability referred to in Article 1 of Law No. 20 of January 14, 1994, is limited to cases in which the production of damage resulting from the conduct of the acting party is willfully intended by him. The limitation of liability provided for in the first paragraph does not apply to damage caused by omission or inertia of the acting party."

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For these reasons

THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

1) declares inadmissible the questions of constitutional legitimacy of Article 21, paragraph 2, of Decree-Law No. 76 of July 16, 2020 (Urgent Measures for Simplification and Digital Innovation), converted, with amendments, into Law No. 120 of September 11, 2020, raised, with reference to Articles 28, 81, and 103 of the Constitution, by the Court of Audit, jurisdictional section for the Campania Region, with the order indicated above;

2) declares unfounded the questions of constitutional legitimacy of Article 21, paragraph 2, of Decree-Law No. 76 of 2020, as converted, raised, with reference to Articles 3 and 97 of the Constitution, by the Court of Audit, jurisdictional section for the Campania Region, with the order indicated above.

So decided in Rome, at the seat of the Constitutional Court, Palazzo della Consulta, on June 6, 2024.

Signed:

Augusto Antonio BARBERA, President

Giovanni PITRUZZELLA, Reporter

Igor DI BERNARDINI, Registrar

Filed with the Registry on July 16, 2024

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