JUDGMENT NO. 145
YEAR 2024
ITALIAN REPUBLIC
IN THE NAME OF THE ITALIAN PEOPLE
THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
composed of:
President: Augusto Antonio BARBERA
Judges: Franco MODUGNO, Giulio PROSPERETTI, Giovanni AMOROSO, Francesco VIGANO, 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 6-ter, paragraph 4, of Legislative Decree No. 132 of 29 September 2023 (Urgent provisions concerning the extension of regulatory deadlines and tax payments), converted, with amendments, into Law No. 170 of 27 November 2023, amending Article 1, paragraph 853, of Law No. 178 of 30 December 2020 (State Budget for the financial year 2021 and multi-year budget for the three-year period 2021-2023), brought by the Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste with appeal served on 29 January 2024, filed with the Registry on 5 February 2024, registered under No. 4 of the Register of Appeals 2024 and published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica No. 8, first special series, of the year 2024.
Having considered the appearance of the President of the Council of Ministers;
having heard at the public hearing of 19 June 2024 the Reporting Judge Angelo Buscema;
having heard counsel Giovanni Guzzetta for the Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste and the State Advocate Fabrizio Fedeli for the President of the Council of Ministers;
having deliberated in the deliberation chamber on 19 June 2024.
Facts
1. – By appeal filed on 5 February 2024 and registered under No. 4 of the Register of Appeals 2024, the Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste initiated, through three articulated grounds of complaint, questions of constitutional legitimacy of Article 6-ter, paragraph 4, of Legislative Decree No. 132 of 29 September 2023, converted, with amendments, into Law No. 170 of 27 November 2023, which amends Article 1, paragraph 853, of Law No. 178 of 30 December 2020, for violation of Articles 2, first paragraph, letters a) and b), 3, first paragraph, letter f), of Constitutional Law No. 4 of 26 February 1948 (Special Statute for the Valle d'Aosta), of Article 3 of Legislative Decree No. 431 of 28 December 1989 (Rules implementing the Special Statute for the Valle d'Aosta Region concerning regional and municipal finances), as well as the principles of equality and reasonableness under Article 3 of the Constitution and the principle of loyal cooperation under Articles 5 and 120 of the Constitution, Articles 117, third paragraph, and 119, paragraphs one and two, of the Constitution, Article 10 of Constitutional Law No. 3 of 18 October 2001 (Amendments to Title V of Part Two of the Constitution), and Articles 1 and 9 of Law No. 243 of 24 December 2012 (Provisions for the implementation of the balanced budget principle pursuant to Article 81, sixth paragraph, of the Constitution), and subsequent amendments and additions, also interpreted in light of Articles 81 and 97 of the Constitution and Article 5, paragraph 2, letter c), of Constitutional Law No. 1 of 20 April 2012 (Introduction of the balanced budget principle into the Constitution), as well as Article 27, paragraphs 1 and 3, letter a), of Law No. 42 of 5 May 2009 (Delegation to the Government on fiscal federalism, in implementation of Article 119 of the Constitution).
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Reasons
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FOR THESE REASONS
THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
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So decided in Rome, at the seat of the Constitutional Court, Palazzo della Consulta, on 19 June 2024.
Signed:
Augusto Antonio BARBERA, President
Angelo BUSCEMA, Reporter
Roberto MILANA, Director of the Registry
Filed with the Registry on 23 July 2024