Official Journal of Italy and of the European Union, Laws and Regulations
In this article I will mainly talk to you about the Official Gazette of the Italian Republic , or more simply the Official Gazette (GU or GURI) .
This is the official source for knowing the regulations in force in Italy. Furthermore, it is the tool par excellence for the dissemination, information and formalization of legislative texts, public and private acts that must reach the knowledge of the community.
Publication in the Italian Official Gazette is a necessary condition for a law to enter into force.
At the end of the article I will speak briefly and for completeness of the Official Journal of the European Union (GUUE) , a document where Regulations and Directives issued by the Commission of the European Union are published.
Useful links on the Official Journals
What is the Italian Official Gazette?
The Official Gazette of the Italian Republic is the
official source for knowing Italian regulations and for disseminating, informing and formalizing legislative texts, public and private acts.
It is edited by the
State Printing Office and Mint and published in collaboration with the
Ministry of Justice .
Functions of the Italian Official Gazette
The Italian Constitution in art. 73 states:
“The laws are promulgated by the President of the Republic within one month of their approval.
If the Houses, each by an absolute majority of their own members, declare the urgency, the law is promulgated within the term established by it. The laws are published immediately after their promulgation and enter into force on the fifteenth day following their publication, unless the laws themselves establish a different term . "
The laws that are approved by the Houses of Parliament and signed by the President of the Republic are then
published in the Official Gazette and come into force after 15 days.
In fact, the Official Gazette of the Italian Republic, as well as for advertising purposes, identifies the date of entry into force of state regulatory acts.
The
discipline relating to the acts to be published in the Official Gazette of the Italian Republic is contained in the consolidated text issued with the Decree of the President of the Republic (DPR) 28 December 1985 n. 1092.
Starting from 1 January 2013, consultation of the
online gazette is free on
the Official Gazette site indicated above.
Curiosity: did you know that the Constitution itself was the first republican law published in the Italian gazette?
Structure of the Italian Official Gazette
The Official Gazette is made up of two parts: "Part I" and "Part II".
With the issue of the Ministerial Decree of 24 September 1985, the Official Gazette "Part I" was further divided, with effect from 1 January 1986, into a "General Series" and three special series intended to publish specific types of deeds.
Published in the afternoon, the Italian Official Gazette is therefore divided into:
Part I:
- General series (published every weekday);
- 1st Special Series - Constitutional Court (published on Wednesday);
- 2nd Special Series - European Union (published Monday and Thursday);
- 3rd Special Series - Regions (published on Saturday);
- 4th Special Series - Competitions and Exams (published Tuesday and Friday);
- 5th Special Series - Public Contracts (published Monday, Wednesday and Friday).
Part II:
Listing sheet (published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday).
Part One - General Series
This publication includes the regulatory and administrative acts issued by the State Administrations:
- Laws and other regulatory acts;
- Acts of the Constitutional Bodies;
- Presidential decrees;
- Ministerial decrees, resolutions and ordinances;
- Decrees and resolutions of other authorities;
- Circular;
- Releases.
Each publication, numbered progressively throughout the year, can be accompanied by one or more supplements (ordinary or extraordinary).
History of the Italian Official Gazette
The most illustrious ancestor of the Italian Official Journal is the
Gazzetta Piemontese , a newspaper of the Kingdom of Sardinia from 2 August 1814 to 3 January 1860.
In reality, the other states before national unity all had their own Gazzetta, such as the Gazzetta Privilegiata di Milano, the single official newspaper of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia, the Gazzetta di Parma, the official newspaper of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza and so on. Street.
In 1860 the Gazzetta Piemontese took the name of the Official Gazette of the Kingdom, and then in 1861 it was called
the Official Gazette of the Kingdom of Italy .
Finally, on 19 June 1946 it was transformed into the current Official Gazette of the Italian Republic.
What is the Official Journal of the European Union?
The
Official Journal of the European Union (GUUE) is the official publication source of the European Union.
Composition of the Official Journal of the European Union
The OJEU is made up of three series:
- Series L (Legislation) containing regulations, directives, decisions and recommendations;
- Series C (Communications and Information) containing information, preparatory legislative acts of the European Union, communications and corrections;
- Series S (Supplement) is intended for the publication of calls for tender relating to public procurement.
History of the Official Journal of the European Union
It was born with the entry into force of
the ECSC Treaty , called for the occasion the Official Journal of the European Coal and Steel Community; the first issue was published on December 30, 1952, in the four languages of the first member countries: French, Italian, Dutch and German.
On 20 April, following the entry into force of
the EEC Treaty and the Euratom Treaty, it was modified and its title became Official Journal of the European Communities (GUCE).
In January 1968, the three aforementioned series were created.
Since the
Treaty of Nice (1 February 2003) the Official Journal of the European Union is published in all the official languages of the European Union.
The acts of the European Community are also published by the Italian gazette on Mondays and Thursdays.
