Italian Feed-In-Tariffs for Photovoltaic and other Renewable Sources Plants: New Provisions

The new Italian feed-in-tariffs scheme has been recently further amended. 01.09.2014 – Law no. 116/2014 of 11th August 2014 has partially modified the Decree no. 91/2014 of 24th June 2014 on “Urgent provisions for agricultural sector, environment, companies development and, inter alia, reduction of energy bills” and enacts new provisions on feed-in-tariffs for photovoltaic and […]

New Legal framework applicable to the additional power and repowering energy produced by wind-power generation centres whose electricity is paid by the guaranteed remuneration scheme

On June 25th, 2014, Decree-Law No 94/2014 came into force that sets the new statutory framework applicable to the additional power and repowering energy produced by wind-power generation centres whose electricity is paid by the guaranteed remuneration scheme. Pursuant to this a new framework has been established. The following points provide a summary of the […]

CMS assisted IKAV in the acquisition of 7 photovoltaic plants in Piemonte Region – Italy

http://www.legalcommunity.it/cms-con-ikav-il-fotovoltaico-il-piemonte CMS and Watson Farley Williams LLP assisted IKAV Global Energy S.à.r.l. in the acquisition of 7 rooftop photovoltaic plants having an overall installed power of 4.5 MWp located in Piedmont, Italy, from REC Systems Italy S.r.l.. IKAV Global Energy S.à.r.l. and its advisor ecoprime GmbH were assisted by CMS in the person of the Partner Dietmar Zischg and the Senior Associate […]

Distance Selling Contracts New Legal Regime – Portugal

Decree-Law 24/2014 transposing into Portuguese internal law Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, of October, 25th of 2011 will come into effect on June, 13th of 2014, revoking the previous law on Consumers Protection in Distance Selling Contracts (Decree-Law 143/2001, of April 26th). The new Decree-Law, which was published last February […]

LEGISLATIVE DECREE N. 49/2014 – PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS CLASSIFIED AS “RAEE” – Italy

The Legislative Decree 4 March 2014, n. 49 – entered into force on the 12th of April 2014 – has enacted the European Directive 2012/19/EU and has introduced different financing methods for the WEEE (Waste of electric and electronic equipment  or e-waste) waste management. The Legislative Decree distinguishes between “new” and “old” waste, and between “domestic […]

PBBR joins IR as the exclusive Energy Law Member in Portugal.

International Referral, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Tânia Ferreira Osório of Pedro Pinto, Bessa Monteiro, Reis, Branco, Alexandre Jardim & Associates. Tania has joined IR as our exclusive Energy Law member in Portugal. Tânia is an associate with pbbr whose main practice areas include Administrative Law, Urban Planning and Environmental Law, […]

PBBR joins IR as the exclusive M&A & Energy Law Member in Portugal.

International Referral, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Carla Martins Branco of Pedro Pinto, Bessa Monteiro, Reis, Branco, Alexandre Jardim & Associates. Carla has joined IR as our exclusive M&A & Energy Law member in Portugal. Carla is a founding partner whose main practice areas include Commercial, Corporate, M&A, […]