Communications Regulatory Authority

Approximately 41% of registered undertakings are companies of different sorts
(private/public companies, limited companies, etc.), while about 13% is composed of
associations, co-operatives, foundations, non-profit institutions, and about 9% are
(limited/unlimited) partnerships; undertakings whose form does not fall under the types
regulated by the Italian legal system, are listed as “miscellaneous”.
Figure 2.3. Undertakings registered in the Roc, broken down per legal form (%)
S.r.l. (limited companies) Sole traders Co-operatives
Associations
S.p.a. (private/public companies) S.n.c. (general/unlimited partnerships) Bodies/Boards S.a.s.
(limited partnerships)
Miscellaneous
Source: data processed by AGCOM
In line with the picture described above, in just one year the percentage of registered
sole traders went up from 9% to 12% of the total percentage.
Over the year 2005, thanks to the way the Register of Communications
Operators has been run, approximately 400 certificates of regularity could be delivered
to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers’ Information and Publishing Department,
for the purpose of enabling publishers to qualify either for State subsidies or for other
forms of benefits as provided for by publishing regulations.
With regard to the system allowing undertakings to submit their statements over
the Internet, by the end of 2006 a procedure will be set out which allows all annual
statements and their relevant official acknowledgement to be verified exactly.
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