International Free Port of Trieste: the Italian judiciary’s “escape judgments”

International Free Port of Trieste: the Italian judiciary’s “escape judgments”

Trieste, 16 June 2023. – The International Provisional Representative of the Free Territory of Trieste – I.P.R. F.T.T.’s legal battle against the violations of Trieste’s taxation rights and of the rights of all States and their enterprises over Trieste’s international Free Port continues causing the escape of the Italian judges from their own Constitutional obligation […]

Inapplicability of the Italian VAT – IVA in Trieste: the first hearing

Inapplicability of the Italian VAT – IVA in Trieste: the first hearing

On Tuesday, March 12th, 2019, before the Court of Trieste, took place the first hearing of civil lawsuit No. 4277/18, initiated by the International Provisional Representative of the Free Territory of Trieste – I.P.R. F.T.T. to request the verification of the inapplicability of the VAT of the Italian State on the supplies of goods and […]

Notified to the Italian Government the appeal about taxation in the Free Territory of Trieste

Notified to the Italian Government the appeal about taxation in the Free Territory of Trieste

On March 7th, 2019, the International Provisional Representative of the Free Territory of Trieste – I.P.R. F.T.T. lodged the appeal for case No. 1757/17, initiated versus the Italian Government, its Ministry of Finances, its Tax Agencies and social security body INPS. The original document, in Italian, is published at this LINK; soon available the English […]

Trieste summons the Italian Government before Court for applying the VAT (IVA)

Trieste summons the Italian Government before Court for applying the VAT (IVA)

Trieste, 4 December 2018. – Like the tax exclaves of Campione and of Livigno, on the border with Switzerland, Trieste and its international Free Port should be exempted from the Italian Value Added Tax – VAT (Imposta sul Valore Aggiunto – IVA), although for different reasons. Just like San Marino and Vatican City, Trieste is legally […]

The problem with China’s investments in the Port of Trieste

The problem with China’s investments in the Port of Trieste

Analysis by Paolo G. Parovel Zeno D’Agostino, President of the Trieste Port Authority, with the Vice-president of China Communications Construction Company Ltd, Ziyu Sun Some of the main State investors of the People’s Republic of China are negotiating to buy partial or total shares of private Italian companies that work in the international Free Port […]

Trieste: two legal actions stop the real estate operations on assets of the International Free Port

Trieste: two legal actions stop the real estate operations on assets of the International Free Port

Analysis by Paolo G. Parovel On 29 May 2018, two legal actions of the I.P.R. F.T.T. – International Provisional Representative of the Free Territory of Trieste (LINK) stopped the operations of a transversal group of local Italian politicians and real estate speculators who, since years, are trying to illegally subtract to the international Free Port […]

The legal and fiscal question of the Free Territory of Trieste is consolidated

The legal and fiscal question of the Free Territory of Trieste is consolidated

Trieste, 8.3.2018 – The Law Commission of the I.P.R. F.T.T. – International Provisional Representative of the Free Territory of Trieste has published an expertise that ultimately consolidates the legal and fiscal question of the present-day Free Territory of Trieste and of its international Free Port. The innovative study is published in English (LINK) and in […]