Giuridico e Amministrativo

🛫 In September 2025, Italy's Privacy Authority halted the use of facial recognition ("FaceBoarding") at Linate and Fiumicino airports. Initiated in Linate between 2019-2020 and expanded to Fiumicino in 2024, the service allowed voluntary registration for quicker boarding. Concerns arose over biometric data control, prompting the temporary halt. SEA, managing the Milan airports, aims to resolve the issue and resume the service while ensuring passenger privacy and compliance with regulations.

📜 The European Commission is considering stricter visa controls for Russian citizens to pressure Russia regarding the Ukraine war. This initiative follows an increase in visa approvals over the past year in Spain, France, and Italy, despite 2022 restrictions. The EU-27 will discuss these new rules, which would add to existing sanctions against Moscow. In response, the Russian government has indicated it will act according to its interests.

📈 Minister Daniela Santanché assured the tourism sector of ongoing support following recent controversies over the new directive on travel packages. Key changes include clearer package definitions, eliminated deposit constraints, and objective criteria for extraordinary circumstances. This aims to reduce bureaucracy and enhance agency operations while safeguarding consumer and business interests. The Ministry of Tourism will continue advocating balanced protection as the EU prepares for trilogue discussions for final directive adoption.

🛫 Roma, 16 settembre 2025: Le associazioni del turismo, tra cui AIAV CNA e Federturismo Confindustria, criticano il Parlamento Europeo per la revisione della Direttiva Pacchetti Turistici. Cambiamenti sfavorevoli penalizzano le imprese, favorendo operatori illegali e piattaforme extraeuropee. Le nuove regole potrebbero aumentare i rischi per i consumatori e creare squilibri di mercato. Le associazioni richiedono interventi governativi per proteggere il settore e salvaguardare lavoro e sicurezza.

🏢 Commissione Affari Costituzionali del Senato is set to vote on new rules for managing "dehors" spaces linked to cultural and scenic public areas. The current law, from December 16, 2024, potentially excludes hotels serving food and drinks only to guests. Federalberghi advocates fair regulations to avoid past pandemic-related discrimination, where only certain businesses could simplify "dehors" installations.

📅 Venezia's city council approved a visitor access contribution for 2026, covering 60 days, up from 54 in 2025. The fee applies mainly on weekends, from Friday to Sunday, between 8:30 AM and 4:00 PM, excluding minor islands. The fee starts in April, covering dates from April 3-6, 10-12, 17-19, and 24-30; May 1-3, 8-10, 15-17, 22-24, and 29-31; June 1-7, 12-14, 19-21, and 26-28; and July 3-5, 10-12, 17-19, and 24-26.

📚 Il 31 dicembre segnerà la fine dei dehors liberi, avviati durante l'emergenza Covid. La nuova normativa amplia l'autonomia comunale e limita l'obbligo di autorizzazione sovrintendentale solo agli spazi vicini a monumenti d'importanza eccezionale. La bozza di decreto è nella fase finale e richiede approvazione ministeriale. I beni culturali da tutelare devono essere elencati entro 60 giorni dall'entrata in vigore del decreto. Gli enti locali possono stipulare accordi con il ministero per definire criteri di autorizzazione automatica.

🛩 Boeing is facing a potential $3.1 million fine from the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) for safety violations. The fine is linked to incidents including an Alaska Airlines door issue, occurring between September 2023 and February 2024. The FAA found hundreds of quality control violations. The most severe were at Boeing's Renton, Washington facility and Spirit AeroSystems in Kansas, responsible for parts of the 737.

🛫 Italian travel industry associations, including Aidit Federturismo and Assoviaggi Confesercenti, criticize the European Parliament's new travel directive, which imposes burdensome costs on organized tourism businesses. They argue it favors non-European online platforms and lacks a fair "same market, same rules" principle. The directive fails to address airline insolvency or digital fraud, impacting legal operators. Associations highlight issues with coverage for wars, pandemics, and natural disasters. The directive's revision neglected crucial concerns post-pandemic and Thomas Cook's collapse.

🌍 Il governo egiziano ha firmato un accordo da 18 miliardi di dollari con Emaar Misr e City Stars per realizzare Marassi Red Sea nel governatorato del Mar Rosso, Egitto. La cerimonia ha visto la partecipazione di figure di rilievo come il primo ministro Mostafa Madbouly. Previsto in 4 anni, il progetto include 12 hotel, una marina, un molo panoramico di 400 metri, e creerà tra 150.000 e 170.000 posti di lavoro, con 25.000 stabili.