Grants to local authorities for urgent preventative measures

The granting of subsidies to local authorities for the carrying out of urgent preventative works arising from and following a natural disaster that has already occurred, which are necessary to prevent the risk from continuing or worsening, or to prevent new risks from arising.

Once the municipal authority has submitted the expert report or the final/detailed design for the works, it must wait for the Risk Prevention and Single Emergency Co-ordination Centre to classify the project as an urgent preventative measure before it can apply for a grant.

Municipalities

Where a hazardous situation arises that requires urgent preventative works to be carried out, the local authority draws up the project and submits it to the Risk Prevention and Civil Protection Service, requesting that it be classified as an urgent preventative measure. If the relevant provincial service gives its approval, the local authority must, within the specified deadline, submit an application for funding using the form published on the Province’s official website, in one of the following ways:

• by hand delivery to the relevant department;
• by post, via registered post with acknowledgement of receipt. The date of posting shall be taken as proof of compliance with the deadline;
• (preferably) submission via electronic means, in accordance with the relevant technical regulations, via the P.I.Tre. interoperability system or to the following address: serv.prevenzioneprotezionecivile@pec.provincia.tn.it

The grant application, completed using the appropriate form, must be accompanied by:

• photographic documentation showing the current state of the site;
• a signed copy of the technical and economic feasibility study/detailed design;
• a signed copy of the approval notice for the technical and economic feasibility study or detailed design;
• where the project item ‘funds available’ provides for the purchase or compulsory purchase of property or land, the value of which is equal to or greater than 50 per cent of the investment: a copy of the decision by the competent body approving the technical aspects of the property acquisition; for purchases: a valuation report; for compulsory purchases: an estimate of the costs of the compulsory purchase.

90 days from the day following the date on which the application was submitted.

The outcome of the procedure is formally notified to the applicant local authority, stating the reference number of the decision and the website where it is published.

In the event of a negative outcome, the local authority may lodge:

• a judicial appeal to the T.R.G.A., within 60 days of the notification or communication of the decision, in accordance with Law No. 1034/71;
• an extraordinary appeal to the President of the Republic, within 120 days of the notification or communication of the decision, in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 1199/71.