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Directorate IV - Banking and Financial System-Legal Affairs

Office I

General affairs, secretariat and support to the Head of the Directorate with respect to the matters falling within the Directorate's area of responsibility. Personnel management, personnel transfers within the Directorate, performance evaluation of directors and staff, and management of variable salary, in accordance with the policies and general guidelines set by the Department of General Administration, Personnel and Services. Compliance matters related to the register of assignments (anagrafe degli incarichi). Administrative procedures preparatory to the conferral of mandates for advisory and coordinated collaboration services to external personnel, and execution, to the extent of the resources allocated, of contracts and the related approval decrees in connection with the Department of General Administration, Personnel and Services for the purpose of the subsequent administrative/accounting management. Definition of the Directorate's requirements and needs in relation to human resources, training, purchases and logistics. Planning and procurement of the financial resources assigned to the Directorate. Consultation and legal-administrative coordination with respect to matters falling within the Directorate's area of responsibility. Compliance matters related to the Directorate's strategic planning, management control and budget. Relationships with the Legislative Office. Meetings, studies and legal publications involving the Directorate. Management of the Directorate's databanks. Retail financial services, protection of the right to access the financial market, financial education, formulation and proposal of primary and secondary regulations in matters falling within the Directorate's area of responsibility. Handling of matters falling within the Office’s area of responsibility at EU and international level. Relationships with public and private parties in the sector. Management of international twinning projects.

Director:
Graziana CARMONE
Tel. +39 06 47614105 / +39 06 47614089
Fax +39 06 47610113
E-mail graziana.carmone@tesoro.it

Office II

Regulation and policies in the financial sector with regard to the issues of risk containment, stability, and prudent and sound management. Monitoring of the financial sector in relation to such matters. Formulation and proposal of primary and secondary regulations for matters falling within the Office’s area of responsibility. Surveillance with regard to the issue of stability, from the standpoint of the Ministry's responsibility. Preparatory analysis for the Ministry's measures for matters falling within the Office’s area of responsibility. Activity to support the Director General of the Treasury in his role as Secretary of the Interministerial Committee for Credit and Savings (CICR) and handling of the relationships with the Bank of Italy's staff assigned to CICR secretariat. Activity to support the Director General of the Treasury in his role as Secretary of the Committee to Safeguard Financial Stability. Sector studies. Crisis measures. Relationships with the Bank of Italy. Relationships with surveillance authorities and other public institutions in Italy and abroad. Relationships with associations and actors in the financial services sector. Handling of matters falling within the Office’s area of responsibility at EU and international level. Surveillance for which the Ministry is responsible with respect to the Bank of Italy and other entities in the financial services sector.

Director:
Giuseppe Vito FORESE
Tel. +39 06 47613487
Fax +39 06 47617787
E-mail giuseppe.forese@tesoro.it

Office III

Regulation and policies in the financial sector with regard to the issues of transparency, rules of conduct for market participants, and fairness of conduct. Budgetary discipline and legal audit. Monitoring of the financial sector in relation to such matters. Formulation and proposal of primary and secondary regulations for matters falling within the Office’s area of responsibility. Surveillance on the subject of transparency and rules of conduct, from the standpoint of the Ministry's responsibility. Preparatory analyses for the Ministry's measures for matters falling within the Office’s area of responsibility. Sector studies. Crisis measures. Relationships with CONSOB. Relationships with surveillance authorities and other public institutions in Italy and abroad. Relationships with associations and actors in the financial services sector. Handling of matters falling within the Office’s area of responsibility at EU and international level.

Director:
Roberto CICIANI
Tel. +39 06 47614960
Fax +39 06 47611345
E-mail roberto.ciciani@tesoro.it

Office IV

Financial sector strategies and policies. Monitoring of market trends and of the adequacy of the institutional and regulatory framework. Formulation and proposal of primary and secondary regulations. Analysis and formulation of Italian, EU and international policies for the financial sector. Activity to support the Director General of the Treasury in his role as Secretary of the Committee to Safeguard Financial Stability. Sector and intersectorial studies. Coordination of the Directorate's international activities and institutional and private sector relationships. Regulation and policies in the public utilities sector.

Director:
Luigi Maria DISANTO
Tel. +39 06 47613419
E-mail luigi.disanto@tesoro.it

Office V

Surveillance of banking foundations. Formulation and proposal of primary and secondary regulations. Preparation of surveillance directives. Examination and approval of statutes. Verification of the requisites of the members of the governing bodies of the foundations. Monitoring of the selling of foundations' shareholdings in banks and adoption of the related measures. Relationships with associations and with other administrations having responsibility in this area. Examination of accounts, and preliminary and final financial statements, and adoption of the related provisions. Monitoring of investments and disbursements. Management of banking-foundations databank. Surveillance of other foundations subject to the Ministry's supervision. Relationships with the Legislative Office for matters falling within the Office’s area of responsibility. Handling of legal disputes and relationships with the Attorney General's Office (Avvocatura dello Stato).

Director:
Fiorella PERCOPO
Tel. +39 06 47614058
Fax +39 06 47614465
E-mail fiorella.percopo@tesoro.it

Office VI

Legal counsel in relation to: management of the State's direct and indirect shareholdings, corporate shareholders' meetings, reorganisations and non-recurring financing transactions, processes of selling direct and indirect shareholdings and the related placement transactions on the domestic and international financial markets. Selection of and relationships with external legal advisors for privatisation transactions. Legal documentation and measures needed for disposal of assets. Formulation and proposal of regulations regarding public-sector investment in the equity of companies and privatisations. Legal counsel and legislative guidance with respect to the issue of the contendibility of corporate control. Legal aspects of the regulation of financial intermediation. Legal counsel on the subjects of competition, deregulation and regulation of public utility markets. Relationships with the State's advisory bodies, Council of State and Attorney General's Office (Avvocatura dello Stato), for matters falling within the Office’s area of responsibility. Relationships with the State Audit Court (Corte dei Conti). Relationships with the administrations and the sector authorities. Studies and research concerning business law. Handling of matters falling within the Office’s area of responsibility at EU and international level.

Director:
Paola TIROCCHI
Tel. +39 06 47610239
E-mail paola.tirocchi@tesoro.it

Office VII

Legal counsel and legislative guidance on the subject of the regulation of issuers of financial instruments traded in regulated markets. Legal counsel and legislative guidance with regard to corporate law, civil law, contract law and public financial transactions. Release, in the role as the Department's internal advisor, of legal opinions in relation to the issuance of State's bonds on international markets and other public financial transactions. Handling of matters regarding commercial and corporate law at an EU and international level. Formulation and proposal of primary and secondary regulations with respect to commercial and corporate law and issuer regulations, including the transposition of EU directives and recommendations. Selection of and relationships with external legal advisors. Relationships with the State's advisory bodies, the Council of State and the Attorney General's Office (Avvocatura dello Stato). Relationships with the State Audit Court (Corte dei Conti). Legal research and studies.

Director:
Elena COMPARATO
Tel. +39-06-4761-3768
Fax +39 06 47613339
E-mail elena.comparato@tesoro.it

Office VIII

Legal counsel and legislative guidance with regard to public law, administrative law, international law, state accounting and criminal law. Public aspects of the regulation in the financial sector. Coordination of the Directorate's assessment activity of the general regulatory measures. Relationships with the state's advisory bodies, the Council of State and the Attorney General's Office (Avvocatura dello Stato). Relationships with the State Audit Court (Corte dei Conti). Legal research and studies. Surveillance of other entities operating in the sectors falling within the Directorate's area of responsibility.

Director:
Aurelio DI PUMPO
Tel. +39-06-4761-3201
Fax +39 06 47613201
E-mail aurelio.dipumpo@tesoro.it