The Constitutional Court says the rule used to value wind farms for IMI breaches the Constitution: Parliament never defined which properties use the cost method, or how it works. The ruling binds one case for now.
Parliament has backed compulsory helmets for e-scooter and e-bike riders at first reading. The PSD bill, with €30 to €150 fines and a night-time reflective-clothing rule, now goes to committee before a final vote.
An order in force from 1 October sets how investors apply for contracts giving up to 25 years of property tax breaks, with rents capped at 2,300 euros. It came three months late.
Overdue public bills rose 294 million euros in August alone, after a June law cut the grace period from 90 days to 30. The public accounts' surplus is down to 249 million euros.
The environment agency will now run the plan the council drew up after the November 2015 flood. Its centrepiece, a 1.5 km tunnel to carry the stream straight to the sea, is now costed at 33 million euros, more than double the first estimate.
