Italian Transport Regulation Authority

The Italian Transport Regulation Authority (Autorita di Regolazione dei Trasporti ART) was set up under article 37 of Decree-Law No 201 of 6 December 2011. The Authority was established within the framework of the public utilities regulatory bodies pursuant to Law No 481 of 14 November 1995. The Authoritys main mission is the economic regulation in the field of transport and access to related infrastructures and services. Further, ART is competent for defining the quality levels of transport services and the minimum content of the rights that may be claimed by users against infrastructure managers. The Authority reports annually to the Parliament highlighting the state-of-the-art of the liberalization measures which have been already adopted and those which remain to be defined. The Authority is an independent administrative authority and operates in full autonomy, in accordance with the EU legislation and in compliance with the subsidiarity principle and with the powers of re...