Council of Europe, Resolution CM/ResCSS(2013)9 on the application of the European Code of Social Security by Italy (Period from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012) (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 11 September 2013 at the 1177th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

This resolution of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe followed the 27th annual Report of Italy, concerning the application of the European Code of Social Security in the period from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012. The Committee of Ministers observed that law and practice in Italy were in line with those provisions of the European Code whose application was under review. On the other hand, and remembering that the austerity policy in Italy has led to the re-organization of the National Institute for Social Security (INPS), the Committee of Ministers noted that the new organizational model cannot not achieved at the expense of quality and accessibility of social services to the population. Italy will provide statistical data in its next report, regarding the dynamics of poverty in the country (including among the active population, pensioners and children), bearing in mind that preventing and reducing poverty are among the European Code’s main objectives.