Current regulations

The Conciliation Body Concordia et Ius srl operates in compliance with Legislative Decree no. 149 of 10 October 2022, implementing the delegation conferred to the Government with Law no. 206 of 26 November 2021, among other things "for the efficiency of the civil process and for the revision of the regulation of alternative dispute resolution tools" and intended to encourage Mediation as a measure to reduce judicial litigation, intervening on Legislative Decree no. 28 of 4 March 2010 in order to ensure a better quality of the Mediation Service and a greater qualification of the Bodies interested in providing, on the one hand, the Service itself and, on the other, the Training necessary for the purposes of registering Mediators in the appropriate Lists referred to in Article 3, paragraph 3, of Ministerial Decree no. 180 of 18 October 2010.

To this end, Article 7, paragraph 1, letter v) of Legislative Decree no. 149 of 10 October 2022 amended and integrated Article 16 of Legislative Decree no. 28 of 4 March 2010, intervening on the requirements that Mediation Bodies must possess for the purposes of registration and remaining in the specific Register referred to in Article 3 of Ministerial Decree no. 180 of 18 October 2010, while with the subsequent letter z) it inserted Article 16-bis in order to similarly regulate the requirements that Mediation training bodies must satisfy in order to register and remain in the specific List referred to in Article 17 of Ministerial Decree no. 180 of 18 October 2010.

The following are the rules which are listed for the sake of completeness:

• Legislative Decree 6 September 2005, n. 206 - Consumer Code
• Decree of 24 July 2006 - Application form for registration in the Register of Conciliation Bodies and accreditation requirements for entities authorised to train conciliators
• Directive 2008/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters
• Article 60 of Law 19 June 2009, n. 69, delegating to the Government the matter of Mediation and Conciliation of civil and commercial disputes.
• Legislative Decree of 4 March 2010, n. 28, implementing Article 60 of Law 18 June 2009, n. 69, regarding Mediation aimed at the Conciliation of civil and commercial disputes
• Decree of 18 October 2010 n. 180 - Register of Mediation Bodies and list of Mediation Trainers
• Decree of 6 July 2011 n. 145 - Regulation amending Ministerial Decree of 18 October 2010, n. 180, on the determination of the criteria and methods for registration and maintenance of the Register of Mediation Bodies and the List of Mediation Trainers, as well as on the approval of the compensation due to the Bodies, pursuant to art. 16 of Legislative Decree n. 28/2010.
• EU Regulation of 21 May 2013 n. 524/2013
• Decree of 4 August 2014 n. 139 - Regulation amending the Justice Decree of 18 October 2010 n. 180, on the determination of the criteria and methods for registration and maintenance of the Register of Mediation Bodies and the List of Mediation Trainers as well as on the approval of the allowances due to the Bodies
• Legislative Decree 6 August 2015, n. 30
• Law 21 June 2017, n. 96
• Legislative Decree 21 May 2018, n. 68
• Legislative Decree 10 October 2022, n. 149