Published the Law by Decree 112/2008

Published in the "Gazzetta Ufficiale", the italian Official Journal, No. 147 of June 25th 2008, the Law by Decree No. 112/2008 bringing "Urgent dispositions for the economic development, the simplification, the competitiveness, the stabilization of the public finance and the tributary equalization". The par. 28 provides for the institution, under the vigilance and policy guidance of the Ministry for the Environment and the Protection of Land and Sea, of the “IRPA -Istituto di ricerca per la protezione ambientale” (Research institute for the environmental protection). The IRPA will carry out the functions of the Environment Protection and Technical Services Agency (APAT-Agenzia per la protezione dell’ambiente e per i servizi tecnici), of the National institute for the wild fauna (INFS-Istituto nazionale per la fauna selvatica) and of the Central institute for the scientific and technological research applied to the sea (ICRAM-Istituto centrale per la ricerca scientifica e tecnologica applicata al mare).