Agenzia per la Protezione dell'Ambiente e per i Servizi Tecnici (agency for the protection of the environment and for technical services, hereinafter "APAT") has developed a site – www.apat.it – to foster communications both toward the public administrations that are the focus of its institutional activity (central state administrations, non-economic national public bodies, and local bodies) and towards citizens and the corporate world.

 

 

 

The site was developed in strict HTML 4.01. The pages’ layout and visual style are regulated using CSS1 and CSS2 style sheets limited to the features supported by the browsers. The site’s contents are managed and published by an automatic system, K-board ®, owned by Unicity SpA.

 

Accessibility and usability

 

The site’s design and development phases paid special attention to the accessibility and usability features. The site’s accessibility is designed in particular for the blind, the vision-impaired, and those with other forms of vision disabilities.

 

The accessibility features take into account the technical specifications that currently constitute the reference most highly credited internationally: the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) WAI project. The www.apat.it site has been developed in compliance with WAI’s WCAG 1.0 guidelines.

 

 

Except for errors or omissions for which APAT reserves the right to take action, the utmost commitment was made for the pages to comply at least with the “AA” specifications of the WCAG 1.0 guidelines. APAT welcomes all reports or suggestions useful for improving the level of site accessibility. Any communication in this regard may be sent to webapat@apat.it

 

Display

 

The site is designed for display, with no appreciable limitations, at a resolution of 800x600 (SVGA of Windows systems) or greater.

 

Browser compatibility

 

In-depth testing was performed to check the compatibility of different browsers, in different versions.

 

As far as could be ascertained, the site’s information may be displayed properly – albeit not identically from the purely graphic standpoint – using the following browsers, in the indicated or subsequent versions:

 

Windows systems

 

Netscape 4x (limited graphics)

Netscape 7

Internet Explorer 5 x

Internet Explorer 6

Mozilla

Opera 5

McIntosh systems

 

Safari 1.0

Internet Explorer 5 x

Netscape 4x (limited graphics)

Netscape 7

Unix / Linux Systems

 

Netscape 4x (limited graphics)

Netscape 7

Mozilla

In addition to those expressly indicated, other browsers that properly render the CSS1 and CSS2 style sheets may be employed, although marginal limitations are possible.

 

File format

 

The documents are published mainly in PDF files. Consultation requires Adobe Acrobat Reader software, available free of charge in many languages (including Italian) and for many platforms, including Windows, McIntosh, and Unix/Linux.

 

There are also compressed ZIP files and files formatted in DOC and RTF.

 

 

 

APAT guarantees that the treatment of data – whether acquired through e-mail or electronic forms, or by some other mode – shall comply with the provisions of the regulations on the protection of personal data.

The content of the communications received by APAT (information requests, suggestions, ideas, or other materials of any kind) shall not be considered confidential information or data.

 

The party in charge of the treatment of personal data is:

 

APAT

Agenzia per la Protezione dell'Ambiente e per i Servizi Tecnici

Via Vitaliano Brancati, 48

00144 ROME

 

Phone:0039650071

Fax: 0039650072916

 

 

>Liability

 

Without prejudice to other indications of law, APAT may not be held responsible for the damage of any kind caused directly or indirectly by access to the site, by the inability or impossibility to access it, by the entrusting of the information contained therein, or by the use thereof.

 

Although APAT shall see that the site is supplied with information as up-to-date as possible, it does not guarantee the completeness or accuracy thereof. In particular, as regards the texts of regulations, notices, tenders, or competitions, APAT provides only for the purposes of disclosure said information, which thus does not constitute a legal source. Where appropriate, consultation of the official sources (Gazzette Ufficiali) is recommended.

 

APAT reserves the right to modify the content of the site and of this guide, at any time, and without notice.

 

Links

 

The links to external sites indicated by the APAT site are furnished as a simple service to the users. APAT bears no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the set of links indicated.

 

APAT’s indication of the links implies no kind of approval or sharing of responsibility with regard to the completeness or accuracy of the information contained on the indicated sites.

 

 

 

The site’s contents – script code, graphics, texts, tables, images, sound, and any other information available in any form – are protected pursuant to the regulations governing intellectual property.

 

All the companies and products mentioned by the site are identified by their respective trademarks, which may be protected by patents and/or copyright granted or registered by the appropriate authorities. Except as otherwise indicated, the software products and information content may be downloaded or used solely for personal use, or non-commercial use citing the source.

 

The documents and images available on this site may be used, copied, and distributed for profit only by written permission (or permission equally valid for legal purposes) from APAT, without prejudice to APAT’s right to claim fees. The copyright notes, authors where indicated, or the very source shall in all cases be cited in the publications produced and spread in any form.