Interim suspension by the Lazio Regional Administrative Court also announced

In brief

In the context of the conversion into Law of the Law Decree No. 51/2023, the Chamber of Deputies approved an amendment extending from 30 June to 31 July, 2023 the payment of payback amounts due by medical device companies. The amended text, on which the Chamber of Deputies was asked for a vote of confidence, received the majority of affirmative votes and has now been transmitted to the Senate.

Key takeaways 

With regard to the payback on medical devices, the Lazio Regional Administrative Court issued a decree suspending payment orders issued by various Italian Regions, admitting the motion filed by several medical device companies.

The arguments used by the companies in the appeal leverage on the impossibility of paying the requested amounts by 30 June 2023 “given the absence of sufficient corporate liquidity” which would entail “the actual risk of suffering the compensation provided for by Law Decree No. 78/2015 as early as July 1, 2023, with extremely serious consequences, resulting in a financial crisis that would affect the business continuity”.