Hauliers, agriculture and fishing: the measures of the Meloni government's aid decree

"From March to August we provided 480 million, and another 60 million for the month of September to early October, also allowing the use of tax credits for the first months of 2027 to prevent some companies from going into extra credit and not being able to use the credits", explained the deputy minister at MIT, Edoardo Rixi, in a press conference after the Council of Ministers which launched an aid decree for road transport, explaining that "the credits will already be available at the first companies from next week". The MIT "started making payments yesterday and today the Revenue Agency certifies them to us, so by next week the first 2,000 companies sent yesterday will have tax credits in the tax receipt drawer", he continued. "This is a total of 32,000 businesses until the end of August and the other window for October will be opened in November."

"The 60 million for the cost of agricultural fuel" foreseen by the decree will arrive in a very short time through Agea, said the Minister of Agriculture Francesco Lollobrigida in a press conference after the Council of Ministers. The 60 million are used to "guarantee the purchase of 121 million liters, with a contribution of up to 45 cents - he added - After an initial intervention which covered the first part of the year, this covers until 15 October, catering to the companies that purchased agricultural fuel".

"After which we inserted some other rules, especially for medium-small companies which are currently the most suffering and which cannot partially access the tax credit which we know is reserved for Euros 5 and above, according to European directives and for vehicles over 7 and a half tonnes, that is, we have given the possibility of suspending leasing on vehicles for 7 months in order to conserve liquidity", Rixi further explained.

Furthermore, added Deputy Minister Rixi, "the so-called Spanish method has been inserted, i.e. the fact that in some areas of the country substantially unwritten contracts apply, and we also make it mandatory for unwritten contracts for hauliers to put the differential of the rising diesel cost on the invoice, so that it is spread between the client and the haulier".

Among the measures, a non-repayable contribution equal to 10% of the expenditure incurred between 1 June and 15 October is arriving for fishing entrepreneurs, up to a maximum limit of 10 million euros for 2026, for the increased costs incurred for the purchase of fuel. The contribution, we read in the text, "is granted in compliance with the legislation on state aid and does not contribute to the formation of income for the purposes of income taxes and the value of production for the purposes of the regional tax on productive activities (Irap)". Within 5 days of the entry into force of the decree, the Ministry of Agriculture will define the methods and terms for transmitting the documentation of fuel purchases, and within the following 30 days "the direct payment of the contribution will be made by crediting the bank or postal account previously communicated by each beneficiary".