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The CNF is the institution representing the Italian Lawyers as our professional law states in Article 35. It covers institutional tasks as well as the jurisdictional ones, being the special court established before the Italian Constitution, having as its duty to evaluate the behavior of the registered lawyers during their professional career as well as their social behaviour, properly in respect of their social role of legal profession. Among its institutional duties, entrusted by the 247/2012 law, it issues and updates the lawyer’s deontological code, therefore it is a true regulatory act, even though, being at a second degree. Laywers are required to comply with this code of conduct in the exercise of their activity, taking into account that most of these rules aim to ensure the correct exercise of the profession and this to ensure the public interest. Among the institutional tasks outlined by the law, it is also that of issuing regulation about ongoing training that each lawyer is compelled to take care of in order to ensure the quality of professional services and to contribute to the best practice of the profession, therefore protecting clients and the administration of justice itself (art. 11 L. 247/2012). Once again we are talking about public interest. This mandatory training is also a deontological duty since it has to meet the obligation of competence (art. 14 cdf) that the lawyer must have in order to take on an assignment. I wish to draw the attention of all of us that the deontological norms are essential to reach the realization and the protection of the reliance of the community as well as the clients, of behaviour trustfulness, of the quality and effectiveness of professional performance. A professional performance must include knowledge of national and supranational legislation especially where we take into account that, considering the order of sources, supranational law comes before domestic rules. And it is definitely no coincidence that in article 1 of the code of legal ethics, a legal norm with full rights states that the lawyer in the exercise of her/his ministry shall ensure that the laws are in conformity with the principles of the constitution, the European Union law and those of the Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms. This, in view to protect the interest of the client. Special attention is therefore drawn by the CNF to deepen the EU law especially where, as in the aim of this project shared with as many as seven EU countries, it offers not only an opportunity to think from the law point of view, but also a comparison on its concrete application in the Member States. It is therefore such a pleasure for me to welcome you all here distinguished speakers and guests at the CNF and wish you to draw from this day not only profitable work but also a new wealth of professional and human relations.