The sentence of a few days ago
In recent days, some information bodies and media in the sector have reported the news that the Council of State section fifth, last 06/03/2023 it pronounced the sentence of acceptance of the appeal presented by Federcaccia Toscana in 2016 aimed at affirming the principle of "representativeness" for the appointment of representatives in the Management Committees of the ATC Tuscany. A much-discussed aspect for the composition of the ATC management bodies as the hunting component (3 belonging to nationally recognized hunting associations, where present in an organized form on the territory of the district ....) must be expressed taking into account that where the law requires respect for "representativeness", the numbers of members adhering to the individual association are essentially valid and the concept of "participatory pluralism" cannot be applied.
current representation
The "pluralistic" composition of the Committee is therefore ensured by the individual components which are destined to find representation in it but is not required even within the hunting component. The principle of pluralism is therefore guaranteed in the composition of the ATC Committee (3 representatives of hunting associations, 3 of agricultural organizations, 2 institutionally appointed and 2 represented by environmentalist associations) and not within the 3 hunters' representatives. As regards the ruling concerning the appointments approved by the Provincial Administration of Siena for the relevant ATC, two associations which respectively represent 54% and 7% of the hunters present in the area, cannot express the same number of advisers on the ATC committee.
The position of Federcaccia Toscana-UCT
“A sentence that does justice to the hunting world after years of internal discussions and controversies. Who accused on several occasions Federcaccia Tuscany of wanting to play the "ace take it all," he has to resign himself today to democratic rules and principles. Numbers, in a democracy, have a fundamental value and cannot be subverted by populism and the controversies of some who are not resigned to their consistency of members and consequently to their real representativeness among hunters". "As far as we are concerned, the sentence leaves intact the current balance achieved in the Tuscan ATCs currently in place and fully operational, but it can also represent a useful precedent for the other regional realities" - said Marco Salvadori, President of Federcaccia Toscana-Unione Cacciatori Toscani (Tuscan Hunters Union). source: FIDC).