› new directives and procedures have been issued to prevent the risk of unlawful acts being committed in especially sensitive areas such as the use of consultants, sponsorship agreements, donations to associations, gifts and hospitality and due diligence in extraordinary transactions and in relations with partners; › the implementation procedures followed by the Group companies continued to be monitored, such as in relation to contracts and activities to support sales activities; › an archive was compiled of legal opinions on the local arrangements applicable to dealings with intermediaries in the countries in which the Group companies operate; › Finmeccanica’s Security Project was commenced; › the first Global Trade Council conference was held and important activities of the Trade Compliance Programme were implemented, with the consolidation of the organisational structures and the approval of the sector directives for the sub-holdings; › the Compliance Management Manual pursuant to Law section on fraud risk management, was issued.