The Internal Control reporting procedure (see the Telecom Italia Group chapter, Corporate Governance system paragraph) requires the Head of the Audit Department, who answers directly to the Board of Directors, independently of the senior executives: ■ to ensure that reports are received, logged and analysed; ■ based on the results of the preliminary analysis, to launch a structured audit activity (if required); ■ to communicate the results of the analyses to the relevant departments so that they may take the appropriate correct ive actions (if required).