implementing decrees determined the creation of the Ministry of Productive Activities, after the merging between the Ministries of Industry, of Foreign Trade and Communications. However, the last one was maintained autonomous by the Berlusconi II Cabinet in 2001. In 2001, with the Prodi II Cabinet, the Department for Development and Economic Cohesion was incorporated into the Ministry of Treasury, Budget and Economic Planning (renamed later as Ministry of Economy and Finance) and the new Ministry of International Trade was established in 2006, along with the Ministry of Economic Development. Only in 2008 the Bassanini reform was re-established and the MiSE included the functions of the Ministries of Communication and International Trade, which ceased to exists with the Berlusconi IV Cabinet. The last modification occurred in 2013 with the spun off of the Department for Development and Economic Cohesion and the creation of the new Agency for Territorial Cohesion under MiSE. In 2022, the Ministry of Economic Development (Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico) was renamed to Ministry for Business and Made in Italy. Competences According to the Decree n. 158 of 5 December 2013, MiSE has competences related to four areas of the Italian economy: Industrial policies in favour of competitiveness, industrial research and innovation, technology transfers, patents and trademarks, struggle against counterfeiting, funds and benefits for companies, productive reconversion and reorganization, management of corporate crisis, support to small and medium enterprises, promotion and valorization of products 'Made in Italy', consumer protection, monitoring of prices, promotion of competition, simplifications for enterprises and others required by law. Policies for internationalization: exports, trade facilitation with foreign countries, commercial strategies within the European Union, multilateral and bilateral agreements, promotion of Italian investments abroad, attraction of foreign investments in Italy, instruments for commercial defence, promotion of 'Made in Italy'. Energy policies: national energy budged and strategy, transport networks, energy infrastructures, security of supplies, single European market of electricity, promotion of renewable energy and energy efficiency, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, dismantle of decommissioned nuclear plants and pacific usage of nuclear energy, national gas market, oil plants and market, national mining policies, downstream oil system and related market, storage of natural gas. Communication policies: regulation of electronic communications, radio and TV broadcasting and postal sector, service agreements with RAI e Poste Italiane, distribution of frequencies for radio and TV broadcasting services, cellular networks and emergency services, monitoring and control of the national radio-electric spectrum, infrastructural programme for