Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato The Italian Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (IPZS) ('State Mint and Polygraphic Institute'), founded in 1928, is situated at the Piazza Giuseppe Verdi in Rome. As well as producing coins, passports, and postage stamps for Italy, it serves the micro-states of the Vatican City, San Marino, and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. It also publishes books under the imprint "Libreria dello Stato". Banknotes are produced by Bank of Italy. In 2002, IPZS became a public limited company ("società per azioni" or SpA) with the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance ("Ministero dell'Economia
Amministrazione delle Finanze dello Stato v Simmenthal SpA was declared unconstitutional. It referred the question of what to do in a case of conflict to the ECJ. The Attorney General Reischl gave an Opinion suggesting that timing of the Italian law was irrelevant, and EU law was supreme. The ECJ held that the national court had a duty to give full effect to Community provisions, even if a conflicting national law was adopted later. Amministrazione delle Finanze dello Stato v Simmenthal SpA Amministrazione delle Finanze v Simmenthal SpA (1978) Case 106/77 is an EU law case, concerning the conflict of law between a national legal system and European