Italy Agrees to IOC Demands 01/26/21 (ATR) Italy’s outgoing government acts at the 11th hour to avoid possible sanctions from the International Olympic Committee. CONI was stripped of much of its duties by the 2018 legislation. (CONI) The cabinet on Tuesday approved a decree that guarantees the autonomy of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI). The IOC, as early as August 2019, had been warning Italy that a sport reform law passed by the Italian Parliament in late 2018 was in violation of the Olympic Charter, as it constitutes government interference affecting the Italian NOC’s autonomy presiding over Italian sport. The legislation established a government-controlled organization entitled “Sport e Salute”, or Sport and Health, to manage distribution of funding to Italy’s NGB’s. The law also reduced CONI’s role to only handling preparations for the Olympic Games.