Sogin, Italy’s state-owned company responsible for dismantling the country’s nuclear power plants has been put under external administration with a special commission appointed to oversee it.

A legislative decree confirming the decision was formally published in the official Gazette of the Italian Republic.

Sogin Società Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA) remains state-owned, but is now being run by the commission, composed of a commissioner and two deputy commissioners. The commission will remain in office for one year, although this can be extended by subsequent decree.

In Italy, a government-appointed commissioner has special responsibilities and duties to deal with urgent or extraordinary assignments for a planned period.