<![CDATA[I thought Italy was the land of bureaucracy.]]>I thought Italy was the land of bureaucracy.

An overseas company wants a certificate for my company. I need to go to a specific office to get it and then scan it. I could get the same document online, but it wouldn't be signed. However, it’s a certificate where I declare... so I would just sign it digitally anyway. But no, they want the paper version, scanned, and then sent to them.

It doesn't make any sense.

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