In 1997 the Commission adopted the Export-credit Communication which provides that no State aid is to be granted to support export-credit insurers in respect of marketable risks and that public export-credit insurers will, at the very least, have to keep a separate administration and separate accounts for their insurance of marketable risks and non-marketable risks for the account or with the guarantee of the State, demonstrating that they do not enjoy State aid in their insurance of marketable risks.
L'article 6 du décret-loi no 269 du 30 septembre 2003 (converti en loi no 326 du 24 novembre 2003) — portant dispositions relatives à la transformation, à partir du 1er janvier 2004, de l'Istituto per i servizi assicurativi del commercio estero (SACE) en société anonyme (SACE S.p.A.) — a délimité les opérations de la société, en tenant compte de l'évolution du marché concerné.