Generally, such notices are given to people before prosecutors make a request for them to be brought to trial.
Former Pescara prefect Francesco Provolo, Province of Pescara President Antonio Di Marco and Ilario Lacchetta, the mayor of the town of Farindola, were among those who were notified.
The avalanche engulfed the Hotel Rigopiano in Abruzzo on January 18, 2017, trapping 40 people including guests and staff.
Some of the victims were instantly crushed to death, while others who remained trapped died of hypothermia and asphyxiation.
The charges brought against those notified are likely to include manslaughter and causing injury though negligence by failing to take adequate precautions to protect the hotel’s residents.
Investigators suspect that local authorities had not responded accordingly to calls for help from two people who had escaped the hotel.
Rescuers reached the site several hours after the incident occurred and had to travel on foot because roads had been blocked by heavy snow.
The investigation also found that the hotel should never have been issued with building permits allowing its construction in the first place, and that it should at the least have been closed during the winter, when the avalanche risk was at its highest.
