Italy's football strike effectively ended when Serie A and the Italian Players' Union buried their differences and signed a collective contract valid until the end of June next year.
The Italian football federation says the contract was signed in the presence of its president Giancarlo Abete, Serie A president Maurizio Beretta and AIC president Damiano Tommasi.
The announcement means that Serie A can start on Saturday with the meeting of defending champions AC Milan and Lazio.
The announcement had been widely expected after the League said last week it was prepared to renegotiate several terms of the contract.
The previous agreement expired at the end of the 2009/10 season and negotiations for its renewal dragged on for the whole of last season.
The players' union, the AIC, says it believed an agreement had been reached in December, when a strike was called off at the last moment, but the Serie A did not sign.
The AIC ran out of patience last month, saying the season could not start until the signing took place.
