Coast (AP Venice): Confindustria calls for the liberalization of protected markets today? Confitarma begins with the technical nautical services




The President of the Port Authority of Venice, Paolo Costa, has sent an open letter - which we publish below - the President of the Italian Confederation of Ship Owners (Confitarma), Paul D'Amico, and the president of Confindustria, Emma Marcegaglia, stressing ' urgency of implementing the liberalization of technical water and allow it to compete with the Italian ports of competing ports of other nations.

Referring to the poster "companies of the project for Italy" with which Confindustria has presented five measures considered necessary to foster growth and economic development, Mr. Costa noted that the document "is mentioned, the fourth of five actions, recourse to the liberalization markets, now protected in order to liberate the entrepreneurial energy and production which alone can bring hope for a development of our country. It is taken seriously in this solicitation - wrote the president of the Port of Venice - that I am confident that you and your associates can do your part in liberalizing the technical nautical services, the regulation of which now prevents the Italian ports to compete with each other and competing ports in other countries. "


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AUTORITÀ PORTUALE DI VENEZIA

Lettera aperta
AUTORITÀ PORTUALE DI VENEZIA

Lettera aperta

		Dr. Paul D 'Amico President Confitarma Piazza SS Apostoli 60 00187 Rome
	and PC	Dr. Emma Marcegaglia President Confindustria 30 Avenue of Astronomy 00144 Rome
		Dr. Cesare Trevisani Vice President for Infrastructure, Logistics and Mobility Confindustria 30 Avenue of Astronomy 00144 Rome


SUBJECT: WATER AND LIBERALISATION OF SERVICES TECHNICAL AND BUSINESS PLAN FOR ITALY

Dear President,

I am writing in hopes that you can share in its associates to the topic in question, at the next meeting.

Do 'for granted that you have in mind the "Project of the companies in Italy," signed September 30, 2011 by Confindustria, ABI, ANIA, network companies and the Alliance of Cooperatives Italy Italian.

In that document, in urging the government to take urgent and radical decisions to start growth, it cites, the fourth of five actions, recourse to the liberalization of markets, now protected in order to liberate the entrepreneurial energies and productive than sun may be hope for a development of our country.

And 'take seriously in this solicitation to trust that you and your associates can do your part in the liberalization of water services engineer, whose regulations now prevent the Italian ports to compete with each other and competing ports in other countries.

The reduced competitiveness of the Italian ports is unfortunately easily documented, see for example the Port of Rotterdam (trans-continental infrastructure needs to 2030/2050, OECD, November 2010) considers the whole of North Italy as its own market, not disputed by other competing ports. The negative effects of tariffs for water services technician in force today, are also documented, as is evident for example the Italian ports of the North Adriatic ports daily subjected to competition from Slovenia and Croatia: for each of 42,000 grt container ship, the total cost to port, port services (data 2010) in Venice is equal to € 30,000, € 16,500 in Trieste to Koper € 12,500, € 9,000 in Rijeka, figures that at the end of the year can result in a cost difference between an Italian port Croatian and one of up to € 1 million for a scheduled service Intercontinental with the Far East.

The imperfections of the markets for these services, which complement those made at sea on the dock in every port have long been known and, as you recall, described in detail in '"fact-finding investigation in the field of port services" conducted by the Authority for competition and the market in 1997.

A situation that is perhaps worse than then, so much so that even the writer to raise in the administrative justice more than an objection to an interpretation of existing rules, which is worsening the situation.

I raise the issue with you as to whether to define the port for port fees for pilotage, towage, mooring had reached an agreement in which interassociated Confitarma also agreed on the opportunities that discipline, organization and pricing of these services could be defined on the basis of an agreement between local authorities in the Maritime and Port Authority, without giving possible space to corporate interests that now express themselves through substantial expertise on the same centralized.

And 'therefore with surprise and regret that I have held in court for the establishment of Confitarma opponendum against the attempt of the Port of Venice to overcome corporate interference in tariff setting.This attempt to contribute, through the introduction of incentives for efficiency of technical water, to "align the national regulatory framework with EU standards" as required in the document of Confindustria "Project business for Italy," and that would benefit the port users - from the owners themselves - as well as the entire supply chain logistics and manufacturing that uses the port of Venice as well as other Italian ports.

In short, Mr. President, I am convinced that you, as well as all other owners, do not want to preach good suggestion to liberalize markets and scratching less well preventing even small modest steps toward greater competition in the ports and between ports.

I have a copy of this because I hope the President Marcegaglia can support at national level to promote liberalization and efficiency in our ports, which still constitute the natural gate of access to markets for Italian companies.

I am sure you share this letter and the spirit of confidence that the growth of the country can also go for "vigorous liberalization of economic activities", including those of technical water, I offer my most cordial greetings.

The President
Prof. Paolo Costa