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To Venice analytical controls on fuel champions of the ships will be carried out
Protocol of understanding which signed from Harbour Authority, Harbour office and Interregional Direction of Customs
March 30, 2012
The Harbour Authority and the Harbour office of Venice and the Interregional Direction of Customs for Veneto and the Friuli Venice Julia have signed an understanding protocol that previews the location of instruments and modality of collaboration thesis to return more effective the activities than verification in matter of protection of the quality of the air with the objective to safeguard the health of the citizens and the environmental protection of the city of Venice (with particular reference to the limitation of the atmospheric pollution).
The first step for the performance of the agreement will be to construct some operating procedures for the realization of analytical controls to carry out on fuel champions to marine use. The Harbour office of Venice will have the task to capture on board ship the fuel champions to analyze and their delivery to the Chemical Laboratory of Venice of the Agency of Customs.
The Laboratory will carry out the analyses on the received champions and will send to Harbour office and Harbour Authority the results so that they currently verify the compatibility with the norms in vigor. At the expense of the Harbour Authority, moreover, also the administrative cover for the performance of the protocol.
Port Authority has specified that the verifications of laboratory will on board join to the controls standards carried out from the Harbour office on the paper documents "bunkers delivery notes", held ship obligatorily, that they identify the type of used fuel and of it they indicate the relative one contained of sulfur.
With the subscription of the understanding protocol, therefore, to the paper control, analytics will join to a verification on the fuel champions, carried out second the opinions of the agreement as soon as signed, in ottemperanza to previewed how much from article 296 of I decree 152/2006. Remembering that to pass from 1°gennaio 2010 in fact it is prohibited I use it of fuels with advanced sulfur tenor to 0.1% in mass for the ships to the mooring, the harbour agency has evidenced that the controls carried out for the verification of the respect of the norms will be returned therefore still more effective, in the maximum respect of the atmosphere and the quality of the air of the city of Venice.
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The Harbour Authority and the Harbour office of Venice and the Interregional Direction of Customs for Veneto and the Friuli Venice Julia have signed an understanding protocol that previews the location of instruments and modality of collaboration thesis to return more effective the activities than verification in matter of protection of the quality of the air with the objective to safeguard the health of the citizens and the environmental protection of the city of Venice (with particular reference to the limitation of the atmospheric pollution).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
