Trieste wants a modern regime of "free zones" to the free points of the port



Today, in the course of before the two days of the international conference "Global Connectivity with the Mediterranean Basin" that hold to the Marine Station of Trieste, president of the Harbour Authority of the giuliana city, Marina Monassi, it has introduced the objective to put into effect a modern regime of "free zones" to the free points of the port of Trieste. "The Carriage free of Trieste - it has explained - is one of most ancient of the world: it was instituted with that of River in 1719 from emperor Carlo YOU of Asburgo. For such reason we have demanded to the Italian government who the management of the Free points of the port of Trieste can second happen the enforced customs in the other ports and bonded areas of the world, in other words second article 1 (All. VIII) of the Treaty of Paris of 1947".

Such regime - it has specified - previews that competitive, fiscal incentives are offered and not, actions to attract to investments and economic development. In the specific one, no imposition for excise taxes and on the yields limitedly to the yields produced in the Free points, the faculty of consumption of the goods to the state of foreign country for the activities carried out in the destined Free points or to the export; maximum promotion of the foreign international commerce for foreign country, with full opening to all the contacts and the proposals of development and financing; promotion of infrastructures and the services that are certainly profitable and effective the right of access to the Carriage free; ulterior development of the so-called Black Box, computer science system that allows the traceability of the goods in the Free points.

Marina Monassi, moreover, has remembered to have in recent days sent to the Prime Minister, Mario Monti, a letter in which was asked that they were held in consideration, inside of the governmental policies for the development, the potentialities offered from the port of Trieste through its regime of bonded area.

On behalf of the government the minister to the Atmosphere, Corrado Clini, has emphasized in a message "the importance that he covers, for all the turned strategies to promote the green economy, the availability of adapted areas of Bonded area, which it is exactly the port of Trieste, for the takeovers of logistic and productive activities to high content of technological innovation, with moderated impacts on the atmosphere and consisting savings of energetic resources, besides for the reflected induced ones of occupational added value and".

In its Amedeo Teti participation, general manager of the Ministry for the economic Development, has found that in the immediate one "he would already go convened in case of necessity a conference of the services in order to face the situations that involve the actors of the harbour system in the specific one".

Graham Mather, president of the World Free Zones Convention, the organism that has organized the event with the Harbour Authority and with the support Simest Spa, has evidenced that with the "free zones" "there is the concrete possibility to attract investments and to promote cross-border cooperation. It is a favorable moment - according to Mather - in order to involve president Mario Monti because the world, also thanks to its sets in action, is looking to Italy with great interest. Trieste - he has added - has an important role in the world of the bonded areas and it will have it ulteriorly: the way to follow is this as has recently demonstrated the conferences in China (to Shanghai) and India, with the two Countries that have demonstrated the great interest towards the bonded areas. The same one is making Poland, Greece and other Countries because they are dynamic crossroads of the finance, the economy and the communication".

"On these topics - it has observed the mayor of Trieste, Roberto Cosolini - to Trieste for many years much confusion has been made for which I confront with the protagonists of the world of the bonded areas is a lot important because as today we never need clarity. Clarity on the feasibility, the legal rules and the opportunities of the market. In the respect of the norms, it must understand as maintaining, developing, to transfer these areas for trare of maximum advantage. On this the experience of the operators will be of great aid".

"Finally - the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Trieste has confirmed, Antonio Paoletti - we will face with clarity the topic of the bonded areas. All the economic studies give as primary good for this region the port of Trieste. Time has parted in order too much to sleep the Old Port, but the thought now goes to the New Port and the zones for the back portualità with the possibility of enormous development. Come Camera di Commercio of Trieste we are moving for a long time for invogliare the enterprises of Far East to create their European base in the Port of Trieste".