the Italian government has examined in via preliminary matter decrees on the reorganization of the harbour administrations



In the late evening yesterday the Council of Ministers, on proposal of the minister for the Simplification and Public Administration, Maria Anna Madia, has approved of under investigation preliminary decrees legislative in matter of reorganization, rationalization and simplification of the concerning discipline the Harbour Authorities.

I decree confirmation that the competences of current the 24 Harbour Authorities will be assumed by 15 Authorities of Harbour System that will have center in the defined ports second "Core" the European norm. The Ministry of Infrastructures and the Transports, has evidenced that, with to other actions in course, I decree tip on the competitiveness of the national ports and supports the role of the Italy, crossed from four railway corridors TRIES, as hub in the Mediterranean and European logistic platform.

The centers of Authority of Harbour System will be to Genoa, La Spezia, Livorno, Civitavecchia, Cagliari, Naples, Palermo, Catania, Gioia Tauro, Taranto, Bari, Ancona, Ravenna, Venice and Trieste.
I decree previews that to the new Authorities of Harbour System they will make reference 54 you carry of national importance. Moreover the Regions will be able to ask the insertion in the Authorities for System of ulterior ports of regional importance.

Alle alleviates of Authority of Harbour System will be entrusted a strategic role of address, programming and coordination of the system of the ports of own area. It will have functions of attraction of the investments on the various ports of call and of connection of the public administrations. The relation with the Ministry of Infrastructures and the Transports is previewed a grip, in particular for the Town development plan of Harbour System and the infrastructural programs with national or communitarian contributions.

The provision previews that the Authority of Harbour System is governed by a Committee of management, that is board narrow to little people, coming down from current the 336 members about of the Harbour Committees on a national level to about 70. In particular, they will take part of the Committee of management: the president, named from the minister of Infrastructures and the Transports of understanding with the president or the presidents of the Regions interested between candidates with proven experience and professional qualification; a member designated from the Region, two in case of two Regions; a member designated from the mayor of each of the metropolitan cities, if you anticipate in the harbour system; a member designated from mayor of each former city Harbour Autorità, if you anticipate in the harbour system; a representative of the Marine Authority with single ballot on the competence issues.

Moreover, in order to guarantee the coherence with the national strategy, the national Table of coordination of the Authorities of Harbour System will be instituted to the Ministry of Infrastructures and the Transports. For the dialogue with the economic subjects and social assets in the ports are previewed also, in each Authority of Harbour System, a Table of Partnership of the Resource Sea, with advisory functions of economic-social partnership.

At last the Authorities of Harbour System will be able to make use, inside of the harbour system, territorial Offices of Port of call, in the centers of the current Harbour Authorities, with tasks instructors and of proposal on local matters and with other administrative tasks, of vigilance and decisional own.

The Italian government has specified that the provision introduces also meaningful norms of simplification between which the customs only door, the administrative only door and the only door of control, and a efficientamento of the organs of government for the Authorities of Harbour System is arranged also.

The government has specified that the provision is placed side by side by other actions in course for the logistics and portualità, between which the simplifications for escavi and the dredgings in the environmental Connected one, the harbour railway connections of the "last mile" inside of contract RFI, the review of the old projects and the release of the investments let alone ferrobonus and the marebonus with 200 million incentives in the Law of Stability 2016.

The president of Federagenti has manifested satisfaction for the approval of decrees legislative. "We emphasize with conviction, waiting for to better know the contents of the provisions decided from the Council of Ministers - Michele Pappalardo has commented in the heat of the moment - the positività of carrying out in existence: it turns that it essentially consists in a new conviction about the importance and the strategicità of the field for the total resumption of the Country". "All - it has found the president of Federagenti - it can be perfected, and there will be the times in order to make it. It is however, beyond any appraisal and adjustment in course of work, important essential thing and for the future of the country that the reform of the ports has entered to take part of the strategic objectives of the government".

Also the Association of the Italian Ports (Assoporti) has expressed satisfaction for what it is - has emphasized the association of the Harbour Authorities - "the first action on the road of essential a harbour reform for I throw again of the national system of the ports and the logistics". "A reform - it has specified the president of Assoporti, Pasqualino Monti - than the association hopes can allow with the System Country to take advantage of until in bottom the potentialities and the strategicità of this section". "In the auspice that is defined in fast times the implementing provisions - it has continued Monti - all you decree and the actions that they return executive the choices of the minister of the Transports, Graziano Delrio, and of the government all in harbour matter, the Association of the Italian Ports, once emphasizes more the importance of the job carried out and essentially aimed to recover positions on the road of the efficiency and the international competitiveness. In a country that is the seventh world-wide industrial power, but that this role to a transformation industry must essentially - has concluded Monti - the ports and the logistics represents the key of time for the success of Italy, of its economic and occupational structure, and therefore of its future development. A special appreciation goes to minister Delrio and all its staff for being successful to lead "in port" the first phase of a reform much wait".

The 15 Authorities of Harbour System, with center and ports that will take part of the relative jurisdictions

Authority of Harbour System of the Ligurian Sea Western
Genoa, center of the Authority of harbour system
Savona, Vado Ligure

Authority of Harbour System of the Ligurian Sea Oriental
La Spezia, center of Authority of harbour system
Marina di Carrara

Authority of Harbour System of the Tyrrhenian Sea Northern
Livorno, center of Authority of harbour system
They lead, Portoferraio, Rio Marina

Authority of Harbour System of the Center-Northerner Tyrrhenian Sea
Civitavecchia, center of Authority of harbour system
Fiumicino, Gaeta

Authority of Harbour System of the Tyrrhenian Sea Central
Naples, center of Authority of harbour system
Salerno, Castellamare di Stabia

Authority of Harbour System of the Strait
Gioia Tauro, center of Authority of harbour system
Crotone (old and new port), Corigliano Calabro, Taureana of Palmi, Villa San Giovanni, Vibo Valentia, Reggio Calabria, Messina, Milazzo, Tremestieri

Authority of Harbour System of Mare Di Sardegna
Cagliari, center of Authority of harbour system
Olbia, Porto Torres, Golfo Aranci, Oristano, Portoscuso-Portovesme, Santa Teresa di Gallura (only commercial dock).

Authority of Harbour System of the Sea of Western Sicily
Palermo, center of Authority of harbour system
Termini Imerese, Porto Empedocle, Trapani

Authority of Harbour System of the Sea of Sicily Oriental
Catania, center of Authority of harbour system
Augusta

Authority of Harbour System of Mare Adriatico Meridionale
Bari, center of Authority of harbour system
Brindisi, Manfredonia, Barletta, Monopolies

Authority of Harbour System of the Ionian Sea
Taranto, center of Authority of harbour system

Authority of Harbour System of Mare Adriatico Centrale
Ancona, center of Authority of harbour system
Falconara, Pescara, Pesaro, San Benedetto del Tronto (excluded tourist dock), Ortona

Authority of Harbour System of Mare Adriatico Centro-Settentrionale
Ravenna, center of Authority of harbour system

Authority of Harbour System of Mare Adriatico Settentrionale
Venice, center of Authority of harbour system
Chioggia

Authority of Harbour System of Mare Adriatico Orientale
Trieste, center of Authority of harbour system