Alarm of the Federation of the Sea for the possible procedure of infraction EU on the taxation of the entrances of the AdSP



Commenting the news of an eventual start by the offices of the EU commission of a procedure of infraction against Italy with regard to the lacked fiscal imposition on the canons perceived concession and authorization from the public bodies whom the Italian ports administer, giving of in concession the docks to private operators, that is the Harbour Authorities of Harbour System (until 2016, Authorities), the Federation of the Sea, the organization that represents the Italian marine cluster, has express great alarm for such possible European initiatives and has denounced the serious consequences that could derive some for the economy of transformation of a Country, as the Italy, characterized from sparsity of matters first.

In a note the Federation of the Sea has evidenced that "the cost increment that would derive some would go in the opposite sense to the competitiveness recovery that the Federation of the Sea asks for the Italian ports and would have strongly negative consequences on the same productive abilities to the national industry: Italy is in fact a great manifacturing country with little raw materials, an economy of transformation that provisions generally by sea from abroad and whose produced they are often exported overseas".

The Federation has remembered that Italy today imports for sea through the national ports 200 million tons of goods and of it exports 70 million (Eurostat 2016). To this the marine transport of goods joins internal, than it is situated around 95 million the tons. Altogether, for the Italian ports tons of goods pass annually 480 million: between these, 180 million goods liquid, 70 million tons of solid bulk, 220 million goods several (of which, 95 million tons on rotabili and 120 million in container).

In this enormous amount of goods that is moved through the marine system and the ports - the Federation of the Sea has still remembered - are part us of the fossil energetic sources, as crude oil and gas, and then goods that interests the Italian manifacturing production directly: producing oil refined, manufactured products in metal, producing agricultural and alimentary, mineral, chemicals and to articles in plastic and rubber, materials buildings, wood and paper, producing to elevated added value as equipment and machinery, means of transport, furniture. Neither - it has emphasized the Federation - it must forget that internal and international tourism plays and will always play more a role key in the Italian development: today the movements of the passengers in the national ports exceed 45 million, of which 11 million relative to the crocieristi. Also this traffic of people journeys through the Italian ports and the concessionaires who operate to you.

"It cannot escape therefore - the note of the Federation of the Sea concludes - than, for an economy so integrated in international the marine activities, as that Italian, and for a Country from the strong insulare dimension which is ours, increases in the harbour costs would have completely negative consequences on the price trend and the increase. For this, the marine cluster asks the government a careful political appraisal for the issue and an adequate reaction".