Following the outcome of a consultation with the parties Interested parties, to which only three replied subjects, two of which are absolutely in favour of the proposal and one satisfied with the initiative, the Department of Transport of the Kingdom United has announced that it will present to the Parliament in London A bill to repeal European Regulation 2017/352 establishing a regulatory framework for the provision of services ports and common rules on financial transparency of ports and to amend also the relevant parts of Regulation No 671 of 2020 of the United Kingdom which regulates pilotage services and port services in the context of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the Union European. Brexit was implemented at the end of January on 2020, while the European regulation remained in force also after the transition period ending on 31 December 2020.

The news of the repeal of the regulation by the end of the year European port services has been welcomed by the British Ports Association, which called it a "dividend of Brexit' as - according to the association of ports British - "will help safeguard the competitiveness of British ports and will contribute to maintain a flexible and open system for port users'.

"This - the managing director of the British Ports Association, Richard Ballantyne - is a very good news for the UK maritime industry since the Port Services Regulation has created a non-flexible system and additional costs borne by ports and freight forwarders." Explaining why in the opinion of the BPA the repeal of the European regulation will bring benefits to the port system Ballantyne pointed out that, "unlike Other port communities, our sector is supported financial, strategic and regulatory independence as well as a strong element of competition and customer service. These rules - he added recalling that the ports of the United Kingdom are of private property - were originally designed for adapt to other European port sectors where there were no rules of this type but which have a greater involvement of the State. Therefore, we have long argued that they are not suitable for the United Kingdom. In fact, we already have rules and absolutely clear agreements in force, which translates into users ports in Great Britain served by a port sector modern, dynamic and user-oriented».