In the development, implementation and revision of EU legislation on Maritime transport must be strongly protected by geographical-territorial instances of European countries. It is the message launched yesterday by Assarmatori in Brussels during the Forum European Committee on Insularity of the Regions, to which the Italian shipowning association is She was invited to speak. The event, promoted by the office of the Sardinia Region in Brussels in the format of a conference entitled "After the European Parliament's Resolution on island regions: What's Next?", saw the participation of exponents politicians from the six European island regions, i.e. - beyond Sardinia - Balearic Islands (Spain), Corsica (France), Gozo (Malta), the Ionian Islands and Crete (Greece), as well as representatives of the EU institutions, such as MEPs, senior representatives of the European Commission, members of the Committee of the Regions and Economic and Social Committee, and politicians from other island regions European.

"We reiterated, on behalf of the national maritime cluster. - announced Dario Bazargan, head of the office of Assarmatori in Brussels, which took part in the work - the essential need to carefully consider the repercussions of European regulations on territories in the light of specificities geographical areas of individual countries. We fought, together with the Sardinia Region, so that the recent FuelEU regulation Maritime recognizes the specificities of the island through Specific mitigation measures not only for the smaller islands but also for connections with the major islands, although for the latter limited to routes subject to obligations or contracts of public service. Beyond the exemptions themselves - it has specified Bazargan - is of extreme importance now the introduction of a kind of "insularity clause" in all European legislative arrangements, starting next revision of the ETS Directive, which protects everyone without distinction island connections. Equally important is protection of the Motorways of the Sea from the risk of modal shift inverse resulting from such regulations, as well as the need to urgently revise the ETS Directive to avoid risks relocation of trade to non-EU ports'.