Yesterday the Management Committee of the System Authority Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale has expressed a favourable opinion on the "Regulations for the concession of areas and quays included within the Ligurian Sea System Authority Western" which was drafted to standardise the Internal provisions of the entity to Ministerial Decree no. 202 of 28 December 2022 "Regulation laying down rules for the issuance of concessions of areas and quays", a long-term measure entered into force on 15 January and states, inter alia, that "each Sistema Portuale identifies with its own regulations the criteria for the definition of state property fees to be applied in individual ports administered by the Commission, including those commensurate with the amount of the port traffic carried out there and commitments in terms of volumes and type of investment".

In addition, Regulation No 202 provides that State rents consist of a fixed component, established taking into account the the location, extent and condition of the area concession, limits and advantages in the use of the of the concession deriving from the characteristics of the area and the size of the investments proposed by the concessionaire in in relation to the implementation or modernisation of the port infrastructure in the area, and a variable component established through the application to the economic and financial plan of the concessionaire of indicators of the level of production efficiency, energy and environmental impact of the activity, as well as the quality of the services offered, including in terms of promotion and development of intermodality.