FEPORT, the European federation of terminal operators and operators private dockers, expressed appreciation for the commitment made Greece to change its tonnage tax regime, commitment to make national legislation on the determination of flat-rate taxable income of shipping companies based on the tonnage of ships in line with European rules on aid for A state of which the European Commission has taken note in recent days.

FEPORT, together with other logistics representatives has repeatedly asked the European Commission to ensure that the tonnage tax regimes ancillary services also offered by other maritime logistics operators. With regard to the Greek regime, At the beginning of last year, the Federation of European Terminal Operators had brought an action before the Court of Justice of the EU against the European Commission for omission since the latter did not Formal proceedings have been opened against Greece.

Welcoming Greece's commitments, FEPORT specified that it awaits the publication of the formal decision to analyse how the measures taken by the EU Commission will solve all the problems for competition related to the Greek tonnage tax, in particular the exclusion of port services from the scope of the tax system, and the period within which Greece will have to implement the measures.

The federation also expressed the hope that the decision of the European Commission paves the way for the modification of the tonnage tax of other European nations to make these in particular - specified FEPORT - ensuring that cargo handling operations are covered by a minimum effective tax rate according to the second of the OECD Agreement as transposed by Directive 2022/2523'.

"We hope - said the president of FEPORT - Ghunther Bonz - that the time for rules based on autonomous decisions and tolerance on the tonnage tax is definitively concluded, in how much it has been a source of distortion of competition within the maritime logistics chain across the EU. We need for a clear, fair and robust EU framework that supports the competitiveness of all sectors that are part of the supply chain chain».