ROME – Framework law on interports, the Chamber has approved the final text. The Unione Interporti Riuniti (UIR) expressed “extreme satisfaction” at the recognition of the strategic value of interport structures. “We are facing a “historic” turning point – commented UIR in a note. “35 years after law /90 which established Italian interports, finally in Italy we have a modern regulatory instrument at our disposal, adequate for the changed needs of the interports sector.”
“This is a great result, in fact the new regulation” – commented the president of UIR, Matteo Gasparato – “largely incorporates the vision promoted by the Association aimed at giving the Italian interport system a modern regulatory framework consistent with the objectives of sustainable development and intermodality. Furthermore, the text undoubtedly represents a good base from which to start for further improvements.
For this reason, UIR expresses appreciation for the work carried out by the legislator, in particular the first signatory of the Law, Hon. Mauro Rotelli and, at the same time, due credit must be given to the Government for its great sensitivity on the matter and for having strongly wanted to reform the sector after 35 years. A sign of real and rare consideration and, therefore, of the tangible recognition of the value of a strategic asset for the country attributed to interportuality.
We now face the start of an implementation phase that can effectively translate the principles of the law into concrete measures, capable of supporting the development, sustainability and territorial balance of the national interport system.
Among the main innovations of the measure: the recognition as strategic infrastructures of the country system, the definition of an interport, the simplification of procedures, the introduction of objective criteria for the identification of new interports – conceived as sustainable hubs, equipped with renewable energy plants and certified energy efficiency systems. For interports, in an increasingly competitive international context, this law represents a concrete opportunity to strengthen Italy’s strategic role in Euro-Mediterranean logistics, enhancing a network that already sees five Italian interports among the top ten in Europe.
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In conclusion, it is finally unequivocally acknowledged that intermodality and the network of Italian interports represent a non-negligible part of the backbone of our country, on a par with other strategic networks and infrastructures”.
