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May 11, 2022
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- Tasters, good Commission amendments
TRAN MEP to safeguard maritime services for
territorial continuity and motorways of the sea
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- For the Italian association, the inclusion of transport
maritime in the ETS should only cover intra-EU travel
-
 Assarmatori expressed appreciation for the positive vote of the
recent days of the Transport and Tourism Commission (TRAN) of the
European Parliament to the draft opinion (rapporteur Novakov) on
proposal for a directive providing for the inclusion of shipping in the
European Emissions Trading ETS
(
of 29
April 2022). "It is - explained the president
of the shipowning association, Stefano Messina - of a turning point
very important, which follows the resolution adopted by the Commission
European Policies of the Italian Senate. The amendments of the
TRAN Commission - Messina clarified - are in fact aimed at
safeguard continuity-related link services
territorial and those of the Motorways of the Sea, which otherwise
would be jeopardized with obvious damage in a country like
Italy which has the largest island population and boasts the most
large fleet of ferries at European level. It also
recognized the principle of shared responsibility between
owner and operator of the ship as part of the eventual
inclusion of shipping in the ETS system and has been advanced
the proposal for the establishment of a "Transition Fund"
maritime", useful for financing research investments and
technological necessary to achieve ambitious goals,
shareable and passable only if implemented with the right
timing and linked to realistic criteria».-
- Assarmatori claimed that from the Parliamentary Commission
TRAN has also received further recognition although
indirect of the theses supported for some time by the Italian association:
"the choices made by Europe on the ETS - he noted
Asthma arresters - threaten to move ocean trade to
ports outside the European Union such as those of North Africa".
According to Assarmatori, "the inclusion of maritime transport
in the ETS it should only cover intra-EU travel'. For
the association, 'that scope would render
credible and feasible initiative, strengthening the role of
leadership of the European Union: this within a
a global debate that should take place within
of the International Maritime Organization, avoiding tensions
international trade and preserving at the same time the
competitiveness of EU ports'.
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- "Now - added Messina - we express the hope that the
Italian Government and the European Parliament to accede to the requests
advanced by the Senate Committee and the Transportation Committee and
EU tourism: environmental sustainability must be
in fact conjugated with the economic and social one in order to be
pursued to the end".'
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- Assarmatori also focused on the approval of the
European Parliament, in the plenary session of 5 May, of a
resolution on the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict on the
tourism and transport, a document expressing 'concern'
for the impact of international maritime transport,
logistics, supply chains and prices of the
fuel" and in which it is emphasized that "a combination
higher prices for energy and transport
it would affect all citizens, in particular families in
low income', inviting the Commission 'to carry out
an economic and social assessment of the consequences as a matter of urgency
the war on all modes of transport in the EU market and
offer support quickly." "Again in this case -
messina observed - these are issues that Assarmatori has
brought to the attention of public opinion for some time. The risk
that geopolitical tensions are reflected economically on the
consumers, without properly calibrated interventions, is
concrete and in some cases already in place. All this puts to
jeopardising the recovery from the pandemic, in particular in the sector
tourism and more generally passenger services, as well as
of goods'.
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