"The approval of the bill is likely to have Negative effects on system planning and functionality transport and logistics of the country'. This was stated by the President of Conftrasporti-Confcommercio, Pasquale Russo, referring to the text on differentiated autonomy approved by the by the Chamber of Deputies.

Expressing the fear of repercussions on the effectiveness of the system and competitiveness of Italian companies, Russo recalled that "Conftrasporto has repeatedly highlighted whereas transport and logistics are a complex and interconnected whole, which by its very nature requires an organic, visionary approach from which ultra-sectoral interventions also derive. The new law, which confirms the competences of subjects that can be be transferred to the Regions - Russo pointed out - did not have the foresight to provide for a link between territorial choices and national plans that this government is also adopting, or revising, aware, therefore, of the peculiar characteristics in the transport sector'.

"The fact is also worrying," continued the president of Conftrasporti-Confcommercio - that the law has been approved in total lack of definition of Essential Performance Levels ports, airports and major infrastructures, and the difficulties in identifying objective criteria for We have already expressed doubts and perplexities. In fact, these are infrastructures on which they "travel" market services, in many cases already widely regulated and on which concession relationships determined by contracts insist legally binding'.

"With just a few days to go before the EU elections, given the the centrality of the Trans-European Networks and the international transport have had - concluded Russo - the fragmentation of policies and regulations in the sector risks to undermine the competitiveness of the national economic system'.