The Italian Confederation of Shipowners expressed its appreciation for the clarifications provided by the Marine Environmental Department and the Directorate General for Circular Economy and Reclamation of the Ministry Environment and Energy Security on the subject to the application of European Directive 2019/883 and its National implementing legislation (Legislative Decree 197/2021) concerning port reception facilities for the delivery of of waste generated by ships. Confitarma pointed out that "the ministerial clarifications, provided with a specific circular published yesterday also in response to some questions formulated by our association, offer the Port System Authorities and to the Port Authorities precise indications on the correct interpretation of the legislation, constituting an intervention particularly significant that goes in the direction of ensuring certainty of the regulatory framework and to overcome discrepancies applications that have been registered over the years between the various airports profiles that have also been the subject of specific attention also from the European Commission".

Confitarma hopes "that these indications can ensure a homogeneous application of the legislation throughout the national territory and trusts that the competent authorities promptly proceed to adapt their measures administrative staff. This will allow - noted the - to remedy certain situations in which users of the service are unfairly penalized, while ensuring greater efficiency, transparency and sustainability of the system. Clear, certain and equal rules for everyone represent, in fact, a fundamental element for the competitiveness of the system Italian port sector, as well as an essential condition for combining environmental effectiveness, economic sustainability of the service and quality of services rendered to users".