It has been filed with the Administrative Court Regional for Lazio the appeal with a precautionary application against the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Decree 170 of 10 June 2026, updating the tariffs for services rendered by the Port Authorities for authorization and control of institutes, bodies or training companies of maritime workers. The application, sponsored by the Law Firm of the Attorneys Esposito and Di Lieto, was put forward by the two associations representing stakeholders, the Italian National Association of Maritime Trainers (ANIFORMAR) and the Association of Confederation of Maritime Trainers (CONFORMAR), and by 15 associated training centers.

The applicants complain that the new tariff regime imposed by the to the subject entities is burdened with a further six new items taxable income with tariff increases ranging from +7.6% up to even to +149.3%. Furthermore, they highlight that this new regime tariff, introduced without any prior comparison, in addition to aggravate the Centres on the administrative-managerial level, introduces a markedly regressive tariff imposition that weighs heavily unsustainable way, especially on medium and small centers size, as the new charges exceed the full margin operational development, seriously jeopardizing its very continuation of activities, with serious repercussions on the employment of the staff.

It is also emphasized that the prejudice does not concern only the recurrent Centres, since it also extends to all the seafarers, as STCW training certificates are mandatory and must be achieved and periodically renewed at the Authorised Centres at the expense of the seafarer or the shipping company, and on which it is reversed in a significant the new tariff imposition, doubling in many the cost of services.

It should also be noted that the foreseeable reduction in the number of Centres or the less the lower availability of training sessions and examination - especially in peripheral and island areas - will expand necessarily the time to achieve and renew the certifications, with the real risk of missed embarkation and loss of work and pay, and that similar damage is would also reflect on the shipping companies that will have difficulty in recruiting certified seafarers according to their operating times.

The applicants point out that, therefore, that new regime tariff structure, in addition to producing, if it persists, the damages listed above, appears arbitrary and markedly illegitimate, especially for breach and misapplication of the principles of proportionality, Predetermination and predictability of performance excess of power due to unreasonable standardization, disproportionate, repetition and duplication of the burdens imposed.

The president of ANIFORMAR, Eugenio Massolo, and the president of CONFORMAR, Roberto Polisetti, have specified that, in the interest of of their members, but above all to protect seafarers who are the recipients of their educational/training service, with this appeal want to denounce an unsustainable taxation and, in their opinion, illegitimate and a further burden bureaucratic situation. At the same time, the two organisations would like to see a Increased policy focus on the entire education system maritime which represents, in this phase of profound transformation technological technology of the sector, a strategic axis to ensure the safety of navigation.

The TAR for Lazio has already scheduled the relevant hearing to the urgent request for a precautionary application for the next 3 November.