(Finance) – “Today more than ever, the comparison constructive between institutions and industry represents a decisive element for continuing to operate and compete on seas of the world by contributing to the development of the sea economy and, with it, to the relaunch of the country “. Like this Nicola CocciaCoordinator of the Rules and Competitiveness Committee of Confitarma, audited by the IX Transport Commission of the Chamber of Deputies as part of the examination, among others, of the legislative proposals of the Honorable Gariglio and Ficara regarding amendments to the Navigation Code and provisions for the simplification of the regulations concerning the administrative system navigation and maritime work. In fact, he added, “we are now on the eve of one Revolution of the sector of transport maritime national following the imminent conclusion of the process of extending the benefits provided by the International Registry to EU / EEA flags “.
“In the face of this profound change, the strategy winning is only one: to implement urgent measures simplification legislation of the national maritime law together with the “unbureaucratization” of the processes and the dematerialization of the procedures – said Coccia – bills of Deputies Gariglio and Ficara, strongly supported by Confitarma, fit perfectly into the pursuit of this objective “. Appreciating the intervention of the Hon. Gariglio, Nicola Coccia affirmed that these initiatives of the Parliament can also give a strong impetus to the activity of the Administration for a synergic de-bureaucratization of non-legislative measures “.
“The International Registry it is a necessary but no longer sufficient condition to ensure the competitiveness of our companies – he pointed out Giacomo GavaroneOperational Coordinator of the Rules and Competitiveness Committee of Confitarma – underlining how the important work conducted by the Parliament does not exhaust the much broader legislative simplification project of the Navigation Code and the related legal system, of which Confitarma has been promoting for years at the competent institutional offices and which has recently been integrated with further proposals, all characterized by the fact that, in many respects, they are free of charge for the State in relation to maritime transport ” .
In particular, Confitarma expressed concerns based on the proposals amending Law 84 of 1994 regarding the conference of coordination of the presidents who would no longer be chaired by the Minister but by a person appointed by him. For Confitarma, the only feasible option is for the Minister to appoint an external person trusted by him and not one of the members of the conference. In addition, Confitarma hopes that the rule relating to participation will finally be concretely applied. of port users at the coordination conference.
“If the observations of the armament are supported by the Parliament and if this reform project were concretely pursued in its entirety and in a short time, our flag would finally be able to compete with the Community ones, also for the benefit of the national interest “, reads a note.