F2I buys Porto di Carrara Spa to create a national hub of ports “Milan, 31 May 2019 – F2i, the biggest Italian infrastructure fund with around 5 billion euro in assets under management, announces its entry into the ports sector with the acquisition of the Porto di Carrara Spa (PDC Spa) Group, which owns port…
The recent Italian stability law has finally solved the longstanding problem of whether port terminals are classifiable under the E/1 cadastral category, providing that as of 1st January 2020 they will fall under this category. Therefore, from that date, port terminals will no longer be subject to the payment of IMU (the Italian property tax)….
The guidelines for the drafting of the port system planning schemes have been issued by the Commission established by the Consiglio Superiore dei Lavori Pubblici (Italian Authority responsible for overseeing public works). The reform of the port legislation in Italy, governed by legislative decree of 4 August 2016, no. 169 concerning the reorganization, rationalization and…
On 27 June 2017 the Italian Minister for Infrastructures and Transport, the President of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region and the President of Autorità di Sistema Portuale dell’Adriatico Orientale (the Trieste Port Authority) announced the adoption of the implementing decree of the Free Port of Trieste. The Decree confirms the peculiarities of the Port of…
After having examined the complaints regarding anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominant position in the port of La Spezia, the Italian Antitrust Authority has deemed that there are no legal and factual elements which may justify further investigations pursuant to Law 287/1990. The procedure initiated by the Authority in 2015, following the reports of a…
The Commissione Tributaria Regionale (Tax Court of Appeal) of Trieste has once again ruled on the applicability of IMU (Property Tax) on concessionaires of state-owned property in the port of Trieste. After very uncertain case law, the Court has finally taken a very clear stance in favor of the concessionaires, excluding the applicability of the…
Stefano Zunarelli’s editorial published in The Meditelegraph (Number 8 – July 2016) is available here with the Publisher’s kind permission Article on pages 20 and 21