ITALY LAW AND PRACTICE Contributed by: Giorgio Berlingieri, Alberto Massimo Rossi, Alfredo Lizio, Alberto Torrazza, Simone Gaggero and Filippo Cassola, ADVANT Nctm
In particular, the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation, together with the FuelEU Maritime initiative, under which ships calling at European ports are required from 2025 to use fuels with a lower impact, introduces mandatory targets for member states with regard to grounding, in the main European ports of the TEN-T network, of bunkering points for, among others, liquefied natural gas (LNG, liquefied bio-gas, liquefied synthetic methane and mixtures) by 1 January 2025 and of shore-side electricity supply facili - ties in ports (so-called “Cold Ironing”) by 31 December 2029 (de facto by 1 January 2030). In this context, member states were asked to prepare and submit a draft national strategic framework for the development of the market for alternative fuels in the transport sector (such as methanol and ammonia) and the realisation of the related infrastructure to the European Com - mission, by 31 December 2024, with final policy frameworks to be submitted by 31 December 2025.
The national strategic framework must also con - tain an overview of the planned measures for the realisation of infrastructure for alternative fuels in seaports (ie, for electricity and hydrogen) for port services in line with the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 352/2017. In this regard, the case of coastal depots is worthy of attention since they are subject to the general regulations for port concessions set out in Article 18 of Law No 84 of 1994. The coastal depots (a set of equipment and systems such as tanks, pipes and pumps used to receive, store and return liquid products) are located within port areas and connected to the sea. As a consequence, considering that coastal depot concessionaries are often in an oligopolistic or dominant position, the responsi - bilities arising from making the commitments to make the investments necessary to enable the energy transition will fall within the scope of the concessionary obligations of individual depots and more generally within those of the principles imposed by competition.
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