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Zmar is a huge campsite of over 40 hec-

tares, and its management team has al-

ways been accustomed to hosting inter-

national guests. It probably never imag-

ined, however, that it would be hosting

guests from Canada, or, even more ex-

traordinary, from China. The Friendship

Rally was a great chance to exchange

ideas and make new friends, to enjoy

evenings of music and wine. Above all it

was also a chance to learn about how

things are going in two very different

countries, about life in Canada (where

the 2012 FICC Rally will be held in Que-

bec) and life in

China. China is

very slowly

starting to ap-

preciate the

world of out-

door vacations

and, although it

only has 12 offi-

cial campsites,it is looking at

Italy with inter-

est.

Newsletter a cura di

Confederazione

Italiana

Campeggiatori

MAY 2011Numero 11

Tel.: 055 88 2 3 91

Fax: 055 88 2 5 91 8

E- mai l :

segreteri a@federcamp eggio.it

Siamo su internet:

federcampeggio.it

Notizie di rilievo: Rally Amicizia Patente Raduni Notizie flash

In sintesi notizie flash dalla Sede nazionale. Ampi servizi sarannopubblicati sul prossimo numero de Il Campeggio Italiano

UFFICI CONFEDERALI:Orario giorni feriali:

apertura per il pubblico dalle

ore 9,00 alle ore 17(pausa ore 1313,45)

ENGLISHVERSION

A WET RALLY ISA LUCKY RALLYThe not-so-great weather

conditions did nothing to

ruin the meeting in Portugal

of a large number of teams

from seven European

(Turkey, Croatia, Germany,

Switzerland, Italy, Spain and

Portugal) and two non-

European (Canada and

China) countries that gath-

ered there for the rally. The

inevitable changes in the

programme notwithstand-

ing, the camps manager,

Loureno MELLO managed

to keep everyone happy with

a cheerful and spontaneous

atmosphere of friendliness

and allegria which, despite

the meteorological condi-

tions, was immediately evi-

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The Portuguese President of the F.I.C.C. was particularly celebrated:

Joao Alves PEREIRA, accompanied by some of his councilors: SAINDON

LOUISE, KARABONCUK BULENT and JOSE IGLESIAS GONZALES.President Pereira often expressed

his deep gratitude to Confeder-

campeggio for having organised

this Friendship Rally in Portugal,

but he also thanked President

Picilli for his book about tourism

en plein air, full of information,

practical advice and data about all

of the camper federations in

Europe. It is a book that will con-

stitute a point of departure for the

next triennial of the FICC.

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At the end of the Rally, awards were handed out to the

Portuguese Camper Federation (F.C.M.P.), and to the old-

est team headed by Mr. Hans REUTEGGER. An award was

also given to the teams who travelled the longest way to

get there: Louise SAINDON (from Canada) and Milian HO

(from China). The most distant Italian club was the team

from Perugia, the A.C.Perugini.

Presidents Pereira and Picilli, who was accompanied by

National Councilor Giovanni Grassi and by the general sec-

retary, I. Vai, also received memorial gifts.

The Zmar campsite was given an award for having organ-

ised the rally with such efficiency and for having created

such a great setting, the bad weather notwithstanding.

Zmar has also joined the Confedercampeggio Circuit

Ciao Campeggio. We now have another really great

place to go in Portugal.

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During the Rally, participants visited

the city of Evora, a UNESCO World Heri-

tage site, as well as the areas sur-

rounding Odemira, a city in the south-ern region of Algarve. Hiking, wellness

centres, shopping, lots of raised

glasses and photos completed the pic-

ture

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Salone del Camper: new Web siteWith a background photograph depicting nature,

the spirit of en plein air is beautifully repre-

sented in the debut of the new Salone delCamper Web site. The important industry event

takes place for the second year now at the Fiere

di Parma from 10 to 18 September.

The aim of the event is to encourage dialogue

between the various industry sectors: manufac-

turers, accessory makers, accommodations and

tourist destinations, dealerships, experienced

campers and neophytes.

The newly renovated site went on-line on 5 May

and features fresh graphics and updated content,

it is easy to use and, highlighted with a white

background, there is a NEWS and services sec-tion in which the Salone del Camper will reveal

the novelties in store for visitors to the event.

www.salonedelcamper.it

Important agreement signedto protect consumersNot long ago, ASSOCAMP, TRUMA and DIMATEC

signed an agreement re-qualifying warranty inter-

ventions at the Headquarters of Assocamp at the

Ascom Confcommercio in Parma which calls forstrict collaboration between Assocamp, Truma

and Dimatec with regards to the warranty inter-

ventions of all Truma components. This has been

a much-desired goal of the signers for a long time

now, and will allow for a considerable increase in

the number of authorized centres who can work

on camper engines and systems, thus guarantee-

ing improved service to the end-user. The leaders

of Truma, Dimatec and Assocamp were all pre-

sent at the signing, as was the Board of Directors

of Assocamp: Angela von Schenk for Truma Ger-

many, Mr. Fernando Collini and Mr. Marco Zanifor Truma Italia, Mr. Patrick Schmid for Dimatec

and Mr. Vittorio Dallaglio for Assocamp.

An increase in RV sales? Impossible!While recreational vehicle manufacturers and dealer-

ships seek to find ways to make it easier to sell new

vehicles, the government is passing news laws thateffectively harm the consumer. On the basis of the

reforms being introduced regarding Fiscal Federal-

ism, the Legislative Decree covering the ordinary

autonomy of revenue of the regions and provinces, as

well as the determination of costs and standard

needs in the sanitary sector approved by the Council

of Ministers on 31 March of this year, and which has

not yet been published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale, the

provincial registration tax, known as the IPT, will un-

dergo changes that will affect all M1 vehicles

(therefore also auto-caravans), as well as light com-

mercial and industrial vehicles. By the end of Mayanother decree will be adopted which will determine

the applicative criteria concerning various categories

of vehicles. The tax, in effect, will double for new ve-

hicles, while they will remain more or less unchanged

for used recreational vehicles. The ANFIA-APC, with

whom we spoke, declared itself against the new IPT

rules in a press release. It is tax that only we here in

Italy must pay and which will only add to the fiscal

burden of the industry, which is already one of the

largest contributors to the coffers of the State and

which is still in a delicate phase as it attempts to

deal with the on-going economic crisis.

Confedercampeggio National AssemblyA National Assembly of the Confedercampeggio has

been called for Saturday, 18 June. There are many

topics on the agenda, among them the 2010 Finan-

cial Report and proposals to confer Honorary Mem-

bership status to various Directors. The meeting

begins at 10am in Calenzano.

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AL-KO ATC a winner at theDCC Technology Awards 2011The ATC (AL-KO Trailer Control) systemwon the award at the DCC Technology

Awards 2011 for its contribution to this

system, which improves levels of comfort

and safety in recreational vehicles. ATC

was also promoted by ADAC tests. The

new device, which is linked to ATC via

radio and can be installed inside the car,

will now also be available in Italy by the

end of the year. AL-KO was the protago-

nist of the DCC Technology Awards 2011,

a competition promoted by the most im-

portant German camper association, theDeutsche Camping Club. It is a recogni-

tion that a jury assigns to firms who have

developed innovative systems in the field

of accessories for campers and who have

given an important contribution to the

improvement of comfort and safety of rec-

reational vehicles. AL-Ko won the award

in the caravan division with its ATC (AL-

KO Trailer Control), an electronic device

which reduces the risk of side-slipping

and stabilizes the trailer in critical situa-

tions by automatically braking and gradu-ally reducing oscillation without the

driver having to intervene.

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