SSS and MoS Focal Points MeetingBrussels, 19 March 2010

ITALIAN ECOBONUS INITIATIVE

Dott. Francesco Benevolo – General Manager

Index

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Assumptions: a comparate analysis of the social costs of transportation

The Ecobonus experience in Sicily (2005-2008)

The national ”Ecobonus” (2007-2009)

Enforcement procedures

Main results

Perspectives

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Externality costs of motorway transportation in Italy

From the DPEF 2005-2008….:

Road accidents cost more than 30 Billion Euro per year; The incidence of the congestion costs on the overall industrial

production surpasses 1,4%, Which means a cost equal to approximately 12 billion Euro every year;

Congestion costs in the major cities have recently exceeded 6 billion euro per year;

The growth of the mobility of goods between Italy and the rest of Europe can be proved by one single data: in 1967 19 million tons of goods passed through the Alps, whereas in 2003 the tons were 135 millions .

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Assumptions: a comparate analysis of the social costs of transportation

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Report by “Associazione Amici della Terra” 2001, updated in 2007

Friends of the Earth study (2001) - Average esternal costs of specific vehicles/ships cathegories, Italy, 1997

(lire 97/tkm; 1 mEuro = 1,936 lire)

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100

150

200

250

300

AIRPLANE -Freight

ROAD - Heavyduty vehicles

(> 3,5 tonnfull load)

RAIL - All freight

cathegories

SEA - Paxand RoRo

pax ships -Cabotage

lire/tkm

Operational oilspills

Congestion

Accidents

Noise

Local and regionalair pollution

Greenhouse gases

94,1 95,7

181,5

275,4

Assumptions: a comparate analysis of the social costs of transportation

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1. A register of all operating transport companies

2. Applications must be presented quarterly (every 3 months)

3. Trimestral increase of transported goods

4. Parameters for the calculation of the contribution

5. Allowed forms of transportation.

6. ……

The Ecobonus experience in Sicily (2005/2008)

State Law n.11 (5 July 2004),

containing “Measures to encourage

combined sea-road transportation of

goods throughout Sicily ”

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The 265/2002 Law introduces a direct contribution for all

transportation companies directly proportional to the “compensation of

non beared -externality motorway-

transportation-costs relatively to the

indicated routes”.

Ecobonus pursues the objective of trasfering transportation of goods from the motorways to the sea, by increasing the ship-average-load-capacity rate, and also pursues the objective of increasing transportation logistics.

RAM cooperates with the Infrastructures Ministry for the Ecobonus preliminary investigation and for the arrangement of executive decrees, also in consideration of the A3 Highway (Salerno-Reggio Calabria) difficult situation.

The national « Ecobonus » (2007-2009)

BUDGETING: 77 MILLION EURO PER YEAR, for the 2007/2009 triennium, equal to approximately 800 MILLION EURO of overall motorway transportation costs.

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• Legge n. 265 del 22.11.2002

• Decisione CE Aiuto di Stato n. 496/03 del 20.04.2005

• D.P.R. n. 205 dell’11.04.2006

• D.M. del 31.01.2007

• D.M. del 26.03.2007

• Legge Finanziaria 2008

• D.M. del 25.10.2008

• D.M. dell’8.01.2008

• D.M. del 16.12.2008

• D.M. del 7.10.2009

MAIN STAGES

The national «Ecobonus » (2007-2009)

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Enforcement procedures

MinistryMinistry RAMRAM MinistryMinistry BeneficiaryBeneficiaryBeneficiaryBeneficiary

ApplicationApplication

Operative flow

Annual requests

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Enforcement procedures

Flusso operativo

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Enforcement procedures

E.C. Transportation companies (also partnerships and

associations) which board their means of

transport onto the ships limitedly to the established

routes

… are an alternative to the motorway transport

… contribute to the reduction of the overall congestion in the motorway national system

…. improve environmental standards relatively to the corrisponding motorway route

BeneficiariesDetection

of routes,which:

NUMERO VERDE

800.896969

HELP DESK

ecobonus@ramspa.it

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Enforcement procedures

Rotte Nazionali

Viaggi Effettuati da 80 a 1599 Da 1600 e oltre

dal 1/1/2007 al 22/11/2007

dal 23/11/2007 2008 2009

dal 1/1/2007 al 22/11/2007

dal 23/11/2007 2008 2009

Catania - Civitavecchia 20% 28% 25% 30%

Catania – Genova 20% 28% 25% 30%

Catania – Livorno 20% 28% 25% 30%

Catania – Napoli 20% 28% 25% 30%

Catania – Ravenna 20% 28% 25% 30%

Catania – Venezia 20% 28% 25% 30%

Civitavecchia - Palermo 20% 28% 25% 30%

Genova – Napoli 20% 20% 25% 25%

Genova – Palermo 20% 28% 25% 30%

Genova – T.Imerese 20% 28% 25% 30%

Livorno – Palermo 20% 28% 25% 30%

Livorno – Trapani 20% 28% 25% 30%

Messina – Salerno 20% 28% 25% 30%

Napoli – Milazzo 20% 28% 25% 30%

Napoli – Palermo 20% 28% 25% 30%

Napoli – T.Imerese 20% 28% 25% 30%

Palermo – Salerno 20% 28% 25% 30%

Trapani – Formia 20% 28% 25% 30%

Rotte Comunitarie

Viaggi Effettuati

Da 80 A 1599 Da 1600 E Oltre

Anno 2007 2008 2009

Anno 2007 2008 2009

Civitavecchia – Barcellona 20% 25%

Civitavecchia – Tarragona 20% 25%

Civitavecchia – Tolone 20% 25%

Genova – Algeciras 10% 12,50%

Genova – Barcellona 10% 12,50%

Livorno – Barcellona 20% 25%

Livorno – Tarragona 15% 18,75%

Livorno – Valencia 15% 18,75%

Palermo – Valencia 20% 25%

Salerno – Tarragona 20% 25%

Salerno – Valencia 20% 25%

New Routes

• Civitavecchia - Messina

• Savona Vado - Termini Imerese

• Marina di Carrara - Castellon De La Plana

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Main Results

Year 2007

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Main Results

Year 2008 (in progress)

ECOBONUS has allowed, in its first enforcement stage, to promote the

development of the “Motorways of the sea” system, contributing to

diminish the social costs generated by the national motorway

congestion.

Thanks to the success of this Italian best practice (in the last year of

the triennium - 2009 - we received about 270 applications) there is a

realistic hope for this measure to be refinanced in Italy in the next

years, in the perspective that the European Commission may consider

the possibility of extending it to other E.C. State Members in the

medium-long term, also through the optimization of both the working

experience and the efficiency optimization of the RAM preliminary

investigation procedures.

Perspectives

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Many Thanks for your attention

Dott. Francesco BenevoloGeneral ManagerRete Autostrade Mediterranee S.p.a.fbenevolo@ramspa.it

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