ANITA, the Confindustria Association which represents street haulage and logistics corporations, absolutely welcomes the reasoned opinion with which the European Commission acknowledged Italy’s causes for the violation of the artwork. 259 of the TFEU by Austria for 4 kinds of Tyrolean bans alongside the Brenner axis: night time ban; sectoral ban on motion for sure items; winter site visitors ban on Saturdays; “dropper” system, which limits the circulation of heavy automobiles and freight site visitors in Kufstein, within the path of Italy.
“We be taught with nice satisfaction the opinion of the Commission concerning the controversy that has pitted Italy and Austria towards one another for years on the problem of the transit of products by way of the Brenner axis”. This was said by Riccardo Morelli, President of ANITA, in accordance with whom: “The information represents a major victory for our nation and for the businesses that transfer the nationwide financial system every day, bringing Made in Italy to Northern Europe”.
“ANITA – concludes President Riccardo Morelli – expresses heartfelt due to the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini, for having urged the Italian Government to undertake the initiative in direction of Austria, demonstrating that it firmly believes within the causes highlighted by ANITA ; in addition to to those that have labored to realize this end result. Ensuring free motion and honest competitors between companies is of elementary significance for the competitiveness of the nationwide financial system”.
“We have at all times maintained that the varied Austrian measures towards the transit of products by way of Tyrol are discriminatory and opposite to the precept of the free motion of products and that along with violating neighborhood rules they trigger severe harm to the Italian financial system” – underlines Thomas Baumgartner, Past President ANITA with delegation to Brenner – “We are proud of the clear stance of the European Commission which helps our theses, confirming that the justifications expressed by Austria concerning site visitors security and environmental safety aren’t legitimate”.