"Minister Salvini is forgetting the Sardinians: the ETS have become an unsustainable cost for Sardinian road haulage. It is right that this tax revenue be returned to the regional economic system in the form of a contribution to support Territorial Continuity for Goods." The political thrust accompanying the presentation of the bill by the Reformers is calling on Parliament to establish a National Fund to reduce the costs of sea travel , both in Sardinia and Sicily.
The ETS, which are paid for CO2 emissions, are paid on paper by shipping companies but are actually borne by truck drivers . Hence "the distortion of free competition, which the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate must address by also applying paragraph 6 of Article 119 of the Constitution, or the principle of insularity, which has remained a dead letter until now," the Reformists explained during a press conference. The first signatory of the bill is Aldo Salaris , vice president of the Regional Council, accompanied by his colleagues from the group Umberto Ticca and Giuseppe Fasolino.
The legislative text must now be examined by the Regional Assembly for approval and become a bill initiated by the Council. " I assume the Chamber will vote unanimously to defend an unfair penalization of Sardinia."
Today, ETS are already being reused to support the reduction of CO2 emissions. But "Sardinia is currently excluded from these benefits because the Energy Decree, which provides for compensation, has calibrated it based on the avoided kilometer (by road)," explained Massimiliano Manca, an engineer and logistics expert. "With the legislative text, we are requesting recognition of the non-travelable kilometer , given that goods from Sardinia must travel by sea. Even if we wanted a road, there isn't one."
