Subscribe to newsletterFrance/Italy: That was the bill for the recent Logistic Law Morning organized by Afilog at the Maison du Barreau. An occasion to go back over the specific features of the Italian logistic market and the synergies between the two countries. An event organized in partnership with Business Immo…
The second trading partner for France, Italy appears as the logistic centre par excellence for the Euro-Mediterranean area and a strategic bridge not only between Western Europe and Central Europe, Southern Europe and North Africa but also to emerging countries.
Relatively young, the logistic market developed in Italy in 2000 after the change in the distribution market since 1995. Dominated by Belgian, Dutch and French players, it is characterized by a scattering of companies and regional logistic centres dedicated to industrial districts, mainly in the North of the country (80 % in Lombardy). Seven strategic national logistic centres also people the Italian landscape. The system of logistic hubs also includes two airport cargo hubs, three port hubs, nine combined land access hubs, eleven maritime motorway ports and 14 rail terminals.
With high potential, the logistic property market is distinguished above all by an absence of regulations on classified installations, with, as a consequence, a shorter time to obtain building permits. To get out of the box, a logistic centre creation project must first be subject to approval by the Interministerial Economic Programme Committee (CIPE) and benefit from public funding, for both the creation of the centre and the choice of private partner. Another distinctive element: The development of a logistic centre must include the transport policy. In this respect a 15 billion € budget has been released by the infrastructure ministry to finance nine major infrastructure projects for the logistic future of Italy. The Turin-Lyon TGV is at the head of the list…