Law of the sea

Covid-19 emergency and italian ports no longer “safe places”: the decision - as a precautionary measure - of the Tar Lazio

Giulia Pinotti | 29 April 2020 | Issue 2/2020

With the decision no. 3066 of 23 April 2020, Tar Lazio rejected the request to suspend (precautionally) the effectiveness of the “Decreto interministeriale” of 7 April 2020, which established that, due to the Covid-19 emergency, Italian ports no longer represent a "Place of safety" under the SAR convention.