Lazio: the collection of expressions of interest for the Customs Free Zones in Frosinone and Latina has started

The establishment of the Customs Free Zones of Lower Lazio takes another important step. On Tuesday 21 April, the Lazio Region will publish an exploratory public notice for the collection of expressions of interest from companies wishing to set up in these areas. Companies will then have 60 days to participate. Once the expressions have been collected, the Region will be able to draw up a precise framework for the definition of the application (how many areas and where to apply for establishment) to be submitted to the Central Customs Directorate, which will instruct the territorial directorate to carry out checks (within 60 days) on the existence of the requirements. In the event of a positive outcome, the competent territorial customs office will issue the specification for all those involved in handling the goods.

The provision of customs-free zones in the lower Lazio region was put in black and white in the last Budget Law. These offer strategic advantages such as the suspension of tariffs and VAT on non-EU goods, indefinite storage, handling and processing of goods without immediate tax burdens. Non-EU goods can be introduced and stored without paying tariffs and VAT until released for consumption in the EU territory.

"This is an epoch-making opportunity. The synergy between the government and the region has been important. The Customs Free Zones for the provinces of Latina and Frosinone are an exceptional accelerator of economic development for the area. We are talking about an area that is responsible for 56% of exports," said Nicola Calandrini, president of the Senate Budget Commission (and father of the amendment to the Budget law that inserted the Customs Free Zones in Basso Lazio), during a conference in Latina at the headquarters of the Lazio Industrial Consortium, also attended by the Consortium's commissioner Raffaele Trequattrini, Lazio Region vice-president Roberta Angelilli, regional budget councillor Giancarlo Righini, and the president of the Region's Economic Development Commission Vittorio Sambucci.

"Together with the Simplified Logistic Zone, the Customs Free Zones will give great support to local businesses," said the Councillor for the Budget Giancarlo Righini. "The Customs Free Zones must be part of an overall action plan that we want to carry out together with the enterprises," explained the vice-president of the Lazio Region Roberta Angelilli.