Ncc, reform unravelled: less binding obligations on private platforms
ROME - At Mit they sit around the same table again, but separately. First the Ncc in the morning, then the taxis in the afternoon. Different meetings, same dossier: Minister Salvini's reform of non-scheduled transport, which after months of stops by the EU Commission, the TAR and the Constitutional Court, is trying to get out of the corner and find a definitive arrangement.
At the meeting with the ministry's technicians, the Ncc front was attended by, among others, MuoverSì - which joined Conftrasporto these days - together with Anitrav, Sistema Trasporti and Comitato Air.
The most debated point was the rules on the electronic service sheet, to be rewritten taking into account the many court rulings that have in fact dismantled the original structure of Ministerial Decree 226/2024. The orientation that has emerged is that of a new Ministerial Decree, but this time 'light', to take into account the censures of the jurisprudence: in practice, the electronic spreadsheet will be able to be managed through computer applications developed by private individuals, thus archiving the idea of a centralised ministerial platform.
The new Fdse 'can be compiled using any private software, without mandatory public platforms; it must be open, modifiable and interoperable,' summarises Francesco Artusa, president of Sistema Trasporti. The MIT assumes a 60-day retention period, a 'resounding' step backwards compared to the four years previously envisaged, Artusa concludes.
The new measure in the pipeline will be in charge of regulating some minimum technical requirements (such as the ban on overwriting) and nothing more. Destined instead not to be relaunched, at least for now, the controversial Dpcm on brokerage apps, never published and frozen by the ministry after the EU Commission's findings. The reactions of the representatives of black cars were critical. "It was a great waste of time,' says MuoverSì president Andrea Romano. 'Minister Salvini could have used the last two years to do some truly innovative work for the sector. For Mauro Ferri, president of Anitrav, the service sheet 'risks remaining just a faded flag'.
