Order of the Council of State, V Section, No. 3587 of 12 September 2013

Legislative decree No. 182/2003, through which Italy has implemented EU directive 2000/59/EC on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues, includes in its sphere of application floating units “of any type” (Article 2.a). As a consequence, the MARPOL Convention, to which EU and Italy are parties, applies also to waste from oil platforms (in the case, some ENI platforms located in the bay of Ravenna).