A recent judgment of the Regional Administrative Court of
Liguria (
TAR Liguria )
Piani Regolatori Portuali ,
hereinafter
PRPs ), with a focus on those
concerning the core functions of the different functional areas in
which Italian ports are divided.
As is known, PRPs have the purpose of setting out the
objectives, forecasts, elements, contents and strategies of a port,
also outlining the overall structure of major infrastructure works.
A PRP is, therefore,
more than a planning tool, it is a
general act of planning by which the Administration establishes
rules, criteria and methods for the use of port areas
2. The
main purpose of PRPs is indeed to allocate specific logistic