Priority question for written answer P-006688/2020 to the Commission Rule 138 Susanna Ceccardi (ID), Angelo Ciocca (ID), Vincenzo Sofo (ID), Matteo Adinolfi (ID), Anna Bonfrisco (ID), Rosanna Conte (ID), Marco Dreosto (ID), Marco Campomenosi (ID) Subject: Concessions of state-owned property regarding beaches and beach facilities – call on the Commission to withdraw its infringement proceedings against Italy On 3 December 2020, the Commission sent a letter of formal notice to Italy concerning its 15-year extension of concessions of state-owned maritime land, as established by Law 145/2018. The Commission has officially stated that such an extension is in breach of Directive 2006/123/EC. However, Law No 145/2018 associates the 15-year extension with the simultaneous launch of a reform of the Italian public maritime domain, without which it is impossible to lay down the terms of application of Directive 123/2006 (EC) to concessions of state-owned maritime land. Indeed, the PROMOIMPRESA judgment (Joined Cases C-458/14 and C-67/15) of the Court of Justice identified, among other criteria, the determination of the scarcity of resources as a prerequisite for the application of Article 12 of Directive 123/2006/EC. In view of this, can the Commission answer the following questions: 1. Will it review its decision to send a letter of formal notice to Italy, also in view of the very serious economic crisis that has affected the tourism sector as a result of the pandemic? 2. Could it not, rather, call on the current Italian Government to proceed with its reform of the public maritime domain alongside its 15-year extension of the concessions, which is inevitably a transitional measure? Supporters1 1 This question is supported by Members other than the authors: Stefania Zambelli (ID), Mara Bizzotto (ID), Luisa Regimenti (ID), Paolo Borchia (ID) PE662.563v01-00.