Manifesto [EN]

Committee FREE PORT of TRIEST

Manifesto

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Short history about the Free Port of Trieste

The history of the Free Port of Trieste began in 1719 following to the issuing of the Free Port License by mean of the Emperor Charles VI of Habsburg. On April 27, 1769, Trieste was declared Free Port City - Freie Hafen-stadt by mean of the Empress Maria Teresa and the duty free zone was extended to whole city.Starting from that moment, the port became an increasing landmark for the maritime and land transports that passed through the Adriatic sea in transit to Austria-Hungarian Empire.During the second half of the XIX century, the Imperial-Royal Privi-leged Southern Railway Company/ Kaiser-Königliche Privilegierte Südbahngesellschaft, known historically as Südbahn, completed the railway connection between Trieste/Triest/Trst and Vienna/Wien/Dunaj. In this very period were built the new warehouses (known as Lagerhäuser), nowadays in completely abandoned conditions situated in the today called “Old Port- Porto Vecchio”.The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, placed the port of Trieste with a view needed to be extended. This extension ended in the mid of the 20s and is known as “New Port-Porto Nuovo”.With the annexation of Trieste to the Kingdom of Italy after the First World War and during the entire period of the fascist era, the port retained the status of extraterritoriality but was strongly penalized in favour of other Italian ports.

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After the Second World War, which saw Italy loser, the Allied and Associated Powers decided with the Treaty of Peace with Italy signed on 1947 (Annex VIII), that the port of Trieste will be henceforth considered and administered as an international territory and secured as a Protecto-rate of the United Nations (UN).The management of the International Free Port of Trieste was entrusted to the original Free Territory citizens, namely residents in the FTT prior to June 10, 1940, their descendants and natives born after this date in the FTT, in conjun-ction with the International Commission which consisted of a representation at the time of 11 UN member states (now about 17 states).

The Free Territory citizens management and the International Commission has so far right and duty to take office in the territory of the Free Port of Trieste.

During the period of the Free Territory of Trieste, lasted for 7 years (1947/1954), the state of Free Port of Trieste started a new prosperous period also thanks to all the traffics connected to Marshall Plan (European Recovery Program) and the resumption of direct trade toward to central Europe.

Depicted in the posters you can see the flag of the Free Territory of Trieste, among other nations as part of the UN

After the escalation of the so-called Cold War and with the Memo-randum of Understanding signed at London on 5 October 1954, Italy and Yugoslavia found themselves temporarily assigned the administration of the Free Territory of Trieste respectively zone A and zone B. During the Cold War the port traffic and all the relevant activities dramatically decreased even due to the lost of the commercial purposes of the majority of the central-European countries previously supplied by the Free Port of Trieste. However, the expansion even if sustained did not stop and continued during the ‘60s with the opening of the transalpine pipeline and in the 70s with the completion of the container terminal.

With the end of the Cold War conventionally made to coincide with the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989) should see the Port of Trieste resume its role as a natural seaport for Central Europe, but the Italian authorities still prefer to divert the maritime traffic to other Italian ports since the international Free Port of Trieste underlay and is subject to the regime of extraterritoriality and is not a territory owned by the Italian Republic.

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With Annex VIII of 1947, the Free Port has become a legal established fact!

The Historical Snatch

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Italy, which today has reduced the port to a total abandoned status, to by-pass the international legislative situation, unilaterally ratify, on March 2009, with a sentence by mean of the Supreme Court (TAR del Lazio), that the port of Trieste from that date onward has to be managed with Italian laws.After 290 years of total international sovereignty, having survived the fascism and successively the nazism, the International Port of Trieste in law passed under the Italian territory. This sentence , however, violates the statute “Annex VIII or Instrument for Free Port of Trieste (FPT)” in its fundamental points of legal sovereignty as a territorial State and is considered, by the international community, as a misappropriation of international territory from Italy to the United Nations or an act of war against all nations of the world including the international nation of Trieste (FTT).The Free Port of Trieste (FPT), wrongly considered as a normal free port, belongs to all 192 member states of the UN. The FPT therefore is not a port subject to Italian or European laws and is not an Italian or European port. Under the Treaty of Paris of 1947, it is considered a port of extraterri-toriality de jure and de facto and which since 1947 and for ever will be accessed via a customs. The territory of the Free Port of Trieste, in the borders of 1939 (see map), is an integral part of the nations registered in the UN and flys the flag of the State of Trieste (FTT) or say the halberd on a red background and the flag of the United Nations (UN), white globe on blue background.

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The borders of the port of Trieste in 1939

The old port

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Preventive development of the Port

ObjectivesThe Committee aims to bring the Free Port of Trieste to

the attention of the UN, and then World, and to redeem

the pride of the Triestins (Free Territory citizens) of all

ethnic groups with the independence of all States as

stated 290 years ago.

The Committee aims to create jobs, wealth and future

mainly for nationals of Trieste (Free Territory citizens)

and to be an example for the multi-ethnic coexistence

and efficiency in trade worldwide.

The Committee aims to create the foundation for mana-

ging the port in accordance with existing international

law, calling the Free Territory citizens an the UN to

fulfill obligations fixed in the constitution of FREE PORT

of TRIESTE as enshrined in Annex VIII of the Treaty of

Peace with Italy of 1947.

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The management is primarily intended to:1. The territory of the PLT will be managed in accordance with actual laws as a Port Authority but with all attributes of a giuridical person as a state property of the interna-tional community independent of any nation in the world.2. There will be a Director General as head of the territory of the FPT who will be an original Free Terrtory citizen and elected democratically by the Free Territory citizens, except that it does not restore the Free Territory of Trieste, in which case the Director will be appointed by the Governor of the FTT.3. There will be a general Manager heading the PLT, that has to be a Trieste citizen and he will be democratically elected by native Trieste citizens. If the TLT should be re-established, the General Manager will be elected by the TLT Governor.4. The General Management and the International Commission will decide, by mean of a democratic vote, the FPT management. The Commission will be composed by the representatives of the following States: France, Great Britain incl. Northern Ireland, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine (for the former Soviet Union), United States of America, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (for the former Yugoslavia), Italy, Czech and Slovakia (for the former Czechoslovakia), Poland, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary and possibly Germany (not provided in Annex VIII, art. 21), provided that the respective states have assumed the obligations of the “Instrument” (Annex VIII, art. 26 of the Treaty of Peace with Italy) and notified it to the Republic of France.5. By law all recruitment preference will be given to citizens of the nationality of the FTT (Free Territory citizens) in the following order:• Original Free Territory citizens, or say those who were resident in the FTT prior to the date 10 June 1940 and their descendants and native citizens, namely those that were born after that date in the Free Territory of Trieste.• Those of different nationalities residing in the Free Territory of Trieste.

• Those not resident in the FTT of different nationality.

Extension of the territory of the Free Port of Trieste 1. The area currently includes the territory of the port of Trieste within the limits of the borders of 1939 namely from Old Port (Porto Vecio), New Port (Porto Novo), the breakwater seawalls and the area of the rear port site in Fernetti (Karst).2. The area of the FPT will be extended for, for purposes of commercial port activities, to include the area of the former Aquila Refinery (Aquilinia) and for unified management to the entire coast of the Free Territory of Trieste within 10 meters from the coast at high tide or from the mouth of the river Timavo (Duino/ Devin) to the mouth of the river Mirna (Novigrad/ Cittanova) to ensure the free access to international waters that are determined within 12 nautical miles from shore.

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The whole coast of the Free Territory is considered legally and factually of competence of the Free Port.

The Old Port (Porto Vecio) The Old Port area will be improved as Port Town and will be to all intents and purposes an urban zone and administrative heart of the State of the Free Port of Trieste. The whole area will be renovated in Austro-Hungarian style of end ‘800 (as the Port Development Plan 2008). All the buildings designed for demolition can be replaced with others

respecting this style.

1. The whole area will be restricted to cars and motorcycles traffic (except for suppliers, taxi-cabs, and public-use services).2. The main access will be the same as today that is behind the bus station (zone G) and the secondary access will be located in Avenue Miramare (zone B) at the cross with Barcola.3. The movement inside the area will be granted with 2 public electric tram lines, built in Austro-Hungarian style with the terminal located at the main access (zone G). One line will reach the secondary access in zone B and the other will reach the zone C1, Miramare side.4. The pier IV (zone H) will be the Maritime Station for passenger ships with interna-tional short-distance destination, from and to Italian and Croatian ports.5. The buildings 2 and 2/a (zone G) will be used as car-parkinghouses6. The whole area will be equipped with public services, such as a heliport, an infirmary, a police station for public safety with video surveillance, a station of fire department, a post office, a kindergarten with playground for tourists in transit and for the employees who work in the Port Town and others.7. The buildings that face the road looking to the railwaystation will be used as offices for banks, insurance companies, trading companies, shipping agencies, FPT’s editorial office, FPT’s radio-television studio.8. The buildings that face the central road will be used for various stores, restaurants, cafès, a youth hostel, a permanent nautical fair.9. The buildings that face the central road looking to sea-side will be used for artistic workshops, boutiques, cafès, restaurants, theatres, cinemas, museums10. The buildings that face to sea-side will be used for luxury hotels.11. The building n. 26, the biggest and the only who is renovated for immediate use, will be the Free Port and International Committee, head office.

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12. The ancient Hydrodinamic power station will be restored and become a museum site (zone E).13. The buildings adjacent to the Hydrodinamic power station, that were built not respecting the original project during the fascist and Italian period, will be demolished and will be replaced with ones in Austro-Hungarian style of end of 1800 era. These buildings will be used as offices for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) – International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) – and for an International Court for maritime disputes.14. The large square in zone F, which is of size equal to 10 times the Piazza Grande (Unità) will be used as a public garden with a wide open space to host concerts and important cultural events. In the square centre will be placed the symbol of the Free Port, an artistic fountain with 4 dragons symbolizing the 4 elements and with a central figure representing the fifth element that defines the spirit of the Free Port of Trieste in the world.15. The sea-side of the square in zone F will be used as mooring pier for Tall Ships and small Cruise Ships (loa <100m).16. The zone C2 between pier 2 and 3 will become a marina for Mega Yachts (loa >30m) and pier 3 looking southward will be used as temporary mooring pier.17. The zone C1 will be used as a marina for yachts with length over all form 15 up to 30 metres.18. The whole coast of the zone B will become a public beach and where now are the binaries is expected a large public swimming pool open in summer and covered and heated in winter.19. The zone B near Barcola (Terrapieno) will become a touristic village, built like a typical fishermen’s village in karst style, for example like Santa Croce.

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Citizens are asked to add their ideas to develop this area!

All ideas will be discussed during the meetings.

Sea Promenade (Rive) and New Port (Porto Novo)

1. The building of the actual Italian Coast Guard of Trieste will become the head quarter of the Coast Guard of the Free Port of Trieste with responsability for the whole coast of the Free Territory.2. Between the mouth and in the Grand Canal (Canal Grande/ Canale di Ponterosso) extended to Saint Charles Pier (Molo San Carlo or Molo Audace) will be mooring space for vintage ships and one bigger school Tallship. In Carciotti Palace (Palazzo Carciotti) will be located the Trieste Maritime Museum.3. The actual Maritime Station (Stazione Marittima) will be used for cruise ships mooring. 4. The Fishmarket Pier will be used as maritime station for smaller passenger ships for national cabotage or say within the territory of the FPT (eg. Muggia, Duino / Sistiana, Koper, Piran / Portoroz, Umag, Novigrad). 5. The actual aquarium will be enlarged in the adiacent ex Big Fishmarket (today’s Salone degli Incanti) 6. The zone known as Sacchetta remains mooring place for pleasure boaters.7. The Lantern Pier and Maria Teresa Pier (today’s Molo F.lli Bandiera), on sea-side (today’s Cartubi shipyard) will become a Magayacht Marina with a Touristic Resort.8. The Lantern Beach (known as Pedocin) and Ausonia Beach will remain public beaches.9. The Traiana shore (New Port/ Porto Novo) will be used as terminal for RO-PAX ferries (vehicles and passengers) with international destination.10. The V and VI piers (New Port) will be used as terminal for various goods and refrigerated goods.11. The VII pier will be enlarged and will be used as now like terminal for containers. 12. The zone of Arsenal or Cantieri San Marco (formerly Lloyd) will be used as shipyard for ship building and repair. The offices (Lloyd Tower/ Torre del Lloyd) will become the technical dept. of the shipyard and part of the building will host the pubblic technical nautical school and a facolty of the university for the research of seas’ preservation.

Commercial Port and Back-Port

1. The area of ex-Gaslini remains the main fish market. 2. The Timber-port (Scalo Legnami) remains terminal for timber load-unload and warehousing.3. The VIII pier (still to be built) and the actual Iron foundry (Ferriera) will become a Logistic Platform for load/unload and warehousing of containers, various goods, alive animals and will host the harbour tugs and service boats.

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4. The ex-Esso zone and the actual SIOT terminal remains an area for temporary warehousing of liquid dangerous goods and random goods. Contemporary with the building of the Logistic Platform, the SIOT crude oil terminal should be moved outside of the protection sea dams to ensure the 1.5 nautical miles risk zone like from IMO disposals. High-risk warehousing plants (such as LNG terminals), that can be dangerous both for citizens and environment, cannot be installed, they are forbidden by interna-tional law and consequently by the laws of the Free Port.5. The actual area between ex-Esso zone and the incinerator (today’s used by Calce-struzzi Srl)remains storage area for building material waste and recycling of the same.6. The waste incinerator is part of the energetic network, used as a thermal power plant. 7. The whole area of the fairway canal will be used as industrial zone with main activities related to yacht building and repair and for coffee and tobaccos warehousing.8. The area ex-refinery Aquila will be used as the principal terminal for RO-RO ferries with adjacent parking space for trucks and trailers.9. In the area of the back-port located in Fernetti (between Opicina and Fernetti) is planned the railway station for the high-speed train (TGV) linking Venice - Trieste / Opicina - Lubljiana etc.. 10. Opicina railway station will be reused for freight traffic to and from Central Europe.11. The main airport of the Free Territory and Free Port of Trieste could be located between Portorož and Sicciole, where the actual tourist airport would be extended to accommodate international middle range and continental air traffic. 12. The whole International Nation of Trieste will be linked via a light rail link between the TGV station in Opicina / Fernetti and Novigrad. This light rail (metrò), will have is main stops in Trieste / Opicina - Trieste (central railway station) - Muggia / Dolina - Koper - Izola - Piran / Portoroz (airport) - Novigrad. 13. Between the commercial ports of Trieste and Koper will be created a rail link and the existing rail network for Central and Eastern Europe and Italy will be expanded. 14. A network of renewable energy sources will power the territories of the FTT and FPT. All the roofs of buildings belonging to the FPT will be equipped with solar panels and the protection seawalls situated in gulf will be equipped with wind turbines (wind farm) for the production of renewable energy. 15. For land and sea areas that are not specified ,further processing is underway for destinations for commercial, industrial and tourism purposes.

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The maritime operators are asked to add their ideas

to develop this area

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The LawThe CommitteeFPT enforces the actual International law, which imposes to all effects that the territory of the Free Port of Trieste can only be increased, not restricted within the Free Territory of Trieste. See Annex VIII, Article 3.4.:“In case it shall be necessary to increase the area of the Free Port such increase may be made upon the proposal of the Director of the Free Port by decision of the Council of Government with the approval of the popular Assembly”

The CommitteeFPT acts as allowed in the Instrument for the Free Port (Annex VIII) in the best democratic way, being open-minded to all the opinions and evaluations coming from the Free Territory citizens.

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Conclusions •The CommitteeFPT is the legal body that represents ad interim at the UN the “Free Territory citizens” and draws like permanent chairman the “International Commission”

•The “Free Territory citizens”, together with the “International Committee”, will form the future FPT Government.

•The future FPT Government is an authority that will be, for its own statute, apolitical , both for the hinterland’s relationships and for all countries all over the world.

•The future FPT Government will apply, on its territory, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN).

•The future FPT Government respect and abide by its constitution the Annexes VI and VIII in the territory of his competence.

•The official languages of the FPT are Italian and Italian-Triestino, Slovenian and Slovenian-Triestino, in particular situations Croatian and the English language for international communications

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Subscribe as a passive memberThe committee needs the popular support, so sign up to show your membership initiative.

Subscribe as an active memberThe committee needs the following professional personnel to prepare the future management of the Free Port as by law:

1. Software engineers to create an interactive multilingual web page for the interna-tional information.2. Journalists to inform about the Committee activities on newspaper and online. 3. Typographers to print a newspaper for popular information and posters. 4. Translators since all official documents, as by law, will be edited in Italian, Slovenian, Croatian and English langueges. Furthermore translators will be necessary for the translation of all international information in all other langueges.5. Designers, architects, engineers to create, design and develop efficiently the port area.6. Accountants to handle accounting and budgeting. 7. Economists to efficiently evaluate the investments needed for the FPT development.8. Lawyers to work out, in details, the judicial constitution of the PLT and FTT on base of the Instrument and Statute (Annex VIII and VI). 9. Researchers to develop environmental plans for waste disposal of polluted sites and researchers to develope the supply of energy from renewable sources. 10. Coordinators for the population census.11. Coordinators to develop a public security plan. 12. Coordinators for health service and job injuries prevention and protection. 13. Event promoters and stage-assemblers to organize political, cultural and commer-cial events.14. Generic helpers to collect signatures to support the committee and active in all aspects of the committee.

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Support economically the Committee The Committee, as for its statute, is a non-profit institu-tion, anyway for its activity it needs funds to reach the set purpose. The Committee, as for its statute, is a non-profit institution, anyway for its activity it needs funds to reach the set purpose.Donations are used to support the preparatory phase to the implementation of the International Nation of Trieste. The funds are intended to cover costs for:

• Development of processing programs for the political and economical future of the port, which will be managed by international law.• Finance public information events.• Support travel expenses for diplomatic trips.• Expenditure directed from this work.

We remind that the CommitteeFPT cease its function when it has reached the final goal or say the establishment of legitimate Port Authority of FPT and International Commission (consisting of representatives of at least 17 countries) under existing international law for the Free Port of Trieste. The remaining funds will be donated to this new entity. The Free Port of Trieste is an international port owned by everybody and nobody and that’s what makes it a treasure to us all equal.

Contributions can be paid in cash to the followers of the Committee that shall be authorized or be paid directly to the following Bank Account: Kaertner Sparkasse AktiengesellschaftNeuer Platz, 14 – 9020 Klagenfurt/ Austriato: Marcus Antonio DonatoKontonummer: 04400-562825 EURBankleitzahl: 20706IBAN: AT862070604400562825BIC: KSPKAT2KXXX Important: Specify the causal “Sponsorship CommitteeFPT”

Note: All data are confidential and are kept by CommitteeFPT which reserves to contact the members.The Committee is not a political party but the organization that promotes the implementation of the Free Port of Trieste under international law of the only “International Nation” legally existing in the world.

The Committee is registered only at the United Nations (UN), not in Italy or any other State.

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