Giulia Bianchi E-mail: giulia.bianchi@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it

1. Legislation decree 162/2011:
EU directive implementation, targets and next steps
Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Economic Development
Department for Energy
DG for Sustainable Development,
Climate and Energy DG for Mining and Energy
Resources
18 october 2011, Rome
www.eni.it World Energy Council-WEC Italia

2. The Legislation Level
Directive 2009/31/CE of 23 April 2009
• Target: defining a shared European legal
framework for an environmentally safe geological storage of
carbon dioxide.
• DeadLine: June 25, 2011
Law 4 June 2010 no. 96 (EC Law 2009)
• Principles and general criteria for the implementation
• Legislative decree to be implemented upon proposal of the
Ministry of European Policy, Ministry of Economic
Development, Ministry of the Environment, in concert with the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of
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3. Objectives
The 162/2011 legislation decree represents a key point to
launch and support, from an institutional point of view, the
implementation of demostrative projects.
These projects should be finalized to investigate and analyze
from a scientific point of view, the technological aspects of the
CCS, in order to optimize current tecnologies or to find new
solutions with a marginal and sustinable economic impact for
the capture and storage processes.
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4. How we are working…
Since 2009, a dedicated team has been appointed for the
transposition activities of the directive 31/200/EC;
The team comprises experts, governmental officers
belonging to Ministry of Environment and Ministry of
Economic Development, with the support of many other
public institutions.
All the relevant stakeholders have been involved; among
them we can mention ENEL, ENEA, ENI, ISS, INGV, OGS,
Osservatorio CCS, Rome and Florence Universities and
others, through public meetings, workshops, activities in
communication and training, information and
documentation on the technological aspects of CCS.
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Result: 162/2011 Legislation decree

5. The Transposition path :
Milestones
•Mid March 2011
Preliminary Draft
• End March 2011
Preliminary approval by the Italian Ministries Executive Council
• April- May 2011
General technical and political consultations
• Mid May 2011
Formal Agreement with the Regional Representatives
•Mid July 2011
Text Final version
• End July 2011
Formal Approval by the Italian Ministries Executive Council
• 14 September 2011
Closing out of the signing and authorizations process and pubblication on
the Official Journal (05 Oct 2011 ) 5

6. The 162/2011 Legislation decree:
Contents
• Authority and Surveillance organism
• Selection of Storage Sites
• Exploration permits and storage permits granting procedure
• Monitoring & Inspection Activities
• Closure and Post closure obligations
• Financial guarantee and Financial Security
•Public Information and Data warehouse
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7. Next Steps :
Regulation level
A first important target has been reached with the directive
transposition, even if we are consciuos many steps have to be
covered
Currently we are working on the regulation level to provide
dedicated and detailed procedure to discipline the implementation
of the directive.
The idea is to create 3 different Working Groups including
experts and technicians coming from different stakeholder
organizations, under the supervision and control of governmental
officers of the Ministry of Economic Development and Ministry of
Environment.
These Working Groups will reflect different subject of each
regulation topic and will act with different time-constraints
depending on what approved in the 162/2011 decree.
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8. Next Steps:
Regulation Level Bar Chart
2011 2012 2013
Art Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
7.1-Site Selection
7.5-Analisys of storage potential
11.8-Procedure for the exploration licence Working Group 1
16.8.Procedure for the strage concession permit
25- Financial Security Working Group 2
26-Financial Mechanism
27-Tariffs
28-Third Parties Access DeadLinenot specified
31-Public Acceptance & Information Working Group 3
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9. Thanks for the
attention
Eng. Liliana Panei
Economic Development Ministry
Department of Mineral and Energetic Resources
Manager- Natural gas & Carbon Dioxide Storage Dpt.
Via Molise, 2 - 00187 Roma
Office. (+39) 06 4705 2794
Fax: (+39) 06 4788 7802 9
E-mail contact : liliana.panei@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it