Decision 44 COM 8B.55
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (Holy See, Italy)

The World Heritage Committee,

Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Refers the proposed buffer zone of the Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura, Holy See and Italy, back to the States Parties in order to allow them to:
1. Consider extension of the proposed boundary of the buffer zone based on further examination of the conceptual and physical interconnections between the property and its immediate setting,
2. Provide further details on the mechanisms in place in the proposed buffer zone to assess the impact of development projects on the World Heritage property,
3. Indicate how and when the delimitations of the proposed buffer zone will be transcribed into existing local and national regulations in order to provide a statutory status to its boundaries;
Recommends that the States Parties complete the Management Plan of the World Heritage property urgently.