{
  "id": "glossary:attention-value",
  "collection": "glossary",
  "slug": "attention-value",
  "name": "Attention value and quality objective",
  "summary": "Italy's two precautionary legal tiers below the exposure limit: the attention value applies where people spend four or more hours a day, the quality objective applies outdoors in busy areas.",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastVerified": "2026-08-12",
  "data": {
    "definition": "Under DPCM 8 July 2003 the exposure limit protects against established short-term effects, while the attention value (valore di attenzione) and quality objective (obiettivo di qualità) are precautionary tiers set far lower and applied where exposure is prolonged — inside buildings occupied four hours a day or more and their balconies and courtyards, and outdoors in intensively frequented areas. Both were 6 V/m from 2003 until 30 April 2024, when Law 214/2023 raised them to 15 V/m. They are precautionary in intent but legally binding, like the Swiss installation limit value.",
    "category": "regulation",
    "seeAlso": [
      "standards:italy-dpcm-2003",
      "limits:italy-attention-value-15vm",
      "glossary:installation-limit-value"
    ]
  },
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    {
      "id": "italy-dpcm-2003",
      "title": "DPCM 8 luglio 2003 — limiti di esposizione, valori di attenzione e obiettivi di qualità, 100 kHz–300 GHz",
      "publisher": "Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 199/2003)",
      "url": "https://corecom.consrc.it/hp2/doc/D.P.C.M.8_luglio2003.pdf",
      "year": 2003,
      "kind": "regulation",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    },
    {
      "id": "italy-mimit-15vm",
      "title": "Adeguamento dei limiti dei campi elettromagnetici (15 V/m)",
      "publisher": "Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy",
      "url": "https://www.mimit.gov.it/it/notizie-stampa/adeguamento-dei-limiti-dei-campi-elettromagnetici",
      "year": 2024,
      "kind": "government",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    }
  ],
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