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  "name": "Italy attention value and quality objective (15 V/m)",
  "summary": "The precautionary tier of Italian law, raised from 6 V/m to 15 V/m on 30 April 2024: it applies inside buildings occupied four or more hours a day and outdoors in intensively frequented areas.",
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    "population": "general-public",
    "quantity": "electric-field-strength",
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      "minHz": 100000,
      "maxHz": 300000000000,
      "label": "100 kHz–300 GHz"
    },
    "averagingSeconds": 360,
    "value": {
      "quantity": "electric-field-strength",
      "unit": "V/m",
      "value": 15,
      "basis": "regulatory",
      "note": "Article 10 of Law 214/2023 raised the attention value and the quality objective from 6 V/m to 15 V/m with effect from 30 April 2024, pending alignment with European limits; 15 V/m is about 0.6 W/m². The 6 V/m figure still circulating online is the pre-2024 value.",
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      "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",
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      "id": "italy-arpa-piemonte-15vm",
      "title": "Aumentano i controlli di Arpa in seguito all'aumento dei limiti di campo elettromagnetico",
      "publisher": "Arpa Piemonte",
      "url": "https://www.arpa.piemonte.it/notizia/aumentano-controlli-arpa-seguito-allaumento-dei-limiti-campo-elettromagnetico-per",
      "year": 2024,
      "kind": "government",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    },
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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"
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