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  "id": "limits:italy-exposure-limit-20vm",
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  "slug": "italy-exposure-limit-20-v-m",
  "name": "Italy exposure limit, 3 MHz–3 GHz (20 V/m)",
  "summary": "The non-precautionary tier: 20 V/m (about 1 W/m²) as the exposure limit for public exposure to fixed installations between 3 MHz and 3 GHz, unchanged by the 2024 amendment.",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastVerified": "2026-08-12",
  "data": {
    "standardId": "italy-dpcm-2003",
    "population": "general-public",
    "quantity": "electric-field-strength",
    "band": {
      "minHz": 3000000,
      "maxHz": 3000000000,
      "label": "3 MHz–3 GHz"
    },
    "averagingSeconds": 360,
    "value": {
      "quantity": "electric-field-strength",
      "unit": "V/m",
      "value": 20,
      "basis": "regulatory",
      "note": "DPCM 8 July 2003, Annex B Table 1 (exposure limits) — 20 V/m in the 3 MHz–3 GHz band, equivalent to about 1.06 W/m² in the far field. Italy's exposure limit remains well below the 61 V/m EU/ICNIRP reference level for the same band.",
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    },
    "related": [
      "limits:italy-attention-value-15vm",
      "standards:eu-1999-519"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "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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