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  "id": "questions:did-italy-raise-its-emf-limit-to-15-v-m",
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  "slug": "did-italy-raise-its-emf-limit-to-15-v-m",
  "name": "Did Italy raise its EMF limit from 6 to 15 V/m?",
  "summary": "Yes — the attention value and quality objective went from 6 V/m to 15 V/m on 30 April 2024 under Law 214/2023; the 20 V/m exposure limit is unchanged.",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastVerified": "2026-08-12",
  "data": {
    "question": "Is Italy's EMF limit still 6 V/m, or has it been raised to 15 V/m?",
    "answer": "It was raised. Article 10 of Law 214/2023 increased Italy's attention value and quality objective from 6 V/m to 15 V/m with effect from 30 April 2024, pending alignment with the European limits; the ministry framed it as the level needed to run 5G on the existing grid of base stations while staying below the 60 V/m EU reference level. The separate exposure limit under DPCM 8 July 2003 — 20 V/m in the 3 MHz–3 GHz band — was not changed. Any page still quoting 6 V/m as Italy's current figure is out of date, and regional ARPA agencies have increased monitoring since the change.",
    "cluster": "regulation",
    "aliases": [
      "Italy 15 V/m",
      "Italy 6 V/m limit",
      "Italy EMF limit change 2024"
    ],
    "related": [
      "standards:italy-dpcm-2003",
      "limits:italy-attention-value-15vm",
      "limits:italy-exposure-limit-20vm",
      "glossary:attention-value"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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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