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Italy attention value and quality objective (15 V/m)

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.

Regulatorygeneral public100 kHz–300 GHz

Last verified 12 August 2026.

Limit value
15 V/mRegulatory value — legally enforceable — 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.sources: italy-mimit-15vm, italy-arpa-piemonte-15vm
Quantity
electric field strength
Frequency band
100 kHz–300 GHz
Population
general public
Set by
Italy DPCM 8 July 2003 (as amended 2024) (DPCM 8 July 2003, amended by Law 214/2023 art. 10 in force 30 April 2024)
Kind
Regulatory — legally enforceable
Averaging time
6 minutesA measurement must use the same averaging before it can be compared with this value.

Related records

  • Italy DPCM 8 July 2003 (as amended 2024)

    Italy's three-tier RF law — exposure limit, attention value and quality objective — whose precautionary tiers were raised from 6 V/m to 15 V/m on 30 April 2024.

    Standards & frameworks

  • Attention value and quality objective

    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.

    Glossary

Sources

  1. italy-mimit-15vm Adeguamento dei limiti dei campi elettromagnetici (15 V/m) — Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy, 2024. government, link checked 2026-08-12.
  2. italy-arpa-piemonte-15vm Aumentano i controlli di Arpa in seguito all'aumento dei limiti di campo elettromagnetico — Arpa Piemonte, 2024. government, link checked 2026-08-12.
  3. italy-dpcm-2003 DPCM 8 luglio 2003 — limiti di esposizione, valori di attenzione e obiettivi di qualità, 100 kHz–300 GHz — Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 199/2003), 2003. regulation, link checked 2026-08-12.

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