# Italy exposure limit, 3 MHz–3 GHz (20 V/m)

> 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.

- Canonical URL: https://emfbase.com/limits/italy-exposure-limit-20-v-m
- Collection: Exposure limits
- Record id: `limits:italy-exposure-limit-20vm`
- Status: verified
- Last verified: 2026-08-12
- JSON: https://emfbase.com/api/limits/italy-exposure-limit-20-v-m

## Key values

- **Limit value:** 20 V/m — Regulatory value — legally enforceable — 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. [italy-dpcm-2003]
- **Quantity:** electric field strength
- **Frequency band:** 3 MHz–3 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 minutes — A measurement must use the same averaging before it can be compared with this value.

## Related records

- [Italy attention value and quality objective (15 V/m)](https://emfbase.com/limits/italy-attention-value-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.
- [EU Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC](https://emfbase.com/standards/eu-council-recommendation-1999-519-ec): The public-exposure reference framework across the European Union, based on ICNIRP 1998, transposed into national law with varying strictness.

## Sources

- `italy-dpcm-2003` Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 199/2003) (2003). *DPCM 8 luglio 2003 — limiti di esposizione, valori di attenzione e obiettivi di qualità, 100 kHz–300 GHz*. https://corecom.consrc.it/hp2/doc/D.P.C.M.8_luglio2003.pdf — regulation, link checked 2026-08-12

Data licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Dataset version 2026.08.1. Retrieved from EMFBase, https://emfbase.com.

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