# Did Italy raise its EMF limit from 6 to 15 V/m?

> 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.

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- Also known as: Italy 15 V/m, Italy 6 V/m limit, Italy EMF limit change 2024

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- **Topic:** regulation

## 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 Any page still quoting 6 V/m as Italy's current figure is out of date, and regional ARPA agencies have increased monitoring since the change.

## Related records

- [Italy DPCM 8 July 2003 (as amended 2024)](https://emfbase.com/standards/italy-dpcm-2003): 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.
- [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.
- [Italy exposure limit, 3 MHz–3 GHz (20 V/m)](https://emfbase.com/limits/italy-exposure-limit-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.
- [Attention value and quality objective](https://emfbase.com/glossary/attention-value): 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.

## Sources

- `italy-mimit-15vm` Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy (2024). *Adeguamento dei limiti dei campi elettromagnetici (15 V/m)*. https://www.mimit.gov.it/it/notizie-stampa/adeguamento-dei-limiti-dei-campi-elettromagnetici — government, link checked 2026-08-12
- `italy-arpa-piemonte-15vm` Arpa Piemonte (2024). *Aumentano i controlli di Arpa in seguito all'aumento dei limiti di campo elettromagnetico*. https://www.arpa.piemonte.it/notizia/aumentano-controlli-arpa-seguito-allaumento-dei-limiti-campo-elettromagnetico-per — government, link checked 2026-08-12
- `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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