# 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.

- Canonical URL: https://emfbase.com/standards/italy-dpcm-2003
- Collection: Standards & frameworks
- Record id: `standards:italy-dpcm-2003`
- Status: verified
- Last verified: 2026-08-12
- JSON: https://emfbase.com/api/standards/italy-dpcm-2003
- Also known as: DPCM 8 luglio 2003, Italy 6 V/m, Italy 15 V/m, Italy EMF limits

## Key values

- **Organization:** Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Italy)
- **Edition:** DPCM 8 July 2003, amended by Law 214/2023 art. 10 in force 30 April 2024
- **Jurisdiction:** IT
- **Frequency range:** 100 kHz – 300 GHz
- **Status of values:** Legally enforceable in at least one jurisdiction

## Scope

Applies to public exposure from fixed installations between 100 kHz and 300 GHz, averaged over a body-equivalent vertical section and over any 6-minute interval; occupational and medical exposures are excluded. The exposure limit protects against established short-term effects, the attention value applies inside buildings occupied four hours a day or more and their balconies and courtyards, and the quality objective applies outdoors in intensively frequented areas.

## 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
- `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

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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