Italy publishes Law 132/2025, the first national AI law in the EU
Concerns Law No. 132/2025 on artificial intelligence
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In brief
Italy publishes Law 132/2025, the first national AI law in the EU. Recorded for Italy on 25 September 2025. It concerns Law No. 132/2025 on artificial intelligence. Afterwards the instrument is recorded as in force. In practice: Organisations in Italy must combine EU AI Act compliance with the national sector rules and watch the delegated decrees due within twelve months.
- Date
- 25 September 2025
- Jurisdiction
- Italy
- Instrument
- Law No. 132/2025 on artificial intelligence
- Impact
- Urgent
- Status afterwards
- In force
- Official source
- Gazzetta Ufficiale
What changed?
Law No. 132 of 23 September 2025 was published in the Official Gazette and entered into force on 10 October 2025, designating AgID and ACN as national AI authorities, adding sector rules for health, work, professions, justice and public administration, an under-14 consent rule and a deepfake offence.
What does it mean in practice?
Organisations in Italy must combine EU AI Act compliance with the national sector rules and watch the delegated decrees due within twelve months.
Official source
Legge 23 settembre 2025, n. 132Gazzetta Ufficiale · 25 Sep 2025
Cite this record
AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Italy publishes Law 132/2025, the first national AI law in the EU” [AIPT-CHG-0118, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-CHG-0118 (accessed 12 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Cite the official text alongside it: Legge 23 settembre 2025, n. 132, Gazzetta Ufficiale, https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2025/09/25/25G00146/sg.
BibTeX
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