Does Italy have a national AI law in addition to the EU AI Act?

Yes. Law No. 132 of 23 September 2025 entered into force on 10 October 2025. It does not replace the EU AI Act; it designates national authorities, adds sector provisions and criminal offences, and delegates the government to adopt implementing decrees.

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AI regulation in Italy

Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 2 instruments · 1 binding

Overview

Italy is the first EU member state with a comprehensive national AI law: Law No. 132 of 23 September 2025 lays down principles and delegations for AI, designates the Agency for Digital Italy (AgID) and the National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) as national authorities, adds sector rules for health, work, professions, justice and public administration, restricts access for children under 14 and creates new criminal offences for harmful deepfakes. It sits alongside the EU AI Act and the Italian AI strategy 2024–2026. The Garante (data-protection authority) has been active on generative AI, including its 2023 order against ChatGPT and a 2024 fine.

What is the current regulatory status?

EU AI Act applies; national AI law in force since 10 October 2025; AI strategy 2024–2026 as policy; active data-protection enforcement.

Binding rules versus guidance

Binding: Law No. 132/2025 on artificial intelligence. Strategy or guidance: Italian AI Strategy 2024–2026.

Key policy instruments

Italy Act / statute In force Binding

Law No. 132/2025 on artificial intelligence

Legge 23 settembre 2025, n. 132 – Disposizioni e deleghe al Governo in materia di intelligenza artificiale

Italy's framework AI law, published in the Official Gazette on 25 September 2025 and in force from 10 October 2025. It states principles (human-centric, transparent, safe AI; protection of fundamental rights), sets sector rules for healthcare (AI as support, not replacement, for clinical decisions), employment (information to workers, an AI-at-work observatory), intellectual professions (client disclosure), justice (judge decides; AI only for organisational support) and public administration, requires parental consent for children under 14, designates AgID and ACN as national authorities, delegates the government to align national law with the EU AI Act, and creates a criminal offence for unlawful dissemination of AI-generated or manipulated content with aggravating circumstances for other crimes committed with AI.

In force 10 Oct 2025 Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 Official source

Italy National strategy Adopted

Italian AI Strategy 2024–2026

Strategia Italiana per l'Intelligenza Artificiale 2024-2026

The 2024–2026 strategy, drafted by an expert committee for the Department for Digital Transformation and published in July 2024, organises action around research, public administration, enterprises and training, with a foundation-model and compute agenda, an AI foundation to coordinate delivery and a monitoring framework.

Adopted 22 Jul 2024 Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 Official source

Upcoming deadlines

Upcoming deadlines in Italy
Date	Milestone	Instrument
10 October 2026	Delegated decrees aligning national law with the EU AI Act confidence: medium	Law No. 132/2025 on artificial intelligence

Current priorities

Implementing the delegated decrees under Law 132/2025, AgID/ACN supervision, health and public-administration use, deepfake offences.

Latest changes

25 Sep 2025 Italy Urgent In force

Italy publishes Law 132/2025, the first national AI law in the EU

Law No. 132/2025 on artificial intelligence Legge 23 settembre 2025, n. 132 Source-linked

Applicable sectors, use cases and obligation areas

Use cases: AI in healthcare AI in hiring and employment AI in public services Generative AI and foundation models
Sectors: Cross-sector / all sectors Employment and HR Healthcare and life sciences Law enforcement and justice Public services and government
Obligation areas

How to use this information

Start from the EU AI Act record for obligations; use this page for the national authorities, penalties and strategy.
Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
Check national data-protection, employment and consumer law that applies to AI systems regardless of the AI Act.

Official government and regulator sources

Legge 23 settembre 2025, n. 132
Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana · 2025-09-25 · Tier 1 source
Strategia Italiana per l'Intelligenza Artificiale 2024-2026
Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri / AgID · 2024-07-22 · Tier 1 source

Frequently asked questions

Does Italy have a national AI law in addition to the EU AI Act?: Yes. Law No. 132 of 23 September 2025 entered into force on 10 October 2025. It does not replace the EU AI Act; it designates national authorities, adds sector provisions and criminal offences, and delegates the government to adopt implementing decrees.

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