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Constitution of the Italian Republic.
Date of text: 27 December 1947 (07 October 2023)

Policies

National Action Plan for the Improvement of Air Quality 20 June 2025.
Date of text: 20 June 2025
National Triennial Program for Fishing and Aquaculture 2025-2027.
Date of text: 16 April 2025
National Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change.
Date of text: 01 January 2023
CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027.
Date of text: 01 September 2022
National Hydrogen Strategy Preliminary Guidelines.
Date of text: 01 June 2022

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Law 9 March 2022, No. 23 Provisions for the protection, development and competitiveness of agricultural, agri-food and aquaculture production with organic methods.
Date of text: 09 March 2022
Act No. 38 Provisions regarding the agricultural sector.
Date of text: 07 March 2003
Act No. 194 on the protection and promotion of biodiversity for food and agriculture.
Date of text: 01 December 2015
Act No. 97 on mountain areas.
Date of text: 31 January 1994
Act No. 381 on social cooperatives.
Date of text: 08 November 1991

Climate change

Legislative Decree No. 199/2021 concerning the implementation of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 11 December 2018, on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources.
Date of text: 08 November 2021 (15 May 2024)
Act No. 549 laying down measures for the protection of the ozone layer and the environment.
Date of text: 28 December 1993
Act No. 204/2016 ratifying and executing the Paris Agreement adopted in Paris on 12 December 2015 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Date of text: 04 November 2016
Trento: Provincial Act No. 5 on climate protection.
Date of text: 09 March 2010

Cultivated plants

Legislative Decree No. 20/2021 concerning rules for the production and marketing of seed products implementing article 11 of Law No. 117/2019.
Date of text: 02 February 2021 (09 November 2023)
Legislative Decree No. 75/2010 revising and rearranging provisions on fertilizers, as per article 13 of Act No. 88 of 7 July 2009.
Date of text: 29 April 2010 (12 December 2023)
Legislative Decree No. 455 setting out the rules for the implementation of the Act amending the International Convention for the Protection of the New Varieties of Plant.
Date of text: 03 November 1998
Legislative Decree No. 194 implementing EEC Directive No. 91/414/EEC regarding the placing on the market of pesticides.
Date of text: 17 March 1995 (05 February 1999)
Legislative Decree No. 220 implementing articles 8 and 9 of EEC Regulation No. 2029/91 on biological production.
Date of text: 17 March 1995

Disaster risk management

Decree-Law 25 March 2020, No. 19 Urgent measures to deal with the epidemiological emergency from COVID-19.
Date of text: 25 March 2020
Council of Ministers Resolution 31 January 2020 Declaration of the state of emergency due to the health risk associated with the onset of pathologies as a consequence of transmissible virus
Date of text: 31 January 2020
Decree-law No. 13/2023 containing urgent provisions for the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) and the National Investment Plan complementary to the PNRR (PNC), as well as for the implementation of cohesion policies and the common agricultural policy.
Date of text: 24 February 2023 (21 April 2023)
Law Decree 21 March 2022 No. 21 concerning urgent measures to counter the economic and humanitarian effects of the Ukrainian crisis.
Date of text: 21 March 2022 (20 May 2022)
Decree Law 8 September 2021, No. 120 concerning provisions for fighting forest fires and other urgent civil protection measures.
Date of text: 08 September 2021 (08 November 2021)

Environment

Legislative Decree No. 152/2006 approving the Code on the Environment.
Date of text: 03 April 2006 (01 April 2025)
Law No. 221 of 2015 to promote measures regarding green economy and to reduce the overexploitation of natural resources.
Date of text: 28 December 2015
Legislative Decree No. 195 implementing Directive 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information.
Date of text: 19 August 2005
Legislative Decree No. 59 implementing Directive 96/61/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and control.
Date of text: 18 February 2005
Legislative Decree No. 351 implementing Directive 96/62/EC on ambient air quality assessment and management.
Date of text: 04 August 1999

Fisheries and aquaculture

Legislative Decree No. 4 rearranging the national legislation on fisheries and aquaculture.
Date of text: 09 January 2012 (29 March 2019)
Act No. 164 on fisheries and aquaculture.
Date of text: 21 May 1998
Legislative Decree No. 154 of 26 May 2004 on the modernization of the fishery and aquaculture sector as per article 1, paragraph 2 of Act No. 38 of 7 March 2003.
Date of text: 26 May 2004
Legislative Decree No. 146 implementing Directive 98/58/EC concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes.
Date of text: 26 March 2001
Decree May 13, 2022 . Measures for small pelagic fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea and specific measures for the Adriatic Sea.
Date of text: 13 May 2022

Food and nutrition

Legislative Decree No. 27/2021 concerning conversion into national legislation of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 pursuant to article 12, letters a), b), c), d) and e) of Law No. 117/2019.
Date of text: 02 February 2021
Legislative Decree No. 193 implementing Directive 2004/41/EC concerning food safety and implementing European Community regulations in this sector.
Date of text: 06 November 2007
Law 30 April 1962, n. 283 (amendment of articles 242, 243, 247, 250 and 262 of the consolidated text of sanitary laws, approved with royal decree 27 July 1934, n. 1265) Hygienic requirements for the production and sale of food substances and beverages.
Date of text: 30 April 1962
Law No. 166 on the donation and distribution of food and pharmaceutical products for purposes of social solidarity and food waste prevention.
Date of text: 19 August 2016
Law 25 June 2003, n. 155 Provisions governing the distribution of food products for social solidarity purposes.
Date of text: 25 June 2003

Forestry

Law 21 November 2000 No. 353 Framework law on forest fires.
Date of text: 21 November 2000
Royal Decree Law No. 3267 re-arranging and reforming the legislation in matter of forests and mountain territories.
Date of text: 30 December 1923
Legislative Decree 3 April 2018, n. 34-Consolidated text on forests and forestry supply chains.
Date of text: 03 April 2018 (13 December 2019)
Decree Law 8 September 2021, No. 120 concerning provisions for fighting forest fires and other urgent civil protection measures.
Date of text: 08 September 2021 (08 November 2021)
Legislative Decree 9 August 2016, n. 177 Provisions on the rationalization of police functions and absorption of the State Forestry Corps.
Date of text: 19 August 2016 (2023)

Gender

Decree 7 December 2021 concerning the adoption of guidelines aimed at promoting gender and generational equal opportunities, employment inclusion of people with disabilities in public contracts financed with PNRR and the PNC resources.
Date of text: 04 December 2021

Land and soil

Presidential Decree of 13 February 2017, no. 31 on rules for identifying interventions not covered by landscape authorization or subject to simplified authorization procedure.
Date of text: 22 March 2017
Act No. 10 on the development of urban green spaces.
Date of text: 14 January 2013
Law 15 December 2004, n. 308 Delegation to the Government for the reorganization, coordination and integration of environmental legislation and directly applicable measures.
Date of text: 15 December 2004
Act No. 403 on the ratification and implementation of the Convention on the protection of the Alps of 7 November 1991
Date of text: 14 October 1999
Legislative Decree 31 March 1998, n. 112 concerning the transfer of the State’s functions and competencies to Regions and local Agencies, in application of the Section I of the Law 15 March 1997, n. 59 (Delegation to the Government for the assignment of functions and tasks to the regions and local bodies, for the reform of the Public Administration and for administrative simplification).
Date of text: 31 March 1998

Livestock

Act No. 30 on animal reproduction.
Date of text: 15 January 1991
Act No. 281 regulating the preparation of and trade in animal feeds.
Date of text: 15 February 1963 (28 May 1998)
Legislative Decree No. 193 implementing Directive 2004/41/EC concerning food safety and implementing European Community regulations in this sector.
Date of text: 06 November 2007
Legislative Decree No. 193 implementing Directive 2004/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2001/82/EC on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products.
Date of text: 06 April 2006
Act No. 313 on apiculture.
Date of text: 25 December 2004

Mineral resources and energy

Legislative Decree No. 155 of 2008 implementing Directive 2006/32/EC on energy end-use efficiency and energy services and repeal of Directive 93/76/EEC.
Date of text: 30 May 2008
Legislative Decree No. 199/2021 concerning the implementation of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 11 December 2018, on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources.
Date of text: 08 November 2021 (15 May 2024)
Legislative Decree No. 28 implementing Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources.
Date of text: 03 March 2011
Act No. 239 on energy.
Date of text: 23 August 2004
Law No. 239 of 2004 concerning the reorganization of the energy sector, as well as delegation to the Government for the reorganization of the energy provisions in force.
Date of text: 23 August 2004

Sea

Legislative Decree 17 October 2016, n. 201. Implementation of Directive 2014/89 / EU establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning.
Date of text: 17 October 2016
Act No. 979 making provisions for the safeguard of the sea.
Date of text: 31 December 1982
Act No. 327 - Navigation Code.
Date of text: 30 March 1942
Law No. 60/2022 provisions on the recovery of waste at sea and in inland waters and on the promotion of the circular economy (“SalvaMare” Law).
Date of text: 17 May 2022
Legislative Decree no. 32 from 15 February 2016 on the implementation of the European Parliament and Council Directive of 20 November 2013, 2013/54/EU on certain responsibilities of the flag State for compliance with the 2006 Maritime Labor Convention and its application.
Date of text: 15 February 2016

Social protection

Decree-Law No. 34/2020 on urgent measures in the field of health, support for work and the economy, as well as social policies related to the epidemiological emergency from COVID-19.
Date of text: 19 May 2020 (30 June 2025)
Chief of Civil Protection Department Order n. 658, 29 March 2020. Additional emergency measures in the context of the health risk associated with the onset of pathologies as a consequence of transmissible virus
Date of text: 29 March 2020
Law no. 33 from 15 March 2017 on delegation of rules on contrast of poverty, reordering of performance and the system of interventions and social services.
Date of text: 15 March 2017
Law no. 229 from 15 December 2016 on the conversion into Law, with modifications, of the Decree-Law no. 189 from 17 October 2016, on urgent actions in favor of the populations affected by the earthquake of 24 August 2016.
Date of text: 15 December 2016
Decree-Law no. 189 from 17 October 2016 on urgent interventions in favor of the populations affected by the earthquake of 24 August 2016.
Date of text: 17 October 2016

Water

Legislative Decree No. 275 concerning reorganization in the field of public water concessions, 1993.
Date of text: 12 July 1993 (03 April 2006)
Legislative Decree No. 18/2023 concerning the implementation of Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 concerning the quality of water intended for human consumption.
Date of text: 23 February 2023
Decree-Law No. 39/2023 Urgent provisions to combat water scarcity and to strengthen and adapt water infrastructure.
Date of text: 14 April 2023 (23 February 2024)
Decree-Law No. 103/2021 containing urgent measures for the protection of waterways of cultural interest and for the safeguarding of Venice, as well as urgent provisions for labor protection.
Date of text: 20 July 2021 (16 September 2021)
Legislative Decree no. 259 from 21 December 2016 on the implementation of provisions of the Special Statute of the Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta/Vallee d'Aoste in the field of public water.
Date of text: 21 December 2016

Wild species and ecosystems

Legislative Decree No. 42 laying down the Code on Cultural Heritage and Landscape.
Date of text: 22 January 2004
Act No. 157: provisions for the protection of wildlife and restrictions on hunting.
Date of text: 11 February 1992
Act No. 394 laying down the legal framework for protected areas.
Date of text: 06 December 1991 (09 December 1998)
Legislative Decree No. 152/2006 approving the Code on the Environment.
Date of text: 03 April 2006 (01 April 2025)
Act No. 97 on mountain areas.
Date of text: 31 January 1994

Miscellaneous

Law No. 190 of 2012 concerning provisions for the prevention and contrast of corruption and misconduct in the public administration.
Date of text: 06 November 2012 (07 June 2020)
Penal Code
Date of text: 19 October 1930 (02 April 2026)
Civil Code.
Date of text: 16 March 1942 (16 July 2020)
Law 23 December 1978, n. 833 Establishment of the Department of Public Health
Date of text: 23 December 1978
Decree Law No. 18/2020 on measures to strengthen the National Health System and economic support for families, workers and businesses connected to the epidemiological emergency caused by COVID-19.
Date of text: 17 March 2020

International Agreements

MEMORANDUM on Mutual Understanding between the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry of Italy on cooperation in the field of agriculture.
Date of text: 27 October 2015
Agreement on Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the Italian Republic in the fields of Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development.
Date of text: 08 May 2012
Protocol between the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry of Italy.
Date of text: 20 April 2012

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