A source-led starting point
This index brings together selected sources used in the Italy guides. Some links lead to an individual law; others lead to an official collection, court or regulator. It is a research starting point, not an exhaustive or certified consolidation of every applicable rule.
Read the operative text with amendments, commencement, territorial application and authoritative language in view. A current website or search result does not itself establish that an older downloaded document remains the correct version.
Legislation, courts & regulators
Administrative Procedure Code — Legislative Decree 104/2010
Contains the framework for administrative-court proceedings; the selected consolidation must match the procedural date in issue.
Open the legal source ↗AGCM — mergers and acquisitions
Explains concentration control and the activities falling within the Italian competition authority's merger jurisdiction.
Open the legal source ↗AGCM — unfair commercial practices and advertising
Explains public enforcement against misleading and aggressive practices under the Consumer Code.
Open the legal source ↗ARERA — conciliation service
Explains dispute-resolution services for regulated utilities and eligible relationships involving energy operators and customers.
Open the legal source ↗Bank of Italy — supervision
Explains banking and financial supervision, regulated institutions and the relationship with European banking supervision.
Open the legal source ↗Business Crisis and Insolvency Code — negotiated restructuring
Article 12 describes expert-assisted negotiations to resolve business distress, including possible business transfers.
Open the legal source ↗Civil Code — Royal Decree 262/1942
Regulates private-law relationships, including obligations, property, companies, family interests and succession; select the relevant consolidated version.
Open the legal source ↗Code of Civil Procedure — Royal Decree 1443/1940
Contains civil proceedings, arbitration and execution rules; the linked dated consolidation should be checked for later amendments.
Open the legal source ↗Code of Criminal Procedure — Presidential Decree 447/1988
Regulates criminal investigations, defence rights, trial procedures, challenges and execution of criminal decisions.
Open the legal source ↗Consolidated Building Act — Presidential Decree 380/2001
Regulates building activities, authorisation procedures and compliance; the dated version requires checking against subsequent amendments.
Open the legal source ↗Environmental Code — Legislative Decree 152/2006
Contains environmental assessment, water, waste and other environmental controls relevant to development and business operations.
Open the legal source ↗European Commission — maritime spatial planning in Italy
Describes Italy's maritime planning arrangements and the instruments coordinating activities in its marine areas.
Open the legal source ↗European Commission — navigating the AI Act
Explains AI Act roles, scope and phased application, including changes to the implementation timetable.
Open the legal source ↗European e-Justice — divorce and legal separation in Italy
Explains Italian separation, divorce, financial consequences and the procedures applicable to family breakdown.
Open the legal source ↗Garante — Italian Personal Data Protection Code
Provides the national privacy-code framework operating alongside the GDPR; English material must be checked against current Italian amendments.
Open the legal source ↗Impresa in un giorno — setting up a business
Describes business registration and coordinated communications to company, tax and social-insurance authorities.
Open the legal source ↗INAIL — accidents and injuries at work
Explains occupational accident insurance and the handling of workplace injury claims within Italy's insurance system.
Open the legal source ↗Italian government — setting up a company
Explains Italian company forms and establishment requirements, including the distinction between limited liability and joint-stock companies.
Open the legal source ↗Italian government — taxation
Outlines corporate income tax, regional business taxation and other tax considerations for business establishment.
Open the legal source ↗Italian national security system — Golden Power legislation
Collects legislation on government powers concerning strategic businesses and assets; individual instruments determine notification and approval requirements.
Open the legal source ↗IVASS — consumer complaints guide
Explains complaints to insurers and intermediaries and the circumstances in which insurance-supervision complaints may reach IVASS.
Open the legal source ↗Law 132/2025 — artificial intelligence
Sets Italian AI principles, sectoral provisions, national governance and related user-protection and copyright measures.
Open the legal source ↗Law 24/2017 — healthcare safety and professional liability
Regulates healthcare safety and the liability of healthcare organisations and professionals, requiring attention to the defendant's role.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Foreign Affairs — restrictive measures and derogations
Explains restrictive measures and the procedures relevant to authorised derogations from applicable trade restrictions.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Justice — civil and commercial mediation
Explains civil and commercial mediation and the role of an independent mediator in reaching an agreement.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Labour — ending employment
Explains dismissal, resignation and the legal grounds relevant to ending an Italian employment relationship.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Labour — operational guidance for 2027 migration flows
Provides the published operational guidance for the 2027 quota cycle within the 2026–2028 employment migration programme.
Open the legal source ↗Public Contracts Code — Legislative Decree 36/2023
Regulates public procurement and concessions, including procedure-specific requirements and the public contracting framework.
Open the legal source ↗Revenue Agency — buying a home
Explains property acquisition checks, tax treatment and the roles of the purchaser and notary.
Open the legal source ↗Rimini Court — acceptance of inheritance with benefit of inventory
Explains formal acceptance with an inventory and the associated Civil Code provisions and protective procedures.
Open the legal source ↗WIPO — Italy intellectual-property authorities
Identifies the Italian Patent and Trademark Office and the separate national authority responsible for copyright.
Open the legal source ↗Using the sources
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