Overview
- The ministerial decree was published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale and became effective at midnight between July 11 and July 12, triggering immediate changes in enforcement across Italy.
- Official counts differ: the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport says about 3,150 devices already meet the new requirements and roughly 850 must stop until they obtain homologation while other local reports put the split at 2,856 active and 1,204 switched off from a total near 4,060.
- The text fixes numeric performance thresholds — 90% vehicle detection, 95% correct speed-to-vehicle association, 95% image and plate recognition, 90% vehicle classification — and a speed-measurement tolerance of ±3 km/h up to 100 km/h, plus annual checks, automatic face-blurring on frontal photos, and digital signing of data.
- The decree includes an Allegato B listing 25 prototype models the ministry treats as homologated and gives manufacturers a formal route to seek homologation, with reported ministry response windows that let some devices be retested and returned to service within months.
- Legal and political tensions persist because recent Cassazione decisions require both approval and homologation for sanctions to stand, lawyers warn the ministerial decree may not end litigation, and cities that have switched off cameras face safety and budget trade-offs as they replace or certify equipment.