Unregistered speed cameras to lose power to fine in Italy

Italy’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has issued Decreto Direttoriale prot. 305 del 18 agosto 2025, establishing a national digital platform to register all speed enforcement devices. Once operational, only cameras entered into the system will be legally valid for issuing fines.

The measure follows the approval of Law 105/2025 earlier this summer and comes after months of public debate, legal challenges and criticism that many municipalities used speed cameras primarily as revenue generators. Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini had pledged at the start of the year to bring greater clarity to the system.

Under the decree, local administrations must provide details for each device, including the authority responsible, the approving decree, as well as the type, brand, model, version and serial number.

Data must be uploaded through the Portale dell’Automobilista or Portale del Trasporto using ministry-issued credentials. The platform, managed by the Data Processing Centre of the Directorate-General for Motorisation, will then publish the information on the official MIT website.

The reform is intended to function as more than an administrative register. According to the ministry, the database will serve as a publicly accessible map, allowing drivers to see where devices are in operation. Administrations will have 60 days to register their cameras once the platform is live. Devices not included in the register cannot lawfully be used to detect violations of the Highway Code.

While the measure strengthens transparency, it does not address the issue of homologation and calibration of devices. Recent court rulings in Italy have questioned the validity of fines when equipment was not properly certified, and sector observers expect further decrees to set clearer technical standards and periodic verification requirements.

For drivers, the change means greater certainty about the legal status of enforcement devices and the ability to check whether fines originate from authorised equipment. For transport companies, it could reduce disputes over penalties—a matter of direct financial importance to employers who often cover fines or face the consequences of licence points accumulated by their drivers.

The decree entered into force on 18 August 2025, the day it was published on the ministry’s website. However, the platform will only become operational once the Director General for Motorisation issues a separate decision. From that date, local authorities will have 60 days to register their devices, after which any camera not listed will no longer be valid for issuing fines.