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Selling machinery in Italy from 2027
Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 applies in the same way across the EU, but each country decides languages, penalties and who enforces. Machinery manufacturers in Italy: about 18,119 (Eurostat 2022). Here is what we found.
National law under discussionTo be verified
- National law
- A draft legislative decree was approved on first reading on 2 October 2026 (Government Act no. 445) and is now before Parliament. It amends Legislative Decree 17/2010. The text is not final.(To be verified)
- Penalties
- Under the draft: €10,000 to €100,000 for machinery that does not meet the safety requirements, €10,000 to €50,000 for breaches of economic operators' obligations, €3,000 to €30,000 for failing to cooperate with the authorities.(To be verified)
- Mandatory languages
- Italian for instructions and information intended for the Italian market (draft decree).
- Who enforces
- Ministry of Enterprise (MIMIT) and Ministry of Labour, with technical support from INAIL and the Labour Inspectorate. Fines are imposed by the Chambers of Commerce.(To be verified)
Data collected on 2026-10-22 from public sources. We did not always find the official text: check it in the national gazette and with your CE consultant before relying on it.
What it means in practice
- Employers remain bound by Legislative Decree 81/08: providing workers with non-compliant machinery can also lead to criminal liability.
How TARGA helps
- Set Italy among the delivery countries of a serial number and TARGA warns you if a mandatory language is missing (Italian).
- The manual is composed for the configuration of each serial number and translated with AI plus human review, using your glossary.
- The QR page picks the language from the visitor's browser and says whether it shows the original or a translation.
- Published versions stay online for at least 10 years, and paper copy requests arrive with their one-month deadline.
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