National Civil Registry: all local authorities must join
Implementation is required from 31 December 2026. There is a risk of delays in the implementation of the measure
Key points
From 31 December 2026, registration with the National Civil Registry (ANSC) will be mandatory for all 7,900 Italian municipalities. At present, only 13 municipalities in the process of a controlled roll-out of the project, funded with €49 million from the NRRP, which centralises birth, marriage, citizenship and death certificates on a single platform managed by the Ministry of the Interior. The risk is that we will be too late: with seven months to go before the deadline, the quality of the operational model matters just as much as the quality of the code. And it is precisely in this regard that some critical issues have arisen, as highlighted in a statement by AssoSoftware and its member software houses.
Key issues
Firstly, there is the governance of releases: the rapid pace of change on the platform is understandable for a young system, but frequent updates require joint planning. When an application goes live without technical specifications, error messages are sent to local authorities, which are forced to halt operations. These operational disruptions have a significant impact on citizens’ lives: delays in the issuance of certificates, birth certificates, marriage, death and citizenship.
A second issue concerns document continuity, as certain functions have been temporarily disabled in recent months pending redesign. However, this has been done without the relevant explanatory documentation being published in a timely manner. From 4 June, for example, functions such as the annulment of deeds on grounds of invalidity and the correction of annotations will be disabled, replaced by new procedures. The pace at which cases are being processed is also a concern: some reports concern sensitive cases, including those of constitutional significance, which cannot be left on hold. One need only consider the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the recognition of dual maternity, for which the request for an adjustment to the application has been pending for more than eight months.
AssoSoftware's position
Finally, AssoSoftware reiterates the importance of the general principle established by Article 46 of the National Simplification Act (Law 182/2025): ‘Functional diagrams, technical specifications, software components and test environments must be made available to industry operators well in advance.’ According to AssoSoftware, a significant leap forward is needed to meet the deadline by the end of the year: in addition to resolving the critical issues that have emerged, a permanent technical committee will be needed, bringing together the Department for Digital Transformation, the technology partner, software house associations and the demographic operators of the National Association of Civil Status and Registry Offices (Anusca).
