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Speed cameras, the three possible cases of unlawful use

There is time until 30 November to register speed limit devices on the MIT platform

by Silvio Scotti

9 October 2025

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With the publication of the new director's decree on the operation of the census platform for the so-called Velox, the reporting obligation set out in Decree Law 73 of 21 May 2025, converted with amendments by Law 105 of 8 July 2025, becomes effective.

Device Data

Secondo l’articolo 5, comma 3-bis, le amministrazioni e gli enti da cui dipendono gli organi di polizia stradale (Stato, province e comuni) hanno l’obbligo di comunicare al ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti (Mit) i dati relativi alle apparecchiature per l’accertamento della violazione dei limiti di velocità, indicando per ciascun dispositivo la conformità a un tipo, marca e modello approvato od omologato. Tuttavia, l’obbligo di comunicazione, nonostante l’inserimento in un decreto legge, nella sua definitiva forma al momento della conversione in legge, non era immediatamente precettivo. La norma rimandava a un successivo decreto del Mit, sentito il ministero dell’Interno, da adottarsi entro 30 giorni dalla data di entrata in vigore della legge di conversione del decreto. Decreto emanato puntualmente in data 18 agosto (entro il termin

(a) the name of the administration or competent body transmitting the data;

(b) the code of the competent administration or body, issued by the data processing centre of the Directorate-General for Motor Vehicles;

(c) the cadastral code of the administration or body for which the competent administration or body is transmitting the data, where applicable;

(d) the details of the Decree of the MIT approving or extending the device or system;

(e) the type of device or system;

(f) the brand of the device or system, which corresponds to the holder of the approval;

(g) the model of the device or system, set out in the decree referred to in (d);

(h) theversion of the model of the device or system, if present in the decree referred to in (d);

(i) the date number.

The census

A census in full swing, with which the ministry intends to map, in a comprehensive manner, the Italian situation regarding the detection of speed limit offences. However, the aforementioned decree further postponed the reporting obligation to a subsequent provision of the Director General for Motorisation, from which date the deadline for compliance would begin to run, i.e. 60 days. This provision, as mentioned at the beginning, has now been published and the countdown to the registration of speedometers has begun: What are the consequences in the event of non-compliance?

Equipment that has not been registered will not be able to be used, as their use for sanctioning purposes would be illegitimate. From what we learn from the director's decree, the list will be published online on the Ministry's institutional portal, thus allowing a check on the equipment used to detect speed limit violations. On the motorist's portal there are instructions for registering the equipment, as well as a very useful list of Faqs, which reiterates the future possibility for citizens to check the list that will be prepared.

As soon as the list is published, a velox may be illegal even under three different profiles:

the first, stemming from the fact that the Supreme Court of Cassation, followed by most of the jurisprudence on the merits, has established without exception that speedometers must betype-approved and not simply authorised, as those currently in operation;
the second, stemming from the Salvini Decree (MIT decree, 11 April 2024), which establishes the procedures for locating and using the equipment;
lastly, the census obligation, the deadline for which will expire on 30 November 2025.

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