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Italy's national AI law enters into force, a first in Europe

Italy's Law 132/2025, Europe's first national AI statute, entered into force on 10 October 2025. It sets sector rules for health, justice and public administration, creates national AI authorities under ACN and AgID, and adds criminal offences for AI-generated deepfakes.

Reported Editor-read McDermott Will & Schulte client alert on Law 132/2025, 6 October 2025

What it does not test. It does not establish how the new deepfake offences will be enforced, since implementing decrees have yet to be issued.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

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