Still delays on the front of the awaited decree concerning the approval of speed cameras. Despite the European Union having given the green light to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport’s measure, the approval process is still blocked. This is denounced by Assoutenti, which highlights how chaos continues to reign in Italy regarding road fines linked to speed detection systems. The issue, in fact, is not so much the European approval, but the lack of publication of the decree in the Official Gazette, a necessary step to give full operational effect to the text.
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Speed camera approval: still delays
According to what has been reconstructed by Assoutenti, on May 4th the European “Tris” procedure concluded without remarks, the one that obliges member states to notify the European Commission of draft technical regulations before the final version. The EU would not have raised objections to the content, but the decree would remain on hold. The matter has been dragging on for over two years: in April 2024, in fact, the Court of Cassation declared null the fines issued with approved but not homologated speed cameras, theoretically sidelining a very large share of the devices present in the territory. That is, those which, according to the Mit census, would not meet the approval requirements.
New chaos in Italy?
The decree presented by the Mit provides that devices after 2017 are automatically considered approved because they meet the technical requirements set by DM 282/2017. For “pre-2017” models, instead, technical tests, calibration, and mandatory functionality checks are required for the validity of the devices. Furthermore, a simplified procedure is provided for local authorities and manufacturers already in possession of the required documentation, with supplementary submission to the Mit and related response within 60 days. However, Assoutenti warns that the “amnesty” might not really close the dispute: according to experts and jurists, in fact, the retroactive extension of approvals for homologation purposes would be illegitimate and, moreover, the competence on the metrological issue would not belong to the Mit but to the Mimit. Precisely with summer approaching, new appeals could therefore flare up again, fueling once more the “speed camera chaos” in the country.
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