Legislative Decree amending the Italian Electronic Communications Code. 

On 28 April 2024, Legislative Decree 48/2024 amending the Electronic Communications Code (Legislative Decree 259/03) came into force. The new amendments (8 articles and 2 annexes) aims to update the text to technological innovation (also by introducing new definitions, such as that of "access point" or "MAC Address") and to standardise and simplify the regulations in various areas (from the SCIA procedure, to the mapping of electronic communication infrastructures, to the procedures for the installation of IT systems). The amendments introduced to section 98-decies of the Code are of a particular interest, with the provision of the possibility for the Italian Communications Authority - AGCOM to impose restrictions to block communications coming from abroad that illegitimately use national numbering to identify their origin, such as call centres, or to block sites that provide APP, software systems or illegitimate services, e.g. cashfor sms (illegitimate remuneration of end users of other operators), creation of parallel networks (dark web) that can also be used for illegal activities (copyright infringement, violation of privacy, child pornography, identity theft).