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Country card: Italy

Emergency numbers, your ID number, the prepaid SIM rule and a few practical facts on one screen. Print it for the fridge or keep it on your phone.

Facts9Last checked2026-10-21

Planning help, not legal advice. Every fact links to the official page it came from or says Not verified and whom to ask. Numbers, rules and dates change: confirm on the official page. In a real emergency, do not read this page: call.

IT

Italy

Emergency

112General
Police
113
Ambulance
118
Fire
115

What to say when you call

Ho bisogno di aiuto. Sono in [via, numero, città]. [C'è stato un incidente / un incendio / un furto]. Ci sono [numero] persone coinvolte.

Means: I need help. I am at [address]. [What happened]. [Number] people are affected.

Official source read

Source: italia.it: numeri di emergenza · vigilfuoco.it: Emergenza 112 · Last checked 2026-10-21

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ID number you need first

Codice fiscale

Agenzia delle Entrate (questure and sportelli unici for permit cases)

Official source read

The codice fiscale is a 16-character code that identifies individuals in all dealings with public bodies and administrations. The health card (tessera sanitaria) includes it.

Source: agenziaentrate.gov.it: Il codice fiscale · Last checked 2026-10-21

ID number guide

Prepaid SIM: do you need ID?

Partly verified

Yes. A Ministry of the Interior decree (Gazzetta Ufficiale, 6 Feb 2019) states that companies must identify buyers of prepaid mobile traffic before activation and record the data from an identity document, with its type, number and a copy. The decree also allows remote identification for existing customers who migrate or add a SIM. It cites art. 55(7) of D.Lgs. 259/2003; we did not re-check the current article numbering.

Decreto 28 dicembre 2018, Ministero dell'Interno (GU n. 31, 6 Feb 2019), art. 2.

Source: gazzettaufficiale.it · Last checked 2026-10-21

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Practical facts

  • Plug typeC, F, LPartly verified

    Plug types C, F, L. Taken from the IEC World Plugs country listing as quoted in search results; the IEC page itself did not open for our checker (HTTP 403). Confirm on iec.ch.

    Source: iec.ch: World plugs (country listing) · Last checked 2026-10-21

  • Mains voltage and frequency230 V · 50 HzPartly verified

    Mains 230 V, 50 Hz. Taken from the IEC World Plugs country listing as quoted in search results; the IEC page itself did not open for our checker (HTTP 403). Confirm on iec.ch.

    Source: iec.ch: World plugs (country listing) · Last checked 2026-10-21

  • CurrencyEUR · euroOfficial source read

    The euro is the official currency of 21 of the 27 EU countries, including Italy.

    Source: european-union.europa.eu: countries using the euro · Last checked 2026-10-21

  • Time zoneNot verified

    Not verified: Usually CET in winter and CEST (one hour ahead) in summer. We did not open an official page for this. Check with the Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (inrim.it) or the Italian government.

    Source: no official page opened (the page does not state this) · Last checked 2026-10-21

  • Clock changeLast Sun Mar · last Sun OctPartly verified

    EU rule: summer time starts at 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in March and ends at 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in October (Directive 2000/84/EC, articles 2 and 3). 2026: forward 29 Mar, back 25 Oct. 2027: forward 28 Mar, back 31 Oct. We calculated these dates from the rule; the directive page did not open for our checker, so the wording comes from search results. Check the date near the change.

    Source: eur-lex.europa.eu: Directive 2000/84/EC on summer-time arrangements · Last checked 2026-10-21

  • Driving sideNot verified

    Not verified: we did not open an official page that states the driving side. Check with the Polizia Stradale or the Automobile Club d'Italia (aci.it) before you drive.

    Source: no official page opened (the page does not state this) · Last checked 2026-10-21

Left out on purpose: tap water and tipping. We add them only when an official source states them for the country.

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