License plate requirement in force from Sunday, despite delays in the delivery of license plates. From July, third party insurance will be needed; here’s everything you need to know about the new rules.
A new era has begun for urban micro-mobility. In fact, from Sunday the new provisions of the highway code came into force aimed at regulate the use of electric scooters throughout Italy.
In addition to the helmet you now need the license plate
License plate and helmetor no scooter. The government’s second crackdown on urban micromobility came into force yesterday, with owners of electric scooters having to equip themselves with the identification mark (also called “license plate”) of 8.66 euros or suffer administrative sanctions and the vehicle being stopped.
A squeeze that comes almost a year and a half after its introduction of the helmet requirement for owners and users of electric scooters, which came into force in December 2024.
The mark, which can be requested on the company portal Motorisation and applied on the vehicle, it has already been requested by more than 40 thousand users in recent weeks, according to data released by Ministry of Transportwith as many as 50 thousand tickets having already been issued.
From July also RC insurance
It doesn’t end here though, because from July 16th it will also start the obligation to have insurance RC on the scooter.
This obligation was initially envisaged in conjunction with that relating to the license plate; following a report from Ania, however, which highlighted the delay in issuing part of the vouchers and the consequent impossibility of proceeding with the registration of the insurance, this obligation was postponed for two months.
A critical issue also highlighted by the numerous sharing companies (such as Lime, Bird and Dott), who complain over 15 thousand permit requests still pending for your electric scooters, which will therefore be unusable.
The expected sanctions
Those who have not registered by May 16th are at risk administrative sanctions ranging from 100 to 400 euros. In addition to the financial penalty, the administrative seizure of the medium.
If the position is not regularized within the next 60 days, by paying the fine and applying the license plate, the scooter will therefore be permanently confiscated.
These sanctions are therefore added to those already introduced with the helmet obligation, in force from December 2024, for which it is It is necessary to wear an approved helmet compliant with the technical standards Uni En 1078 or Uni En 1080.
It remains a regulatory gray area at the moment, however. It is not clear whether these days, while the last requests for the permit are being issued, the receipt for booking the permit constitutes a valid justification in the event of a stop by the police, or whether the fine is triggered anyway.
The protests in the sector
The regulatory tightening has sparked a reaction from consumer associations. The Codacons has asked the government to extend the deadline for the obligation to have a license plate, in light of the delays recorded throughout Italy in terms of issuing the license plate by the Motor Vehicle Authorities.
Also Assoutients he raised his voice, denouncing how for two months the scooters in circulation will be regularly registered but without insurance coverage. The association also reported concrete technical problems related to the nature of the label.
The label is in fact designed with microcuts that cause fragmentation if removedmaking re-affixing impossible, so that incorrect positioning on the first attempt leads to the definitive loss of the badge and the need to request a new one.
These protests are joined by that ofAlliance for Sustainable Mobility (which brings together sharing operators, producers and distributors), which estimated that as a result of the new rules, rentals of electric scooters in the main Italian cities have fallen by 30%while sales of private vehicles recorded a decline of between 30% and 50%.
