Law

Italy: work on electrical installations, D.Lgs. 81/2008 art. 82-83 and CEI 11-27

Italian law bans live working except under conditions, and ties permitted work to technical standards (CEI 11-27 is the one for electrical work) and to employer-recognised competence; medium and high voltage live work needs authorised firms.

  • 3requirementsin our own words
  • 0editions none dated yet
  • 1places where it is a duty of 30 assessed
  • 18 Oct 2026last checkedat the sources below

Where it applies

It is a duty in 1 of 30 places. The outcome holds under the conditions shown and says nothing about any one site.

WhereOutcomeBasisConditionsAuthority and route
ItalyAppliesRequired by law In forceNone stated National electrical safety rule for workplaces in this country.ASL and Ispettorato nazionale del lavoro
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, SlovakiaDoes not applyRequired by law In forceNone stated National instrument of IT; this country has its own electrical safety rules (not yet in this dataset unless listed).Not stated

What it asks for

3 requirements, each in our own words with the evidence an assessor would expect and who on a site usually owns it. Read the clause itself on the scheme owner's page.

RequirementEvidence expectedOwnerWhen
Live working is banned except under defined conditions; low voltage work needs workers recognised as suitable by the employer. Written suitability recognition Record, checked by document reviewEHS Each certification cycle Authorisation, one site
Train persons per the technical standard before assigning electrical work. Training records Record, checked by document reviewHR Each certification cycle Authorisation, the organisation
Use procedures and equipment that follow the technical standard. Procedures Policy, checked by document reviewEHS Continuous Governance, one site

About the programme

Assessed by
The employer
Scope
worker and task
Levels
low voltage vs medium and high voltage regimes
Validity
Competence recognised by the employer; refresher periods set by the technical standard (not read here).
Accreditation route
none (employer)
Regulator
ASL and Ispettorato nazionale del lavoro
Official body
Repubblica italiana (D.Lgs. 81/2008); technical standard owned by CEI
Who asks for it
Regulator, Insurer
Where it is used
IT

Sources

Official bodies behind this page, each with the date we last read it.

Not legal advice. Confirm each duty against the text itself.