Reference legislation

Digital Administration Code (CAD) Legislative Decree 7 March 2005, No. 82, and subsequent amendments. The unified text that consolidates and organizes the rules concerning the digitization of the Public Administration. Article 50-ter, in particular, establishes the National Digital Data Platform (PDND).

Decree Law No. 77/2021 (Simplification Decree bis) Converted, with amendments, by Law 29 July 2021, No. 108. Defines the platform’s operational modalities and sets the deadlines by which public administrations must complete accreditation and migration to PDND.

PDND Interoperability Directive – 5 December 2023 It defines the operational guidelines for the full implementation of Article 50-ter of the Digital Administration Code (CAD), accelerating the subscription of public administrations to the PDND, which are required to implement APIs compliant with the Interoperability Model for Public Administrations and to publish them in the Catalog, for the full implementation of the “once only” principle. The Department for Digital Transformation, in coordination with AgID, ensures support and oversight of the implementation without new or additional costs for public finances.

Positive opinion of the Data Protection Authority (Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali) The Data Protection Authority expressed a favorable opinion on the draft AgID Guidelines for PDND’s technological infrastructure (Decision 16 December 2021, No. 433), subject—among other conditions—to the preparation and submission of a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and the adoption of necessary measures to ensure data integrity and confidentiality.

AgID Guidelines on technical interoperability for Public Administrations Issued by AgID (Agenzia per l’Italia Digitale). They define the ModI (Interoperability Model for Public Administrations), identifying the technical standards, patterns, and interoperability profiles that all e-services published by the parties on the platform must follow to ensure full compatibility among the information systems of public administrations.

AgID Guidelines on PDND technological infrastructure – December 2021 (May 2023 update, June 2025 update) Issued by AgID (Agenzia per l’Italia Digitale). Implement Article 50-ter of the CAD, defining principles, roles, and responsibilities (administrations and platform manager), processes (accreditation, e-service publication and consumption, catalog management), technical and security requirements (vouchers, tracing), as well as service levels and controls to ensure uniform, secure, and traceable interoperability among Public Administrations.