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Reference legislation
Regulatory framework
The platform represents one of the key implementation tools for the country’s digital transformation, as outlined in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP).
Its operation is based on a solid set of laws and regulations that ensure security, standardization, and the protection of citizens’ and businesses’ rights.
Its operation is based on a solid set of laws and regulations that ensure security, standardization, and the protection of citizens’ and businesses’ rights.
Main sources
Below are the main legislative and regulatory sources governing the platform’s operation:
- 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 Defines operational guidelines to fully implement Article 50-ter of the CAD, accelerating administrations’ adoption of PDND and the interoperability model, compliant APIs, and the publication of e-services in the Catalog, in accordance with the “once only” principle. The Department for Digital Transformation, in coordination with AgID, ensures support and oversight without additional public spending.
- 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). Define the technical standards, interoperability profiles, and data models that all e-services published on the platform must follow to ensure full compatibility between Public Administration information systems.
- 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 (ModI, APIs, vouchers, tracing), as well as service levels and controls to ensure uniform, secure, and traceable interoperability among Public Administrations.
For more details on the structure of the ecosystem, see the dedicated page on Developers Italia.
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