Announcement
18 Mar 2026
Italy introduced a notification requirement for exports of copper, aluminium, and zinc scrap above certain thresholds when shipped outside the EU. The measure aims to monitor the outflow of strategically important recyclable metals and safeguard supply for domestic and European industrial supply chains
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Number of interventions
1
0 certainly harmful
1 likely harmful
0 liberalising
Implementation date
18 Jul 2026
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Recent update from 30 Mar 2026:
On 18 March 2026, the Italian government published the Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers of 11 February 2026, imposing an export notification requirement on shipments of copper, a...
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