Italy proposes cancelling its €2 parcel charge from January
Italy’s Budget Bill proposes repealing the national €2 low-value parcel charge from 1 January 2027. Parliamentary approval is still needed; keep the current postponement and separate EU charges in view.
- Who this affects
- UK retailers sending covered low-value goods for import into Italy, and businesses preparing Italian delivery prices.
- Seller action
- Check before sending affected goods
Check planned January charges with your customs representative. The Budget Bill proposes repeal, but approval and the final law still need checking; keep the national contribution separate from EU charges and carrier fees.
- Effective dates / current position
- Revised date for Italy’s national parcel charge: — Upcoming—not yet in forceTiming follows the confirmed published schedule; it is not a fresh legal review. This status concerns the revised national charge date, not the latest postponement decree, which entered into force on 24 October 2026. Check parliamentary conversion, later legislation and route-specific collection arrangements before January. Date-only changes use the calendar day in Europe/Rome.
- Last reviewed
- 4 Nov 2026 — an editorial source check, separate from automatic timing.
- Official source
- Open the primary source ↗
What does the proposed cancellation say?
Article 30 of the government’s 2027 Budget Bill, A.C. 3174, would repeal Article 1, paragraphs 126–128, of Law 199/2025: the provisions establishing this national contribution. The bill was presented on 30 October 2026; the parliamentary volumes were printed on 4 November.
Article 157 proposes commencement on 1 January 2027. Its separate exception for Article 67(2) concerns public-sector pay, not this parcel charge. Both the explanatory report and technical report also describe the proposed repeal from January.
This is an introduced bill, not an enacted cancellation. Parliamentary approval and the final published law still need checking. Do not treat the national charge as already scrapped or remove other import charges on the strength of this proposal.
What changed?
Decree-Law 193/2026 was published on 23 October and entered into force on 24 October 2026. Article 1(3) sets 1 January 2027 in the underlying postponement provision; Article 1(4)(b) removes the September decree’s December amendment. Article 11 confirms next-day commencement and submission to Parliament for conversion into law. The postponement is now in force, but the charge’s revised application date is still in the future.
The earlier Decree-Law 162/2026 had moved the date from 1 October to 1 December 2026 and entered into force on 18 September 2026. That December date has now been superseded. Keep the latest decree’s parliamentary conversion and any subsequent changes under review.
Which shipments does the charge concern?
The underlying Italian legislation covers shipments arriving from outside the EU with a declared value of no more than €150. It sets a contribution of €2 per shipment, collected by customs at definitive importation.
Ask your customs representative to confirm the import route. An Italian delivery address alone does not explain where or how an order is customs-cleared.
What should UK sellers do?
- Check quotations or pricing changes prepared for a December start of this national charge.
- Ask whether January quotations include the national €2 contribution and how they would change if Parliament approves its repeal.
- Ask your carrier or broker to separate this national contribution from its own service charges.
- Confirm the treatment of your particular import route before changing customer prices.
- Review the final budget law before January. A proposed repeal does not itself cancel the scheduled charge.
Do not confuse the different charges
The Italian postponement and proposed repeal concern a national contribution. They do not cancel the separate EU low-value customs duty or EU handling fee. Keep each measure and any carrier service fee separate in your landed-cost calculations.
Official sources
- Camera dei Deputati: A.C. 3174, Tomo II (PDF) — proposed Article 30 on printed page 49 and Article 157 on printed page 249; the Article 67(2) exception is on printed page 109.
- A.C. 3174, Tomo I: explanatory and technical reports (PDF) — Article 30 explanation on printed pages 113–114 and technical assessment on printed pages 256–257. These accompany the proposal; they are not proof of enactment.
- Gazzetta Ufficiale: Decree-Law 193/2026, Articles 1 and 11 — January postponement, removal of the December amendment and commencement.
- Decree-Law 162/2026, Articles 4 and 8 — the earlier December postponement, now superseded.
- Law 199/2025, Article 1, paragraphs 126–128 — original scope and amount; read with subsequent postponements.
Updates to this article
Added the government’s introduced 2027 Budget Bill proposal to repeal the national charge from January after checking A.C. 3174 Article 30, Article 157 and its exception, and the explanatory and technical reports. Kept the enacted postponement, current timing schedule and final-law caution distinct from the proposal; preserved the original publication date, URL and image.
Replaced the December charge date with 1 January 2027 after checking Decree-Law 193/2026, including the operative postponement, removal of the earlier December amendment and 24 October commencement. Rechecked the underlying scope and amount, retained the parliamentary-conversion caution and distinguished this national charge from EU measures. Original publication date, URL and image preserved; the image caption now identifies the earlier illustration.