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Bank of Italy regulations

Bank of Italy regulation consists of circulars, regulations and supervisory measures. Of a basically technical nature these provisions lay down rules and methods for categories of banking and financial intermediaries, operating both individually and in groups.

The Bank of Italy's supervisory regulation is published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica italiana and in the Bank's Bollettino di Vigilanza.

Compliance with the provisions is reinforced by administrative sanctions.

Under Law 262/2005 on the protection of savings, the Bank of Italy must carry out advance analysis of the impact of the measures that it intends to issue, assess their effects, in terms of costs and benefits, on the interested parties, and carry out a public consultation. The reasons for regulatory measures must be given and the measures themselves revised periodically.