Italy makes electric scooter insurance compulsory from 16 July

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• ⬤ Italy introduces mandatory third-party liability insurance for e-scooter operators from 16 July, with fines for non-compliance between €100 and €400.
• ⬤ The insurance policy must be registered on the ANIA platform and linked to the scooter's identification code to be legally valid.
• ⬤ Licence plates for e-scooters are already mandatory from 17 May, with the new plates produced with anti-counterfeiting technologies and featuring a unique alphanumeric code.