Thanks to Niccolò Francesco Coscarelli for collaborating on this article.
Legislative Decree of December 31, 2025, No. 209, (the “Decree”), published in the Official Gazette on January 8, 2026, transposes Directive (EU) 2023/2673 of November 22, 2023, into Italian law. Among its principal innovations, the Decree inserts Article 54-bis into the Italian Consumer Code (Legislative Decree No. 206 of 2005) (the ‘Consumer Code’), thereby implementing Article 11a of Directive 2011/83/EU as introduced by Article 1(3) of Directive 2023/2673. Article 54-bis establishes a mandatory online withdrawal mechanism for distance contracts concluded via an online interface, imposing on traders a legal obligation to make such a mechanism available to consumers.
