Following the approval of Legislative Decree no. 139 of 18 September 2024, regarding the implementation of the tax delegation, the stamp duty previously due on consular services is exempted and the cost of the collection of certain consular services and certain tariffs reported in the consular table attached to Legislative Decree 71/2011 is adjusted.
The effective date of the regulatory change and therefore of the application of the new tariffs is 1 January 2025.
In particular, as established in paragraph 2 of art. 4 of Legislative Decree 139/2024, the documents adopted or received by diplomatic and consular offices are NO LONGER subject to stamp duty in addition to the specific consular collection relating to a given consular service. At the same time, the same paragraph 2 of art. 4 provides for an adjustment of the tariffs of certain consular services.
Specifically, the rights referred to in Articles 4, letter b), 7, 8, 17, 18, 24, 55 and 66 of the Annex to the Legislative Decree. 71/2011 containing the table of consular fees, are recalculated as per the following table:
| Consular fee | From | To |
| Art. 4 b) act of renunciation of citizenship fixed fee | € 41,00 | € 50,00 |
| Art. 7 Legalization of civil status documents | € 11,00 | € 12,00 |
| Art. 8 Acts not listed in the previous articles of this section for each act (5) | € 11,00 | € 15,00 |
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Art. 17 Power of attorney or general mandate – General power of attorney for litigation – Confirmation, modification or revocation: for each act
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€ 80,00 | € 90,00 |
| Art. 18 Special power of attorney – Special mandate with or without representation (10) – Modification, revocation, renunciation, ratification or confirmation: for each act | € 56,00 | € 60,00 |
| Art. 24 Authentication of signature affixed to a private deed not having patrimonial content: fixed fee | € 14,00 | € 20,00 |
| Art. 55 Acts not listed in the previous articles of this section: (24) for each act | € 25,00 | € 35,00 |
| Art. 66 Certificates, declarations, endorsements, publications for posting, and any other act not listed in the previous articles of this section (27): for each act | € 41,00 | € 50,00 |
Furthermore, still in the text of the annex to Legislative Decree 71/2011:
• note A) is deleted;
• note 5) is replaced by: «5) the article includes family situation certificates and sworn acts for the purpose of acquiring citizenship. The payment of the fee referred to in article 9-bis of law no. 91 of 5 February 1992 remains intact»; in this regard, it is therefore noted that for the citizenship oath, the payment of the fee pursuant to art. 8 of the T.C., as remodulated, is required in place of the stamp duty applied up to now;
• in note 13), after the word «gratuitamente» the following is inserted: «…, without prejudice to the reimbursement of the cost of the printed material».