Overview
- Manfredi Potenti announced the start of a legislative process to curb certain exploding fireworks, citing harm to domestic and wild animals as well as recurring injuries to people.
- The initiative seeks a centralized legal framework that would reduce reliance on individual mayoral ordinances and establish consistent penalties nationwide.
- Animal-welfare groups, including LAV, were named as sources for draft ideas, and the proposal remains at an early stage with no published bill text.
- Veterinary research, including studies from the University of Bern (2020) and the University of Utrecht (2024), links fireworks noise to significant stress responses in dogs and cats, with broader concerns for wildlife.
- Current guidance emphasizes that only CE‑marked products are legal, certain categories require a firearm license or police authorization, local bans are difficult to police, and quieter alternatives such as silent fireworks, drone shows and videomapping are being promoted.