National anticounterfeiting policy

2025 saw a handover within the National Council for the Fight against Counterfeiting and Italian Sounding (Consiglio Nazionale per la Lotta alla Contraffazione e all’Italian Sounding – CNALCIS), as the previous mandate expired in June, and the renewed Council was appointed by decree of the Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy on 10 September 2025.

The new Council was inaugurated at the plenary meeting of 20 October, held at the opening of the tenth edition of the Anti-Counterfeiting Week, for the two-year mandate 2025–2027.

The transition between the two Council mandates was guided by the principle of continuity of direction and operations: throughout the year, the DGPI-UIBM, acting as the Council’s Secretariat, organised 3 technical meetings (3 April, 23 July, 10 October) among representatives of the Member Administrations and of the Permanent Advisory Commissions of Law Enforcement Authorities and of the Productive Forces, with the aim of sharing operational anti-counterfeiting actions within the framework of the 4 Priorities for Action identified under the 2023–2025 mandate (1. Operational anti-counterfeiting actions: enforcement and regulation; 2. Protection of intellectual property on foreign markets; 3. Online counterfeiting; 4. Awareness-raising and education).

At the inaugural meeting, chaired by the President of CNALCIS, Deputy Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy, Valentino Valentini, 12 Ministries and ANCI (National Association of Italian Municipalities) as Members, 9 institutions engaged at local level in enforcement and anti-counterfeiting actions, as members of the Permanent Advisory Commission of Law Enforcement Authorities, and 16 trade associations and consumer representatives as members of the Permanent Advisory Commission of Productive Forces, convened to share the results of activities carried out in the fight against counterfeiting during the previous mandate, as a basis for continuing future collaboration.

During the meeting, the second edition of the "Report on the Activities Carried Out in the Fight against Counterfeiting by the Competent Administrations" was presented, drawn up by the DGPI-UIBM, which provides a comprehensive account of one year of Council’s activities (July 2024 – June 2025) across the four priority areas that guided its operations.