Campi Flegrei, decree 205: sole commissioner and one billion from 2027

Decree-Law no. 205 of November 11, 2026, concerning the “Extraordinary Plan for the Campi Flegrei as well as further urgent civil protection provisions,” is published in the Official Gazette, General Series no. 263 of November 11, 2026, with reference 26G00225 and enters into force on November 12. It assigns to the President of the Campania Region pro tempore the role of Extraordinary Commissioner for interventions in the Campi Flegrei area until December 31, 2036. The text is signed by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, the President of the Council Giorgia Meloni, the Minister for Civil Protection and Sea Policies Nello Musumeci, and countersigned by the Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio, and has been presented to the Chambers for conversion into law.

The measure comes upon the proposal of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the Minister for Civil Protection, following the deliberations of the Council of Ministers on October 13 and November 5, 2026, and fits into a long regulatory sequence: Decree-Law no. 140 of October 12, 2023 (converted by Law no. 183 of December 7, 2023), Decree-Law no. 76 of June 11, 2024 with articles 9-ter, 9-quater, 9-quinquies and 9-novies, paragraphs 694 to 702 of article 1 of Law no. 207 of December 30, 2024, Decree-Law no. 65 of May 7, 2025, and Decree-Law no. 144 of August 7, 2026. The stated objective is a “unitary coordination” of the survey, programming, and implementation of interventions, from the repair of damaged buildings to the reduction of the seismic vulnerability of the built environment.

A single Commissioner instead of Region and Municipalities

Article 1 transfers to the Commissioner the ownership of the functions, the active and passive legal relationships, and the relative financial resources that belonged to the Campania Region and the Municipalities of Naples, Pozzuoli, Bacoli, and Monte di Procida. The takeover takes effect from the date set by an ordinance of the Commissioner himself; grant applications already submitted and not yet decided pass from the Municipalities to the commissioner’s structure.

The operational machinery is redesigned by Article 2:

• support structure with a maximum contingent of 93 units: 3 general-level managers, 9 non-general-level managers, and 81 non-managerial units;
• costs quantified at 1,730,303 euros in 2026, 10,333,555 euros in 2027, and 10,883,891 euros for each year from 2028 to 2036;
• up to 7 experts of proven qualification, with a maximum compensation of 50,000 euros per year per appointment;
• two deputy commissioners, one for public building heritage and infrastructure, one for private heritage and population assistance, with a maximum compensation of 100,000 euros per year and a five-year mandate renewable only once.

Two funds of 50 million per year and higher grants

Article 5 establishes in the budget of the Ministry of Economy and Finance two funds of 50 million euros for each year from 2027 to 2036: one for private building assets, the other for public buildings, infrastructure, and public services. Coverage is guaranteed for the 2027-2029 three-year period by the Reconstruction Fund of Law no. 40 of March 18, 2025 and, from 2030 to 2036, by the fund referred to in paragraph 644 of Law no. 207 of December 30, 2024.

On the private front, the decree introduces the prompt restoration grant of Article 13-bis, up to 30,000 euros per real estate unit, with works to be completed within 120 days and a single extension of 60. For the lowest incomes, the grant share increases from 70 to 100 percent: Article 16 extends it to those with a taxable income below 28,000 euros. Also provided for are voluntary relocation outside the risk zone, 10 million in 2027, 10 in 2028 and 10.078 in 2029 for the reconstruction of ACER housing on via Coste d’Agnano Solfatara in Pozzuoli, and 5 million annually for 2027 and 2028 destined for damaged places of worship.

Limited land consumption and single conference

Article 9 requires the municipal urban plans of the intervention zone to allow new land consumption only “in exceptional cases” and with adequate justification: risk reduction, functional and hygienic-sanitary adjustment, civil protection, mobility, provision of essential services. Consumption is permitted only if the technical and economic unsustainability of redeveloping already built-up areas is demonstrated, with reference to the principles of Directive (EU) 2025/2360 on soil monitoring and resilience.

Article 10 creates the Permanent Services Conference for the Campi Flegrei area, chaired by the Commissioner and composed of representatives from the Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Environment and Energy Security, Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, Campania Region, Southern Apennine District Basin Authority and the Campi Flegrei Regional Park Authority, in addition to the metropolitan mayor of Naples and the mayors of Pozzuoli, Bacoli, and Monte di Procida. The final determination replaces every opinion, agreement, or clearance and serves as a variation to the current urban planning instruments.

Tax suspensions and extended rents

Article 21 suspends, from July 31 to November 30, 2026, the deadlines for tax and social security payments for subjects with residence or headquarters in properties evacuated due to uninhabitability, with payment in a single installment by December 10, 2026. Mortgages and loans remain suspended until December 31, 2027 and, by effect of Article 15-ter, residential lease agreements expiring between October 1, 2026, and October 30, 2027, are extended by right for two years in favor of tenants with an income lower than 28,000 euros.

For residents of the Phlegraean area, the decree primarily changes the interlocutor: no longer Municipalities and the Region in parallel, but a single entity with derogatory powers, a structure of 93 people, and its own special accounting. The text has been in force since November 12, 2026, and is awaiting parliamentary conversion.

Source: Official Gazette of the Italian Republic, General Series no. 263 of November 11, 2026 — decree-law November 11, 2026, no. 205 (26G00225).