In October 2013 a new law was approved by the Parliament on cultural assets. The Decree -Law “Urgent provisions for the protection, enhancement and promotion of cultural assets, activities and tourism (13G00135) (G.U No. 186 of 09.08.2013) released on August 9 2013 and converted in law on October 7 2013 (L. 112 /2013) states that results of research, funded at least 50 % with public funds and published in scholarly journals (whose frequency is at least biannual) should be open access.

According to this law, all public research funders and administrators of public research funds are required to take provisions to implement and promote OA according to the principles stated in the law.

The law is currently under rediscussion at the parliament, thanks to a new proposal made by Deputy Andrea Gallo, president of the Chamber of Deputies Commission of Culture. The Chamber of Deputies approved the new law text in march 2019, including the change in the Italian copyright law that allows authors to keep the rights enabling open access for scientific publications. The new text also provides 1 million euros to fund an infrastructure for open access in the country and 200.000 euros each year for its operation. The law is currently under discussion at the Commission of Culture of the Senate.

Right after participating to the launch of EOSC in late 2018, the Italian ministry of research and university delegate formed a Commission of Experts, also including OpenAIRE Italian NOAD, to draft a National Roadmap for Open Science in 2019. The Roadmap was drafted in may 2019, but it is still to be officially launched by the Ministry of University and Research. A Working Group on Open Access was nominated by the Ministry of University and Research in 2019.