“With sentence no. 9606 of 27 May 2025, the Lazio Tar canceled the circular of the Ministry of the Interior which imposed the physical identification of the guests in the short leases, reaffirming the full legitimacy of the remote identification procedure. The provision definitively clarifies that the current legislation allows the use of modern electronic methods, already provided for by art. 109 of the Tulps, without imposing further interference or interference. indebted in the private relationship between the lessor and the tenant “. This was stated in a note by the president of Confedilizia Calabria, Sandro Scoppa.
“In the text of the decision, the Court – highlighted Scoppa – observes how distance identification, based on the verification of the identity document and on the transmission of the data to the police headquarters through the portal housing web, is” completely suitable to satisfy regulatory obligations “and cannot be replaced by an imposition of arbitrary physical presence,” in the absence of legislative coverage “(§ 5.4). of the guest does not require the examination of the document of the document “(§ 5.5), rejecting any interpretation in a restrictive sense”.
For Calabria, “where the tourist rental sector represents a growing resource and an opportunity for many small owners, this pronunciation – second breakthrough – takes on a particular value. Blocking digital tools would have meant limiting market access, hindering tourism development and discourage free economic initiative, especially in the internal areas and villages, already penalized by infrastructure deficit. The sentence returns legal certainty and protects the right of those who work legally, rejecting managerial and intrusive visions which, behind the pretext of safety, risked re -proposing control practices incompatible with an open company. It cannot be forgotten that, in the past, the compulsory identification of guests was a typical tool of authoritarian regimes. The Consolidated Law of the Public Security Laws, dating back to 1931, was used by the fascist regime to introduce capillaries of registration, inspections and diffused surveillance obligations, not to protect citizens but to dominate and limit their movements “.
Finally, according to Scoppa, “today to return to similar measures, with new technological clothes but with the same spirit of distrust towards the citizen, it would mean denying the fundamental principles of the democratic order. Freedom of contract, the right to use of one’s own good and the adoption of innovative tools are not obstacles to legality, but its fully legitimate manifestations. In a context in which our region can benefit from a widespread tourism. of decreased and enhancement of the existing real estate assets, it is essential that the rules remain clear, simple and respectful of the freedom of initiative, without loading unnecessary charges, those who act with transparency “.