Island of Capri: limitation to the influx and circulation of vehicles
On the island of Capri, from 6 April to 5 November 2023 and from 18 December to 7 January 2024 the influx and circulation of cars, motorcycles and mopeds belonging to people who are not part of the permanent resident population in the municipalities of Capri and Anacapri are prohibited. It is also forbidden for the influx and circulation of rental vehicles.
Derogations from the 2023 landing ban on Capri
There are exceptions to the landing ban for specific categories, listed below:
- Vehicles, motor vehicles and mopeds belonging to the stable population, owners or not residents that have located houses in the municipalities of the island, as long as they are in the municipal registers of the disposal of solid urban waste tax. This exemption is limited to only one vehicle per family unit and the municipalities of the island will have to issue a special badge for their influx and circulation.
- Ambulances for service (with accompanying sheet), police services, hearses and goods transport vehicles, of any origin as long as they do not conflict with the traffic restrictions in force on the roads of the island and vehicles transporting goods and equipment destined for hospitals, on the basis of a specific certification issued by the health facility.
- Vehicles transporting people with disabilities, provided they have the appropriate mark provided for in Article 381 of the Presidential Decree of 16 December 1992, no. 495, issued by a competent Italian or foreign authority.
- Vehicles carrying material needed for tourist, cultural and sporting events, subject to authorization issued by the Municipality of Capri or Anacapri and for the duration of the individual events.
- Service vehicles for the transport of equipment used by the Territorial Service of the Provincial Department of ARPAC, technical vehicles of companies providing public services, as well as vehicles belonging to hotel businesses, which although not having their registered office on the island, operate in one of the municipalities of the island of Capri.
Permissions
The Prefect of Naples is granted the faculty, in case of ascertained and real need and urgency, to grant further authorizations in derogation of the ban on landing on the island of Capri and on circulation in the Municipalities of Capri and Anacapri. These authorizations must have a duration of no more than 48 hours of stay on the island. If the needs that gave rise to the issue of these authorizations are not exhausted in this period of time, the municipal administrations, in the presence of well-founded and proven reasons, can, with their own provision, authorize a further period of circulation for the strictly necessary period.
Sanctions
Anyone who violates the prohibitions referred to in this decree is punished with the administrative sanction of paying a sum from 430 to 1,731 euros as provided for by paragraph 2 of article 8 of legislative decree 30 April 1992, n. 285, with the updates referred to in the decree of the Minister of Justice dated 31 December 2020.
Vigilance
The Prefect of Naples is responsible for the execution and for the systematic and assiduous supervision of compliance with the prohibitions established with this decree, for the entire period in question.
