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On 11 September 2020, the D.L. 76/2020 so-called "Simplifications" was converted, with amendments, into Law 120/2020.

In art. 43, paragraph 3, a series of provisions have been introduced that have profoundly innovated the discipline of the administrative warning for violations of agri-food regulations, provided for by art. 1, paragraph 3 of the D.L. 91/2014.

In particular, due to the new D.L. "Simplifications" converted, the application scope of the warning has also been extended to agricultural, food and feed businesses.

Furthermore, the applicability of the same is now also extended to products already placed on the market (last sentence, Article 1, paragraph 3 of Legislative Decree 91/2014).

The regulatory reference that limited the application of the warning to the verification "for the first time" of the existence of remediable violations was then repealed, with the effect of allowing, from now on, the application of the warning without limits, even for repeated violations.

The limitation that allowed the use of the warning only for offenses punishable with a monetary penalty has also disappeared. With the consequence that the violations which involve, in addition to the pecuniary sanction, other accessory administrative sanctions, are now subject to a warning, where the conditions indicated by the law are met.

Finally, the deadline for compliance was extended, starting from the notification of the warning. In fact, the initial 20 days have passed to a more elastic term "not exceeding ninety days".