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ureaucracy, 3 million working days lost by businesses for self-certifications — a €674 million annual cost: from the conference marking the 30th anniversary of the Business Register, the challenges of digitalisation and simplification

Padova, 15 May 2026 –A total of 3.4 million man-days per year devoted to low-value administrative tasks, equivalent to a cost of € 673.9 million, which could be significantly reduced through digitalisation, by leveraging tools that already exist: this is the steep price tag of the obligations tied to the 10 most common self-certifications that Italian businesses must deal with, accounting for a total of 27.5 million filings.