A report published October 29 said Italy’s Infrastructure and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini supports faster EU approval for Tesla Assisted Driving, also referred to as FSD (Supervised). The report described Italy’s position amid discussions among EU member states, not an EU-wide authorization. Tesla says activation depends on regulatory approval in each market.

What Italy’s reported support means

Salvini’s support is a political endorsement of faster EU approval, according to the October 29 report from El Periódico de la Energía. The outlet said it followed a conversation with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, but did not give the date of that conversation. The report described the approval question as under discussion among member states.

A national approval and an EU-wide decision are separate steps. Italy’s reported support does not itself authorize the feature across the bloc.

The reported Dutch route to an EU decision

On September 30, Forococheseléctricos reported that the Dutch vehicle authority RDW had granted Tesla provisional type approval in April 2026 under Article 39 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858. The report said the RDW then sent documentation to the European Commission and EU member states.

The same account said the review involved more than 3,000 hours of testing, over 1,000 routes and data from about 1.8 million kilometers driven in Europe. It forecast an EU vote in December 2026; that date was a forecast in the September report.

Tesla’s supervision rules and listed EU markets

Tesla says its currently enabled features require active driver supervision and do not make the vehicle autonomous. Its Spain-facing page says activation and use depend on regulatory approval, and lists the Netherlands, Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark, Belgium, Slovenia, Czechia, Croatia, Slovakia and Latvia as EU markets where the feature is included. Tesla’s product information names those markets; the list is Tesla’s published description of availability.

The same supervision requirement applies to the features currently enabled: the driver must remain actively involved.