41. Are there limits on the amount a candidate can spend?

"pag. 9:  individual candidates: the fixed amount of 52,000 EUR for each constituency plus the result of the multiplication of 0.01 EUR by the number of citizens living in the constituencies for which the candidates stand ( for parliamentary elections); [...] As regard the single candidates the limit of expenditure is the sum of 38.802,85 EUR plus the product of the multiplication of 0.0061 EUR by the number of citizens living in the provincial constituency for which the candidates stand (for regional, provincial and municipial elections) 4. For candidates running in more than one provincial lists (multicandidature), the limit is equal to the highest one allowed for an individual candidature increased by 10%."

Source: GRECO (2012) Evaluation Report on Italy. Transparency of Party Funding (theme II). GRECO third evaluation round, Strasbourg, March 2012

Spending limits refers only to election camapigns. There are different absolute limits according to different elections.