Rat 5
No! it is not the same anymore in Italia.
With probably the exception af AZ who has her own regulation and more restrictive, the other Italian airlines are now using the JAA FTL/DTL. But they stretch it to the limit, using all the available artifacts. And the rest time is by JAA rules equal to 2 X Flight Time regardless of time zones, jet lag or even long positioning after the flight. And when it is too constraining, they get derogation (deroga) from the italian CAA.
Yes, in the end it is just a very slight improvement.
Ciao