A Milan court has ruled that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should be barred from holding public office for two years following a conviction for tax fraud.
Because Mr Berlusconi is a senator however, the court's decision will have no immediate effect.
Expulsion requires a Senate vote which is expected to follow next month.
Mr Berlusconi's lawyers who can appeal to the supreme court had asked for a one-year ban, the minimum under the relevant law.
The Senate is dominated by Berlusconi opponents from both the left and the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and is expected to vote to strip him of his seat.
Losing his seat in the Senate would deprive Mr Berlusconi of his parliamentary immunity from arrest.
Italy's supreme court on 1 August upheld a tax fraud conviction against the centre-right leader, rejecting his final appeal against an earlier four-year jail sentence but commuting it to a year.
If the Senate expels him, he will spend the year either under house arrest or in community service.
He is currently fighting a conviction for paying for sex with a minor among other legal cases,
The August supreme court ruling involved inflated invoices at his Mediaset broadcasting empire and was the first definitive sentence he had received after dozens of previous trials on charges ranging from tax to sex offences.
The 76-year-old billionaire has protested his innocence, accusing magistrates of persecuting him since his entry into politics 20 years ago.
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