
Article 1 
Directive 2004/17/EC shall not apply to contracts awarded by contracting entities and intended to enable the production and wholesale of electricity produced from conventional sources to be carried out in the macro-zone south of Italy.
Directive 2004/17/EC shall continue to apply to contracts awarded by contracting entities and intended to enable production and wholesale of electricity produced from renewable sources to be carried out in the macro-zone south of Italy.
Article 2 
Article 1 of Decision 2010/403/EU is amended as follows:

((a)) point (a) is replaced by the following:
'
((a)) production and wholesale of electricity produced from conventional sources to be carried out in the macro-zone north of Italy.';
((b)) the following paragraph is added:
'Directive 2004/17/EC shall apply to contracts awarded by contracting entities and intended to enable production and wholesale of electricity produced from renewable sources to be carried out in the macro-zone north of Italy.'.
Article 3 
Article 2 shall apply from 15 April 2013.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
Done at Brussels, 26 September 2012.
For the Commission
Michel BARNIER
Member of the Commission