
Article 1 
The first subparagraph of Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 shall not apply in territorial waters of Spain adjacent to the coast of the Balearic Islands to fishing for transparent and Ferrer’s gobies (Aphia minuta and Pseudaphia ferreri) and Lowbody picarel (Spicara smaris) by boat seines used by vessels fulfilling the following requirements:

((a)) being registered in the maritime census managed by the Directorate-General for Fisheries and Marine Environment of the Balearic Islands;
((b)) having a track record in the fishery of more than five years and not involving any future increase in the fishing effort deployed;
((c)) holding a fishing authorisation and operating under the management plan adopted by Spain in accordance with Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006.
Article 2 
Spain shall communicate to the Commission a report drawn up in accordance with the monitoring plan established in the management plan referred to in Article 1(c), for the first time by 30 September 2020 and, thereafter, every 12 months.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2020 until 30 April 2023.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 1 September 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN