
Article 1 
Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 shall not apply, in territorial waters of Italy adjacent to the coast of Liguria and Tuscany, to fishing for transparent goby (Aphia minuta) by boat seines which are used by vessels:

((a)) registered in the maritime Directorates (Direzioni Marittime) of Genoa and Livorno respectively;
((b)) having a track record in the fishery of more than 5 years; and
((c)) holding a fishing authorisation and operating under the management plan adopted by Italy in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the management plan’).
This derogation shall apply until 31 March 2014.
Article 2 
Italy shall communicate to the Commission, by 1 May 2014, a report drawn up in accordance with the monitoring plan established in the management plan.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 4 October 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO