
Article 1 
Spain is hereby authorised under the conditions specified in Articles 2 to 4 of this Decision to suspend Articles 1 to 6 of Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 with regard to Romanian nationals until 31 December 2013.
Article 2 
Without prejudice to the measures introduced by Spain on 22 July 2011 pursuant to paragraph 7 third subparagraph of Annex VII Part 1 to the 2005 Act of Accession, this Decision shall not affect the Romanian nationals and their family members:

 who were employed in Spain on 12 August 2011, or
 who were registered as jobseekers by the Public Employment Services in Spain on 12 August 2011.
Article 3 
The application of this Decision shall be subject mutatis mutandis to the conditions on transitional arrangements as laid down in Annex VII Part 1 to the 2005 Act of Accession.
Article 4 
Spain shall take all necessary measures to continue to closely monitor the development of the labour market. It shall provide the Commission with quarterly statistical data evidencing the evolution of the labour market per sector of activity and occupation. The first quarterly report shall be presented before 31 March 2013.
In case of any significant change in the labour market, Spain shall provide the Commission and the Member States without delay with an update of the relevant particulars it has supplied in respect of its request for a Commission decision and in respect of which this Decision is adopted.
Article 5 
This Decision may be amended or repealed in particular if the relevant particulars referred to in Article 4 and which led to its adoption have changed or that its effects prove to be more restrictive than its purpose requires.
Article 6 
Spain shall provide the Commission with details of the measures it has taken on the basis of this Decision within two months of receipt thereof.
Article 7 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 20 December 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO