
Article 1 

1. Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 shall not apply in territorial waters of Italy adjacent to the coast of the Manfredonia Gulf, to fishing for transparent goby (Aphia minuta) by boat seines.
2. The boat seines referred to in paragraph 1 shall be used by vessels:
(a) registered in the maritime Directorate of Manfredonia;
(b) having a track record in the fishery of more than 5 years and not involving any future increase in the fishing effort deployed; and
(c) holding a fishing authorisation and operating under the management plan adopted by Italy in accordance with Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006.
Article 2 
Italy shall communicate to the Commission, within 1 year following the entry into force of this Regulation, a report drawn up in accordance with the monitoring plan established in the Italian management plan.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 8 March 2018 to 8 March 2021.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 2 March 2018.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER