
Article 1 
Italy is authorised to apply an extension of four months of the period between 1 February 2020 and 31 August 2020 specified in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2020/698 for the purposes of Article 2(1) and (2) of that Regulation.
Italy is authorised to apply an extension of four months of the period between 1 February 2020 and 31 August 2020 specified in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EU) 2020/698.
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
Done at Brussels, 20 August 2020.
For the Commission
Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN
Member of the Commission