Article 2

Article 1 of Decision 2010/403/EU is amended as follows:

(a)

point (a) is replaced by the following:

‘(a)

production and wholesale of electricity produced from conventional sources to be carried out in the macro-zone north of Italy.’;

(b)

the following paragraph is added:

‘Directive 2004/17/EC shall apply to contracts awarded by contracting entities and intended to enable production and wholesale of electricity produced from renewable sources to be carried out in the macro-zone north of Italy.’.