Article 1 
The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( 2 ) is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation.
Article 2 
1. The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol to the Agreement shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: (a) shrimp fishing: Spain 1 421 GRT Italy 1 776 GRT Greece 137 GRT Portugal 1 066 GRT (b) fin-fish/cephalopods: Spain 3 143 GRT Italy 786 GRT Greece 471 GRT (c) tuna seiners and surface longliners: Spain 10 vessels France 9 vessels Portugal 4 vessels (d) pole-and-line vessels: Spain 10 vessels France 4 vessels 2. If licence applications from the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 do not cover all the fishing opportunities fixed by the Protocol to the Agreement, the Commission may take into consideration licence applications from any other Member State.
Article 3 
The Member States whose vessels fish under the Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock caught within the Guinea-Bissau fishing zone in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 of 14 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the monitoring of catches taken by Community fishing vessels in third country waters and on the high seas ( 3 ) .
Article 4 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .