Article 1 
The Protocol setting out, for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2003, the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire on fishing off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation. Article 2 The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: (a) demersal species >TABLE> (b) tuna fishing If licence applications from these Member States do not exhaust the fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol, the Commission may consider licence applications from any other Member State. Article 3 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 4 April 2001. For the Council The President B. Rosengren (1) OJ C 62 E, 27.2.2001, p. 87. (2) Opinion delivered on 1.2.2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 379, 31.12.1990, p. 1.
Article 2 
The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: (a) demersal species >TABLE> (b) tuna fishing If licence applications from these Member States do not exhaust the fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol, the Commission may consider licence applications from any other Member State. Article 3 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 4 April 2001. For the Council The President B. Rosengren (1) OJ C 62 E, 27.2.2001, p. 87. (2) Opinion delivered on 1.2.2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 379, 31.12.1990, p. 1.
Article 3 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 4 April 2001. For the Council The President B. Rosengren (1) OJ C 62 E, 27.2.2001, p. 87. (2) Opinion delivered on 1.2.2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 379, 31.12.1990, p. 1.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 4 April 2001