Article 1 
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters relating to the provisional application of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Mozambique, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters’) is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The texts of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters and of the Partnership Agreement are attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol to the Partnership Agreement shall be provisionally allocated among the Member States as follows: Fishing Category Type of vessel Member State Licences Tuna fishing Purse seine vessels Spain: 23 France: 20 Italy: 1 Tuna fishing Long-liners Spain: 23 France: 11 Portugal: 9 United Kingdom: 2 If fishing licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol to the Partnership Agreement, the Commission may consider fishing licence applications from any other Member State.
Article 3 
The Member States whose vessels fish under the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters shall notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock caught within the Mozambique 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 ( 2 ) .
Article 4 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community.