Article 1 
The Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar on fishing off Madagascar for the period from 21 May 1998 to 20 May 2001 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation (3). Article 2 The fishing opportunities fixed in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: (a) tuna seiners: - Spain: 22 vessels, - France: 20 vessels, - Italy: 3 vessels; (b) surface longliners: - Spain: 20 vessels, - France: 6 vessels, - Portugal: 4 vessels. If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities fixed by the Protocol, the Commission may take into consideration 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 (4). Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of 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 Brussels, 26 November 1998. For the Council The President M. BARTENSTEIN (1) OJ C 313, 12. 10. 1998. (2) OJ L 73, 18. 3. 1986, p. 26. (3) For the text of the Protocol, see OJ L 295, 4. 11. 1998, p. 34. (4) The date of the entry into force of the Protocol will be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council.
Article 2 
The fishing opportunities fixed in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: (a) tuna seiners: - Spain: 22 vessels, - France: 20 vessels, - Italy: 3 vessels; (b) surface longliners: - Spain: 20 vessels, - France: 6 vessels, - Portugal: 4 vessels. If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities fixed by the Protocol, the Commission may take into consideration 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 (4). Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of 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 Brussels, 26 November 1998. For the Council The President M. BARTENSTEIN (1) OJ C 313, 12. 10. 1998. (2) OJ L 73, 18. 3. 1986, p. 26. (3) For the text of the Protocol, see OJ L 295, 4. 11. 1998, p. 34. (4) The date of the entry into force of the Protocol will be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council.
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 (4). Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of 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 Brussels, 26 November 1998. For the Council The President M. BARTENSTEIN (1) OJ C 313, 12. 10. 1998. (2) OJ L 73, 18. 3. 1986, p. 26. (3) For the text of the Protocol, see OJ L 295, 4. 11. 1998, p. 34. (4) The date of the entry into force of the Protocol will be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of 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 Brussels, 26 November 1998