Article 1 
The Protocol establishing the fishing possibilities and the financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Revolutionary People's Republic of Guinea on fishing off the Guinean coast for the period 1 January 1998 to 31 December 1999 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation (3). Article 2 The fishing possibilities laid down in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States, according to gross registered tonnage and number of vessels, as follows: >TABLE> If licence applications from those Member States do not exhaust the fishing possibilities established in the Protocol, the Commission may consider licence applications from any other Member States. 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 Brussels, 20 July 1998. For the Council The President W. MOLTERER (1) OJ C 210, 6. 7. 1998. (2) OJ L 111, 27. 4. 1983, p. 1. (3) For the text of the Protocol, see OJ 196, 14. 7. 1998, p. 28.
Article 2 
The fishing possibilities laid down in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States, according to gross registered tonnage and number of vessels, as follows: >TABLE> If licence applications from those Member States do not exhaust the fishing possibilities established in the Protocol, the Commission may consider licence applications from any other Member States. 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 Brussels, 20 July 1998. For the Council The President W. MOLTERER (1) OJ C 210, 6. 7. 1998. (2) OJ L 111, 27. 4. 1983, p. 1. (3) For the text of the Protocol, see OJ 196, 14. 7. 1998, p. 28.
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 Brussels, 20 July 1998. For the Council The President W. MOLTERER (1) OJ C 210, 6. 7. 1998. (2) OJ L 111, 27. 4. 1983, p. 1. (3) For the text of the Protocol, see OJ 196, 14. 7. 1998, p. 28.
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 Brussels, 20 July 1998. For the Council The President W. MOLTERER (1) OJ C 210, 6. 7. 1998. (2) OJ L 111, 27. 4. 1983, p. 1. (3) For the text of the Protocol, see OJ 196, 14. 7. 1998, p. 28.