Article 1 
The Protocol establishing the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé e Príncipe on fishing off the coast of São Tomé e Príncipe for the period 1 June 1996 to 31 May 1999 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation (4). Article 2 The fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol are allocated among the Member States as follows: - freezer tuna seiners: France 18, Spain 19, - pole-and-line tuna vessels: France 7, - surface long-liners: Spain 20, Portugal 5. If licence applications from these Member States do not exhaust the fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol the Commission may entertain licence applications from any other Member State. Article 3 The President of the Council is hereby authorized 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 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 Luxembourg, 17 June 1997. For the Council The President A. JORRITSMA-LEBBINK (1) OJ No C 298, 9. 10. 1996, p. 13. (2) OJ No C 167, 2. 6. 1997. (3) OJ No L 54, 25. 2. 1984, p. 2. (4) The Protocol is published in OJ No L 46, 17. 2. 1997, p. 76.
Article 2 
The fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol are allocated among the Member States as follows: - freezer tuna seiners: France 18, Spain 19, - pole-and-line tuna vessels: France 7, - surface long-liners: Spain 20, Portugal 5. If licence applications from these Member States do not exhaust the fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol the Commission may entertain licence applications from any other Member State. Article 3 The President of the Council is hereby authorized 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 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 Luxembourg, 17 June 1997. For the Council The President A. JORRITSMA-LEBBINK (1) OJ No C 298, 9. 10. 1996, p. 13. (2) OJ No C 167, 2. 6. 1997. (3) OJ No L 54, 25. 2. 1984, p. 2. (4) The Protocol is published in OJ No L 46, 17. 2. 1997, p. 76.
Article 3 
The President of the Council is hereby authorized 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 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 Luxembourg, 17 June 1997. For the Council The President A. JORRITSMA-LEBBINK (1) OJ No C 298, 9. 10. 1996, p. 13. (2) OJ No C 167, 2. 6. 1997. (3) OJ No L 54, 25. 2. 1984, p. 2. (4) The Protocol is published in OJ No L 46, 17. 2. 1997, p. 76.
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 Luxembourg, 17 June 1997. For the Council The President A. JORRITSMA-LEBBINK (1) OJ No C 298, 9. 10. 1996, p. 13. (2) OJ No C 167, 2. 6. 1997. (3) OJ No L 54, 25. 2. 1984, p. 2. (4) The Protocol is published in OJ No L 46, 17. 2. 1997, p. 76.