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 Republic of Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau for the period 16 June 1995 to 15 June 1997 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation. Article 2 The fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: >TABLE> However, for the first year for which the Protocol applies, the allocation shall be as follows: 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 Brussels, 21 March 1996. For the Council The President A. GAMBINO (1) OJ No C 327, 7. 12. 1995, p. 12. (2) OJ No C 17, 22. 1. 1996.
Article 2 
The fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: >TABLE> However, for the first year for which the Protocol applies, the allocation shall be as follows: 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 Brussels, 21 March 1996. For the Council The President A. GAMBINO (1) OJ No C 327, 7. 12. 1995, p. 12. (2) OJ No C 17, 22. 1. 1996.
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 Brussels, 21 March 1996. For the Council The President A. GAMBINO (1) OJ No C 327, 7. 12. 1995, p. 12. (2) OJ No C 17, 22. 1. 1996.
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, 21 March 1996. For the Council The President A. GAMBINO (1) OJ No C 327, 7. 12. 1995, p. 12. (2) OJ No C 17, 22. 1. 1996.