Article 1 
The Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros on fishing off the Comoros for the period from 28 February 2001 to 27 February 2004 (hereinafter "the Protocol") is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation.(3) Article 2 The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: (a) Tuna seiners: >TABLE> (b) Surface longliners: If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities set out in 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. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 10 July 2001. For the Council The President D. Reynders (1) Opinion delivered on 14 June 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 137, 2.6.1988, p. 19. (3) See page 19 of this Official Journal.
Article 2 
The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: (a) Tuna seiners: >TABLE> (b) Surface longliners: If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities set out in 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. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 10 July 2001. For the Council The President D. Reynders (1) Opinion delivered on 14 June 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 137, 2.6.1988, p. 19. (3) See page 19 of this Official Journal.
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 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, 10 July 2001. For the Council The President D. Reynders (1) Opinion delivered on 14 June 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 137, 2.6.1988, p. 19. (3) See page 19 of this Official Journal.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 10 July 2001