Article 1 
The Fisheries Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Mozambique (hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement") is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation. Article 2 The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol to the Agreement shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: >TABLE> 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 Member States whose vessels fish under this Agreement shall notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock caught within the Mozambican fishing zone in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 of 14 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the monitoring of catches taken by Community fishing vessels in third-country waters and on the high seas(2). Article 4 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community(3). Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 December 2003. For the Council The President A. Matteoli (1) Opinion delivered on 4 December 2003 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8. (3) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.
Article 2 
The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol to the Agreement shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: >TABLE> 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 Member States whose vessels fish under this Agreement shall notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock caught within the Mozambican fishing zone in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 of 14 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the monitoring of catches taken by Community fishing vessels in third-country waters and on the high seas(2). Article 4 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community(3). Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 December 2003. For the Council The President A. Matteoli (1) Opinion delivered on 4 December 2003 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8. (3) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.
Article 3 
The Member States whose vessels fish under this Agreement shall notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock caught within the Mozambican fishing zone in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 of 14 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the monitoring of catches taken by Community fishing vessels in third-country waters and on the high seas(2). Article 4 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community(3). Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 December 2003. For the Council The President A. Matteoli (1) Opinion delivered on 4 December 2003 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8. (3) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.
Article 4 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community(3). Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 December 2003. For the Council The President A. Matteoli (1) Opinion delivered on 4 December 2003 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8. (3) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 December 2003