Article 1 
1. The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol to the Agreement shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: (a) Tuna purse seiners Spain 22 vessels France 23 vessels Italy 3 vessels (b) Surface longliners Spain 2 vessels France 5 vessels Portugal 5 vessels 2. Without prejudice to the Agreement and the Protocol, Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 shall apply. 3. If applications for fishing authorisations from the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 do not cover all the fishing opportunities set by the Protocol, the Commission shall consider applications for fishing authorisations from any other Member State in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008. The deadline referred to in Article 10(1) of that Regulation shall be set at 10 working days.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . It shall apply from 18 January 2011.