Article 1 
The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community, on the one hand, and the Republic of Kiribati, on the other, 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: — purse seine vessels France: Spain: 27 % of available licences 73 % of available licences — long-liners: Spain: Portugal: six vessels six vessels If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities fixed by the Protocol, the Commission may consider licence applications from any other Member State.
Article 3 
The Member States whose vessels fish under the Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock caught within the Kiribati 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 ( 1 ) .
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.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .