Article 1 
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the provisional application of the amendments to the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Madagascar on fishing off the coast of Madagascar for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2012 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
The Agreement shall apply provisionally from 1 January 2007.
Article 3 
The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol to the Agreement shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: Fishing category Type of vessel Member State Licences or quota Tuna fishing Freezer tuna seiners Spain 23 France 19 Italy 1 Tuna fishing Surface longliners over 100 GT Spain 25 France 13 Portugal 7 United Kingdom 5 Tuna fishing Surface longliners of 100 GT or below France 26 Demersal fishing Exploratory line or bottom longline fishing France 5 If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities laid down by the Protocol, the Commission may take into consideration licence applications from any other Member State.
Article 4 
The Member States whose vessels fish under this Agreement shall notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock caught within Madagascar’s 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 5 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.