Article 1 
1. The fishing opportunities set out in the Implementation Protocol to the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Liberia shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: (a) tuna seiners: Spain: 16 vessels France: 12 vessels (b) surface long-liners: Spain: 6 vessels 2. Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 applies without prejudice to the Agreement. 3. If applications for fishing authorisations from the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 do not exhaust the fishing opportunities set out in 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. 4. The deadline within which the Member States are to confirm that they are not fully utilising the fishing opportunities granted to them under the Protocol, as provided by Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008, shall be set at 10 working days as from the date on which the Commission requests such confirmation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . It shall apply from the date of signature of the Protocol.