Article 1 
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol defining, for the period from 3 May 1996 to 2 May 1999, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Angola on fishing off Angola is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters is attached to this Decision. Article 2 The fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol are allocated among the Member States as follows: - Shrimp vessels: 6 550 grt, per month, as an annual average, 22 vessels Spain, - Demersal tawlers: 2 000 grt, per month, as an annual average, Spain, - Bottom longliners: 1 750 grt, per month, as an annual average, Portugal, - Freezer tuna seiners: nine vessels, France, - Surface longliners: two vessels Portugal, 10 vessels Spain. If licence applications from these Member States do not exhaust the fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol the Commission may entertain licence applications from any other Member State. Article 3 The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community. Done at Brussels, 24 September 1996. For the Council The President E. FITZGERALD (1) OJ No L 341, 3. 12. 1987, p. 1.
Article 2 
The fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol are allocated among the Member States as follows: - Shrimp vessels: 6 550 grt, per month, as an annual average, 22 vessels Spain, - Demersal tawlers: 2 000 grt, per month, as an annual average, Spain, - Bottom longliners: 1 750 grt, per month, as an annual average, Portugal, - Freezer tuna seiners: nine vessels, France, - Surface longliners: two vessels Portugal, 10 vessels Spain. If licence applications from these Member States do not exhaust the fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol the Commission may entertain licence applications from any other Member State. Article 3 The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community. Done at Brussels, 24 September 1996. For the Council The President E. FITZGERALD (1) OJ No L 341, 3. 12. 1987, p. 1.
Article 3 
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community. Done at Brussels, 24 September 1996. For the Council The President E. FITZGERALD (1) OJ No L 341, 3. 12. 1987, p. 1.