Article 1 
The Protocol defining, for the period 3 December 1999 to 2 December 2002, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Mauritius on fishing in the waters of Mauritius is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation(4). Article 2 The fishing opportunities fixed in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: - tuna seiners: France 20, Spain 20, Italy 2, United Kingdom 1, - surface long-liners: Spain 19, France 13, Portugal 8, - vessels fishing by line: France 25 grt/month on an annual average. If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities fixed by the Protocol, the Commission may take into consideration licence application from any other Member State. Article 3 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community(5). Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 26 February 2001. For the Council The President M. Winberg (1) OJ C 311 E, 31.10.2000, p. 160. (2) Opinion delivered on 6 September 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 159, 10.6.1989, p. 2. (4) OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 30. (5) The date of entry into force of the Protocol will be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council.
Article 2 
The fishing opportunities fixed in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: - tuna seiners: France 20, Spain 20, Italy 2, United Kingdom 1, - surface long-liners: Spain 19, France 13, Portugal 8, - vessels fishing by line: France 25 grt/month on an annual average. If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities fixed by the Protocol, the Commission may take into consideration licence application from any other Member State. Article 3 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community(5). Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 26 February 2001. For the Council The President M. Winberg (1) OJ C 311 E, 31.10.2000, p. 160. (2) Opinion delivered on 6 September 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 159, 10.6.1989, p. 2. (4) OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 30. (5) The date of entry into force of the Protocol will be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council.
Article 3 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community(5). Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 26 February 2001. For the Council The President M. Winberg (1) OJ C 311 E, 31.10.2000, p. 160. (2) Opinion delivered on 6 September 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 159, 10.6.1989, p. 2. (4) OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 30. (5) The date of entry into force of the Protocol will be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 26 February 2001