Article 1 
The Protocol defining, for the period from 18 January 1999 to 17 January 2002, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community. The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation(2). Article 2 The fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol are allocated among the Member States as follows: (a) freezer tuna seiners: >TABLE> (b) surface longliners: 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 authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community. 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 Luxembourg, 10 June 1999. For the Council The President K.-H. FUNKE (1) Opinion delivered on 15 April 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ C 131, 27.5.1999, p. 53.
Article 2 
The fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol are allocated among the Member States as follows: (a) freezer tuna seiners: >TABLE> (b) surface longliners: 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 authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community. 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 Luxembourg, 10 June 1999. For the Council The President K.-H. FUNKE (1) Opinion delivered on 15 April 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ C 131, 27.5.1999, p. 53.
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. 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 Luxembourg, 10 June 1999. For the Council The President K.-H. FUNKE (1) Opinion delivered on 15 April 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ C 131, 27.5.1999, p. 53.
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 Luxembourg, 10 June 1999