Article 1 
1. The fishing opportunities established under the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: (a) tuna seiners: Spain 16 vessels France 12 vessels (b) surface longliners: Spain 23 vessels Portugal 7 vessels (c) pole-and-line tuna vessels: Spain 7 vessels France 4 vessels Portugal 2 vessels 2. Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 shall apply without prejudice to the Agreement. 3. If applications for fishing licences from the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 do not cover all the fishing opportunities set by the Protocol, the Commission shall consider applications for fishing licences from any other Member State pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008. 4. The time limit within which the Member States must confirm that they are not making full use of the fishing opportunities granted to them, as provided by Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008, is set at ten working days from the date on which the Commission informs them that the fishing opportunities are not fully exhausted.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.