Article 1 
The Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cape Verde on fishing off the coast of Cape Verde for the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2004 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation(4). Article 2 The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: >TABLE> If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities fixed by the Protocol, the Commission may consider licence applications from any other Member State. Article 3 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person 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 Brussels, 21 January 2002. For the Council The President M. Arias Cañete (1) OJ C 332 E, 27.11.2001, p. 260. (2) Opinion delivered on 11 December 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 212, 9.8.1990, p. 3. (4) See page 25 of this Official Journal.
Article 2 
The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: >TABLE> If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities fixed by the Protocol, the Commission may consider licence applications from any other Member State. Article 3 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person 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 Brussels, 21 January 2002. For the Council The President M. Arias Cañete (1) OJ C 332 E, 27.11.2001, p. 260. (2) Opinion delivered on 11 December 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 212, 9.8.1990, p. 3. (4) See page 25 of this Official Journal.
Article 3 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person 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 Brussels, 21 January 2002. For the Council The President M. Arias Cañete (1) OJ C 332 E, 27.11.2001, p. 260. (2) Opinion delivered on 11 December 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ L 212, 9.8.1990, p. 3. (4) See page 25 of this Official Journal.
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, 21 January 2002