Article 1 
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the provisional application of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea on fishing off the coast of Guinea for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2012 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community, subject to the Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement. The text of the said Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters is attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
1. The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: (a) tuna seiners: Spain 15 vessels France 11 vessels Italy 2 vessels (b) pole-and-line vessels: Spain 8 vessels France 4 vessels 2. If applications for fishing authorisations from the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 do not cover all the fishing opportunities set by the Protocol, the Commission may consider applications for fishing authorisations from any other Member State.
Article 3 
The Member States whose vessels fish under the Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock caught within the Republic of Guinea’s fishing zone in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 500/2001 of 14 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 on the monitoring of catches taken by Community fishing vessels in third country waters and on the high seas ( 1 ) until the date of entry into force of the regulation establishing detailed rules within the meaning of Article 30 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 ( 2 ) , and in accordance with those rules thereafter.
Article 4 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community.