Article 1 
The Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the government of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar on fishing off Madagascar for the period from 21 May 2001 to 20 May 2004 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Protocol is attached to this Regulation(3). The provisions concerning the vessel monitoring system (VMS) are set out in the Annex to this Regulation. 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 take into consideration licence applications from any other Member State. Article 3 The Member States whose vessels are fishing under this Protocol are obliged to notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock taken in the Malagasy fishing zone in accordance with the arrangements laid down in 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(4). Article 4 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 17 December 2001. For the Council The President A. Neyts-Uyttebroeck (1) Opinion delivered on 25 October 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 73, 18.3.1986, p. 26. (3) For the text of the Protocol, see OJ L 296, 14.11.2001, p. 10. (4) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8.
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 take into consideration licence applications from any other Member State. Article 3 The Member States whose vessels are fishing under this Protocol are obliged to notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock taken in the Malagasy fishing zone in accordance with the arrangements laid down in 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(4). Article 4 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 17 December 2001. For the Council The President A. Neyts-Uyttebroeck (1) Opinion delivered on 25 October 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 73, 18.3.1986, p. 26. (3) For the text of the Protocol, see OJ L 296, 14.11.2001, p. 10. (4) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8.
Article 3 
The Member States whose vessels are fishing under this Protocol are obliged to notify the Commission of the quantities of each stock taken in the Malagasy fishing zone in accordance with the arrangements laid down in 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(4). Article 4 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 17 December 2001. For the Council The President A. Neyts-Uyttebroeck (1) Opinion delivered on 25 October 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 73, 18.3.1986, p. 26. (3) For the text of the Protocol, see OJ L 296, 14.11.2001, p. 10. (4) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8.
Article 4 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 17 December 2001. For the Council The President A. Neyts-Uyttebroeck (1) Opinion delivered on 25 October 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 73, 18.3.1986, p. 26. (3) For the text of the Protocol, see OJ L 296, 14.11.2001, p. 10. (4) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 17 December 2001