Article 1 
The Protocol defining, for the period from 18 January 1996 to 17 January 1999, the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Seychelles on fishing off Seychelles is hereby approved on behalf of the 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: - freezer tuna seiners: France: 20 vessels Spain: 22 vessels - surface longliners: France: 5 vessels Spain: 10 vessels 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 authorized 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 Brussels, 12 December 1996. For the Council The President A. DUKES (1) OJ No C 347, 18. 11. 1996. (2) OJ No L 157, 29. 6. 1996, p. 17.
Article 2 
The fishing possibilities provided for in the Protocol are allocated among the Member States as follows: - freezer tuna seiners: France: 20 vessels Spain: 22 vessels - surface longliners: France: 5 vessels Spain: 10 vessels 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 authorized 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 Brussels, 12 December 1996. For the Council The President A. DUKES (1) OJ No C 347, 18. 11. 1996. (2) OJ No L 157, 29. 6. 1996, p. 17.
Article 3 
The President of the Council is hereby authorized 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 Brussels, 12 December 1996. For the Council The President A. DUKES (1) OJ No C 347, 18. 11. 1996. (2) OJ No L 157, 29. 6. 1996, p. 17.
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, 12 December 1996. For the Council The President A. DUKES (1) OJ No C 347, 18. 11. 1996. (2) OJ No L 157, 29. 6. 1996, p. 17.