Article 1 
The Protocol setting out, for the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2007, the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire on fishing off the coast of Côte d’Ivoire ( 3 ) is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
Article 2 
1. The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: (a) demersal species: Spain: 1 300 GT (gross tonnage) per month, averaged over the year; (b) tuna fishing vessels: (i) tuna seiners: — France: 17 vessels, — Spain: 17 vessels; (ii) surface longliners: — Spain: 6 vessels, — Portugal: 5 vessels; (iii) pole-and-line tuna vessels: — France: 3 vessels. 2. If licence applications from these Member States do not exhaust the fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol, the Commission may consider licence applications from any other Member State.
Article 3 
Member States that have vessels fishing under the present Agreement shall notify the Commission, 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, of the quantities of each stock taken in the Côte d’Ivoire fishing zone ( 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 third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .