1. The fishing opportunities established under the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
(a)
tuna seiners:
Spain:
20 vessels
France:
19 vessels
Italy:
1 vessel
(b)
surface longliners with a tonnage greater than 100 GT:
Spain:
18 vessels
France:
9 vessels
Portugal:
5 vessels
(c)
surface longliners with a tonnage less than or equal to 100 GT:
France:
22 vessels
2. The limits on the catching of sharks in combination with tuna and similar species, as established in the Annex to the Protocol for Union surface longliners, is distributed as follows amongst Member States:
Spain:
207 tonnes
France:
34 tonnes
Portugal:
9 tonnes
3. Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 applies without prejudice to the Agreement.
4. If applications for fishing authorisations from the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 do not exhaust the fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol, the Commission shall consider applications for fishing authorisations from any other Member State in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008.
5. The time limit within which the Member States must confirm that they are not fully exhausting the fishing opportunities granted to them under the Protocol, as provided by Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008, is set at ten working days from the date on which the Commission communicates this information to them.