Article 1
1. The fishing opportunities established under the Protocol between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Protocol’) shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: Fishing category Type of vessel Member State Licences or quota Small-scale fishing/north, pelagic species Seiners < 100 GT Spain 20 Small-scale fishing in the north Bottom longliners, < 40 GT Spain 25 Portugal 7 Bottom longliners, ≥ 40 GT< 150 GT Portugal 3 Small-scale fishing in the south Rod and pole < 80 GT Spain 10 Demersal fishing Bottom longliners Spain 7 Portugal 4 Trawlers Spain 5 Italy 0 Tuna fishing Pole-and-line vessels Spain 23 France 4 Industrial fishing for pelagic species 80 000 tonnes per year With a maximum of 10 000 tonnes per month for the whole of the fleet, except for August till October, for which the monthly ceiling is 15 000 tonnes Distribution of vessels authorised to fish: 10 vessels of more than 3 000 GT 3 vessels of between 150 and 3 000 GT 5 vessels of less than 150 GT Germany 6 467 t Lithuania 20 693 t Latvia 11 640 t Netherlands 24 567 t Ireland 2 917 t Poland 4 525 t United Kingdom 4 525 t Spain 467 t Portugal 1 555 t France 2 644 t 2. Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 shall apply notwithstanding the Partnership Agreement. 3. If the applications for fishing authorisations from the Member States referred to in the first paragraph do not cover all the fishing opportunities set by the Protocol, the Commission may take into consideration applications for fishing authorisations from any other Member State in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008. 4. The time limit within which the Member States must confirm that they are not fully exhausting the fishing opportunities granted to them, 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 informs them that the fishing opportunities are not fully exhausted.