
Article 1 

1. The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol to the Agreement shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
(a) Tuna purse seiners
Spain 22 vessels
France 23 vessels
Italy 3 vessels
(b) Surface longliners
Spain 2 vessels
France 5 vessels
Portugal 5 vessels
2. Without prejudice to the Agreement and the Protocol, Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 shall apply.
3. If applications for fishing authorisations from the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 do not cover all the fishing opportunities set by 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.The deadline referred to in Article 10(1) of that Regulation shall be set at 10 working days.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 18 January 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 20 December 2010.
For the Council
The President
J. SCHAUVLIEGE