
Article 1 
The Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau setting out fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement concluded between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau in force between the two parties (hereinafter 'the Protocol') is hereby approved on behalf of the European Union.
Article 2 
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, give the notification provided for in Article 14 of the Protocol with a view to expressing the Union’s consent to be bound by the Protocol.
Article 3 
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 28 February 2012.
For the Council
The President
N. WAMMEN