
Article 1 

1. The fishing opportunities fixed under the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community, on the one hand, and the Republic of Kiribati, on the other, (‘the Protocol’), to be provisionally applied from 16 September 2012, shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
(a) purse seine vessels:
Spain 3 vessels
France 1 vessel
(b) long-line vessels:
Spain 3 vessels
Portugal 3 vessels
2. Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 shall apply without prejudice to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community, on the one hand, and the Republic of Kiribati, on the other.
3. If applications for fishing authorisations from the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 do not cover all the fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol, the Commission shall consider applications for fishing authorisation from any other Member State in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008.
4. The deadline referred to in Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 shall be set at 10 working days from the day on which the Commission informs the Member States that the fishing opportunities have not been fully utilised.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 16 September 2012.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Luxembourg, 9 October 2012.
For the Council
The President
V. SHIARLY