
Article 1 

1. The fishing opportunities provided for under the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire (2013-18) (hereinafter the ‘new Protocol’) shall be allocated between the Member States as follows:
Type of vessel Member State Fishing opportunities
Freezer tuna seiners Spain 16
 France 12
Surface longliners Spain 7
 Portugal 3
2. Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 shall apply without prejudice to the Partnership Agreement.
3. If applications for fishing authorisations from the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 do not cover all fishing opportunities set by the new Protocol, the Commission shall consider applications for fishing authorisations from any other Member State pursuant to 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 under the Agreement, as provided by Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008, is set at 10 working days as from the date on which the Commission informs them that the fishing opportunities have not been fully utilised.
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 as from 1 July 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 29 May 2013.
For the Council
The President
R. BRUTON