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

5 vessels

France

1 vessel

(b)Surface longliners:

Spain

12 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.