1.The fishing opportunities fixed under the Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Republic of Madagascar setting out fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties currently in force (‘the Protocol’) shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:Type of Vessel | Member State | Fishing opportunitiesTuna seiners | Spain | 21France | 18Italy | 1Surface longliners over 100 GT | Spain | 17France | 9Portugal | 5United Kingdom | 3Surface longliners of 100 GT or below | France | 22
1a.The fishing opportunities for sharks caught in association with fisheries managed by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission by surface longliners are hereby set at 200 tonnes per year. This tonnage is allocated among the Member States as follows:Member State | TonnesSpain | 166Portugal | 27France | 7United Kingdom | 0Total | 200
3.If applications for fishing authorisations from the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 do not exhaust the fishing opportunities set out in the 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 making full use of the fishing opportunities granted to them, 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 are not fully utilised.