Article 1#
1.The fishing opportunities established under the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:
(a)Category 1 — Vessels fishing for crustaceans other than spiny lobster and crab:Spain: | 4150 tonnesItaly: | 600 tonnesPortugal: | 250 tonnesWithin this category, a maximum of 25 vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time.
(b)Category 2 — Black hake (non-freezer) trawlers and bottom longliners:Spain: | 6000 tonnesWithin this category, a maximum of 6 vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time.
(c)Category 3 — Vessels fishing for demersal species other than black hake with gear other than trawls:Spain: | 3000 tonnesWithin this category, a maximum of 6 vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time.
(d)Category 4 — Tuna seiners:Spain: | 17 annual licencesFrance: | 8 annual licences
(e)Category 5 — Pole-and-line tuna vessels and surface longliners:Spain: | 14 annual licencesFrance: | 1 annual licence
(f)Category 6 — Pelagic freezer trawlers:Germany: | 12560 tonnesFrance: | 2615 tonnesLatvia: | 53913 tonnesLithuania: | 57642 tonnesNetherlands: | 62592 tonnesPoland: | 26112 tonnesUnited Kingdom: | 8531 tonnesIreland: | 8535 tonnesDuring each year of the validity of the Protocol, the following number of quarterly licences shall be held by Member States:Germany: | 4France: | 2Latvia: | 20Lithuania: | 22Netherlands: | 16Poland: | 8United Kingdom: | 2Ireland: | 2Member States shall inform the Commission if certain licences may be at the disposal of other Member States.Within this category, a maximum of 19 vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time.
(g)Category 7 — Non-freezer pelagic vessels:Ireland | 15000 tonnesThese fishing opportunities may, if they are not used, be transferred to category 6 according to the method of allocation of that category. Ireland shall inform the Commission, by 1 July of every year of the validity of the Protocol at the latest, whether fishing opportunities may become available for other Member States.
(h)Category 2a — Black hake (freezer) trawlers:Spain: | Black hake | 3500 tonnesSquid | 1450 tonnesCuttlefish | 600 tonnesWithin this category, a maximum of 6 vessels may be deployed in Mauritanian waters at any one time.
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 exhaust the fishing opportunities set out in 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.
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 Partnership Agreement, as provided by Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008, is set at ten working days as from the date on which the Commission informs them that the fishing opportunities are not exhausted.
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