Council Regulation (EU) No 1212/2010 of 29 November 2010 concerning the allocation of the fishing opportunities under the Partnership Agreement in the fisheries sector between the European Community and the Union of the Comoros

1 The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol to the Agreement shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: (a) tuna seiners Spain22 vesselsFrance22 vesselsItaly1 vessel (b) surface longliners Spain12 vesselsFrance8 vesselsPortugal5 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 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. The deadline referred to in Article 10(1) of that Regulation shall be set at 10 working days.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the first day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2011.