Council Regulation (EU) No 1263/2010 of 20 December 2010 concerning the allocation of the fishing opportunities under the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles

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 Spain22 vesselsFrance23 vesselsItaly3 vessels (b) Surface longliners Spain2 vesselsFrance5 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 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.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 18 January 2011.