Council Regulation (EU) No 156/2011 of 13 December 2010 concerning the allocation of the fishing opportunities under the Protocol to the Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Federated States of Micronesia on fishing in the Federated States of Micronesia

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: Spain5 vesselsFrance1 vessel (b) Surface longliners: Spain12 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.