Council Regulation (EU) No 660/2011 of 9 June 2011 concerning the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties currently in force

1 The fishing opportunities set by the Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties currently in force (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Protocol’) shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: (a) Tuna seiners Spain16 vesselsFrance12 vessels; (b) Surface longliners Spain26 vesselsPortugal9 vessels; (c) Pole-and-line tuna vessels Spain7 vesselsFrance4 vessels.

2 Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 shall apply without prejudice to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cape Verde.

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 day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 September 2011.