Council Regulation (EU) No 1390/2013 of 16 December 2013 on the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Union of the Comoros setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement currently in force between the two parties

1 The fishing opportunities established under the Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Union of the Comoros setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties currently in force (the ‘Protocol’) shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: (a) 42 tuna seiners: Spain: 21 vessels France: 21 vessels (b) 20 surface longliners: Spain: 8 vessels France: 9 vessels Portugal: 3 vessels

2 Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 shall apply without prejudice to the Protocol or the Fisheries Partnership Agreement.

3 The time limit within which the Member States are to confirm that they are not fully exhausting the fishing opportunities granted to them under the Fisheries Partnership Agreement, as provided by Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008, shall be set at ten working days from the date on which the Commission informs them that their fishing opportunities have not been fully exhausted.

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 January 2014.