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4. The deadline within which the Member States must confirm that they are not making full use of their fishing opportunities granted to them under the Agreement, as provided by Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008, is set at 10 working days as from the date on which the Commission communicates this information to them.

1. The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (‘the Protocol’) shall be allocated among the Member States as follows:

(a) freezer shrimp trawlers: Spain 2 500 GRT Greece 140 GRT Portugal 1 060 GRT (b) freezer, fin-fish and cephalopod trawlers: Spain 2 900 GRT Italy 375 GRT Greece 225 GRT (c) freezer tuna seiners and longliners: Spain 14 vessels France 12 vessels Portugal 2 vessels (d) pole-and-line tuna vessels: Spain 9 vessels France 3 vessels 2. Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 shall apply without prejudice to the Agreement.

3. If applications for fishing authorisations from the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 do not exhaust 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.