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The fishing opportunities set out in the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: Fishing category Type of vessel Member State Licences or quota Tuna fishing Surface longliners Spain 41 Portugal 7 Tuna fishing Freezer tuna seiners Spain 12 France 13 Tuna fishing Pole-and-line tuna vessels Spain 7 France 4 If licence applications from these Member States do not cover all the fishing opportunities laid down by the Protocol, the Commission may take into consideration licence applications from any other Member State.

Definitions For the purposes of this Agreement:

(a) ‘Cape Verde authorities’ means the Government of Cape Verde;

(b) ‘Community authorities’ means the European Commission;

(c) ‘Cape Verde waters’ means the waters over which Cape Verde has sovereignty or jurisdiction;

(d) ‘fishing vessel’ means any vessel equipped for commercial exploitation of living aquatic resources;

(e) ‘Community vessel’ means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State of the Community and registered in the Community;

(f) ‘joint enterprise’ means a commercial company set up in Cape Verde by vessel owners or national enterprises from the parties in order to engage in fishing or related activities;

(g) ‘Joint Committee’ means a committee made up of representatives of the Community and Cape Verde whose functions are described in Article 9 of this Agreement;

(h) ‘transhipment’ means the transfer in port or at sea of some or all of the catch from one fishing vessel to another fishing vessel;

(i) ‘shipowner’ means any person legally responsible for a fishing vessel who is in charge of and controls it;

(j) ‘ACP seamen’ means any seamen who are nationals of a non-European signatory to the Cotonou Agreement. To this end, a Cape Verde seaman is an ACP seaman.