COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1167/96 of 25 June 1996 amending, for the second time, Regulation (EC) No 3090/95 laying down for 1996 certain conservation and management measures for fishery resources in the Regulatory Area as defined in the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North West Atlantic Fisheries

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture (1), and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3090/95 (2) lays down, inter alia, fishing quotas for Member States in the Regulatory Area for 1996;

Whereas, in order to ensure full coherence and consistency between different measures concerning the limitation of catches on different stocks of the same species, it is necessary to allocate, among Member States, the Community catch quota of Atlantic redfish in NAFO zone 3M;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3090/95 should therefore be amended for the second time,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to this Regulation shall replace the corresponding section of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 3090/95.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 1996.

For the Council

The President

M. PINTO

(1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession.

(2) OJ No L 330, 30. 12. 1995, p. 108. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1076/96 (OJ No L 142, 15. 6. 1996, p. 3).

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