COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2210/96 of 14 November 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 3076/95 allocating, for 1996, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in the Norwegian exclusive economic zone and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen

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 Council Regulation (EC) No 3076/95 (2) had to leave open the allocation of certain catch quotas to which Sweden is entitled under the Agreement on Fisheries between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Kingdom of Norway of 9 December 1976;

Whereas, in accordance with the procedure provided for in the aforementioned Agreement on Fisheries, the Community, on behalf of Sweden, continued to hold consultations with Norway concerning the relevant fishing rights for 1996;

Whereas these consultations have been concluded and, consequently, it is now necessary to implement the agreed measures,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 3076/95 shall be replaced by the Annex contained in the Annex to this Regulation.

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 Brussels, 14 November 1996.

For the Council

The President

R. BRUTON

(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. 51.

ANNEX

'ANNEX II

Allocation of Community catch quotas in Norwegian waters for 1996, as referred to in Article 1

(Norwegian waters south of 62°00' N)

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