COMMISSION OH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 16.04.1996 
COM(96) 161 final 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
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 
(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Regulation (EC) No. 3090/95 established, for 1996, Community catch quotas for different 
fishery resources in the NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization) Regulatory Area. 
While most of these catch quotas are allocated to Member States in the said Regulation, in 
the case of Atlantic redfish in NAFO zone 3M, the Community catch quota of 4,030 tonnes 
is unallocated. 
The allocation to the Member States should be based on the relative stability criteria -
historical performance, losses in third country waters and dependence on fisheries of the 
regions concerned. As far as the historical performance is concerned, a period of 5 years 
is deemed to provide an adequate balance between the past catch records and the current 
fishing patterns. These criteria have been used for the allocation of Greenland halibut in the 
NAFO Regulatory Area for 1996. 
The present proposal establishes an allocation of this quota among Member States, in order 
to ensure coherence and consistency among different quotas for different stocks in the NAFO 
Regulatory Area. 
The Council is requested to adopt this proposal. 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 196 
of 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 toCouncil 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) as amended by Regulation (EC) No /96 (3) 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 
Regulation (EC) No. 3090/95 is hereby amended as follows: 
The Annex to this Regulation shall replace the corresponding section of the Annex to 
Regulation (EC) No. 3090/95. 
(1> O.J. L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1. 
m O.J. L 330, 30.12.95, p. 108. 
w O.J. L p. 
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, ....1996 
For the Council 
The President 
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ANNEX 
Stock 
Species 
Atlantic redfish Geographical 
région 
North West Atlantic Zone 
NAFO 3M Member State 
Belgium 
Denmark 
Germany 
Greece 
Spain 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
Portugal 
United Kingdom ^ 
Austria 
Finland 
Sweden 
Available for 
Member States 
EC total 1996 quota 
(tonnes) 
1,332 
204 
2,494 
4,030 
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