COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 04.09.1996 
COM(96) 409 final 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
amending Council Regulation (EC) No. 3079/95 allocating, for 1996, 
Community catch quotas in Greenland waters 
(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 paragraph 2 of the Third EC/Greenland Protocol (1\ 
the Community is entitled to 70% of the Greenland share of the capelin TAC minus 
10,000 tonnes to the Faroe Islands. Council Regulation (EC) No. 3079/95 (2) established the 
corresponding Community catch quota on the basis of a provisional TAC of 950,000 tonnes. 
This TAC has been revised in the meantime and set at 1,100,000 tonnes. Consequently, the 
quota available to the Community has increased to 62,050 tonnes. 
The objective of this proposal is to implement the measures resulting from the variation of 
the underlying TAC. 
(,) OJ No. L 351, 31.12.1994, p. I 
m OJ No. L 330, 30.12.1995, p. 64 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 
amending Council Regulation (EC) No. 3079/95 allocating, for 1996, 
Community catch quotas in Greenland waters 
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 aquaculture1, as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, 
Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 8(4) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No. 3079/95 2 established, for 1996, the Community catch quota 
for capelin in Greenland waters on the basis of a provisional TAC; 
Whereas a revision of the relevant TAC in the meantime has resulted in an increase in the share 
available to the Community; 
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No. 3079/95 has to be amended accordingly; 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION 
Article 1 
In the Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No. 3079/95, the part dealing with capelin shall be 
amended as given 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, .... 
For the Council 
The President 
1 OJNoL 389,31.12.1992, p. 1. 
2 OJ No. L 330, 30.12.1995, p. 64 
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ANNEX 
Allocatiois of Community catch quotas in Greenland waters for 1996 
Species 
Capelin Geographical 
area 
ICES XIV/V Commonity 
catch 
quotas 
(in tonnes) 
127 050<6) Quotas allocated to Member 
States 
Community 62 050 Quantities 
allocated 
to Norway 
25 000 Quantities 
allocated 
to Iceland 
30 000 Faroese 
quotas 
under EC/ 
Greenland 
10 000 
(6) 70% of the Greenland share of the TAC for capelin minus 10 000 tonnes to the Faroe Islands. Calculated on the basis of a revised 
provisional TAC of 1,100,000 tonnes. Upon a further revision of this TAC in the course of 1996, the Community quota shall be revised 
accordingly. 
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