Article 1 
From 1 January to 31 December 1997 vessels flying the flag of a Member State are hereby authorized to make catches within the quota limits set out in the Annex in waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of Lithuania. Article 2 The financial contribution provided for in Article 4 of the Agreement on fisheries relations between the European Community and the Republic of Lithuania shall be set for the period referred to in Article 1 at ECU 1 041 048, payable to an account designated by Lithuania. Article 3 Stocks referred to in the Annex shall not be subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 2, 3 and 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities or on the day of entry into force of the Agreement on fisheries relations between the European Community and the Republic of Lithuania, signed on 20 December 1996, whichever is the later. It shall apply from 1 January 1997. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 December 1996. For the Council The President S. BARRETT (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession. (2) OJ No C 284, 27. 9. 1996, p. 9. (3) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. (4) OJ No L 115, 9. 5. 1996, p. 3.
Article 2 
The financial contribution provided for in Article 4 of the Agreement on fisheries relations between the European Community and the Republic of Lithuania shall be set for the period referred to in Article 1 at ECU 1 041 048, payable to an account designated by Lithuania. Article 3 Stocks referred to in the Annex shall not be subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 2, 3 and 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities or on the day of entry into force of the Agreement on fisheries relations between the European Community and the Republic of Lithuania, signed on 20 December 1996, whichever is the later. It shall apply from 1 January 1997. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 December 1996. For the Council The President S. BARRETT (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession. (2) OJ No C 284, 27. 9. 1996, p. 9. (3) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. (4) OJ No L 115, 9. 5. 1996, p. 3.
Article 3 
Stocks referred to in the Annex shall not be subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 2, 3 and 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities or on the day of entry into force of the Agreement on fisheries relations between the European Community and the Republic of Lithuania, signed on 20 December 1996, whichever is the later. It shall apply from 1 January 1997. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 December 1996. For the Council The President S. BARRETT (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession. (2) OJ No C 284, 27. 9. 1996, p. 9. (3) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. (4) OJ No L 115, 9. 5. 1996, p. 3.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities or on the day of entry into force of the Agreement on fisheries relations between the European Community and the Republic of Lithuania, signed on 20 December 1996, whichever is the later. It shall apply from 1 January 1997. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 December 1996. For the Council The President S. BARRETT (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession. (2) OJ No C 284, 27. 9. 1996, p. 9. (3) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. (4) OJ No L 115, 9. 5. 1996, p. 3.