Article 1 
This Regulation fixes for 1996, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, total allowable catches (TACs) per stock or group of stocks, the share of these catches available to the Community, the allocation of that share among Member States and the specific conditions under which these stocks may be fished (2). For the purposes of this Regulation, the Skagerrak is bounded on the west by a line drawn from the Hanstholm lighthouse to the Lindesnes lighthouse and on the south by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast. For the purposes of this Regulation, the Kattegat is bounded on the north by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast and on the south by a line drawn from Hasenoere to Gnibens Spids, from Korshage to Spodsbjerg and from Gilbjerg Hoved to Kullen. For the purposes of this Regulation, the North Sea shall comprise ICES subarea IV and that part of ICES division III a which is not covered by the definition of the Skagerrak given in this Article. Article 2 TACs for stocks or groups of stocks to which Community rules apply and the share of these catches available to the Community are hereby fixed for 1996 as set out in the Annex. Article 3 The allocation among the Member States of the share available to the Community of the TACs mentioned in Article 2 is fixed for 1996, in the form of fish quotas, in the Annex. This allocation shall be without prejudice to exchanges made pursuant to Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 and reallocations made pursuant to Articles 21 (4), 23 (1) and 32 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1). Article 4 As regards the herring stock of the North Sea and of the eastern English Channel, transfers of up to 50 % of the quotas may be effected from ICES divisions IV c and VII d to ICES division IV b. As regards the hake stock in zones II a (EC zone) and IV (EC zone), Member States having a quota in this zone may, on exhaustion of this quota, make transfers from zones V b (EC zone), VI, VII, XII and XIV and from zones VIII a, b and d to zone II a (EC zone) and IV (EC zone). However, such transfers must be notified in advance to the Commission. Article 5 1. It shall be prohibited to retain on board or to land catches from stocks for which TACs or quotas are fixed unless: (i) the catches have been taken by vessels of a Member State having a quota and that quota is not exhausted; or (ii) the share of the TAC available to the Community (Community share) has not been allocated by quota among Member States and the Community share has not been exhausted; or (iii) for all species other than herring and mackerel, they are mixed with other species and have been taken with nets whose mesh size is 32 mm or less in regions 1 and 2 or 40 mm or less in region 3 in accordance with Article 2 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 of 7 October 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (2), and are not sorted either on board or on landing; or (iv) for herring, they are within the limits of paragraph 2; or (v) for mackerel, they are mixed with horse mackerel or pilchard and the mackerel does not exceed 10 % of the total weight of mackerel, horse mackerel and pilchard on board and the catches are not sorted, or (vi) they are caught during the course of scientific investigations carried out under Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86. All landings shall count against the quota, or, if the Community share has not been allocated between Member States by quotas, against the Community share, except for catches made under the provisions of (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi). 2. When fishing with nets whose mesh size is less than 32 mm in regions 1 and 2 other than the Skagerrak and the Kattegat and with nets whose mesh size is less than 40 mm in region 3, it shall be prohibited to retain on board catches of herring mixed with other species unless such catches are not sorted and unless the herring, if mixed with sprat only, does not exceed 10 % by weight of the total weight of herring and sprat combined. When fishing with nets whose mesh size is less than 32 mm in regions 1 and 2 and with nets whose mesh size is less than 40 mm in region 3, it shall be prohibited to retain on board catches of herring mixed with other species unless such catches are not sorted and unless the herring, if mixed with other species whether or not including sprat, does not exceed 5 % by weight of the total weight of the herring and other species combined. 3. The determination of the percentage of by-catches and their disposal shall be made in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86. Article 6 By way of derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 2115/88 (1), directed fishing and landing of herring for purposes other than human consumption may be conducted, until 31 December 1996, by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or Finland and, in the Baltic Sea, on a pilot basis, by vessels flying the flag of another Member State, within the rules provided in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86 of 12 June 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound (2). Article 7 By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of paragraph (a) of Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86, the period of enlargement of the area in which beam trawling is banned shall be from 1 January to 31 December 1996. Article 8 By way of derogation from Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86, the area in which fishing for flatfish is permitted with mesh sizes equal to, or greater than, 90 mm is extended to the whole of subdivisions 22 and 24. Article 9 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1996. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 December 1995. For the Council The President L. ATIENZA SERNA (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession. (2) OJ No L 226, 29. 8. 1980, p. 12. (3) OJ No L 226, 29. 8 .1980, p. 48. (1) OJ No L 199, 24. 8. 1995, p. 1. (2) The definition of the ICES and Cecaf areas refereed to in this Regulation is given in Commission communications 85/C 347/05 (OJ No C 347, 31. 12. 1985, p. 14) and 85/C 335/02 (OJ No C 335, 24. 12. 1985, p. 2) respectively. (1) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1 (2) OJ No L 288, 11. 10. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2251/95 (OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 11). (1) OJ No L 247, 28. 9. 1977, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 162, 18. 6. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2250/95 (OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 1).
Article 2 
TACs for stocks or groups of stocks to which Community rules apply and the share of these catches available to the Community are hereby fixed for 1996 as set out in the Annex. Article 3 The allocation among the Member States of the share available to the Community of the TACs mentioned in Article 2 is fixed for 1996, in the form of fish quotas, in the Annex. This allocation shall be without prejudice to exchanges made pursuant to Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 and reallocations made pursuant to Articles 21 (4), 23 (1) and 32 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1). Article 4 As regards the herring stock of the North Sea and of the eastern English Channel, transfers of up to 50 % of the quotas may be effected from ICES divisions IV c and VII d to ICES division IV b. As regards the hake stock in zones II a (EC zone) and IV (EC zone), Member States having a quota in this zone may, on exhaustion of this quota, make transfers from zones V b (EC zone), VI, VII, XII and XIV and from zones VIII a, b and d to zone II a (EC zone) and IV (EC zone). However, such transfers must be notified in advance to the Commission. Article 5 1. It shall be prohibited to retain on board or to land catches from stocks for which TACs or quotas are fixed unless: (i) the catches have been taken by vessels of a Member State having a quota and that quota is not exhausted; or (ii) the share of the TAC available to the Community (Community share) has not been allocated by quota among Member States and the Community share has not been exhausted; or (iii) for all species other than herring and mackerel, they are mixed with other species and have been taken with nets whose mesh size is 32 mm or less in regions 1 and 2 or 40 mm or less in region 3 in accordance with Article 2 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 of 7 October 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (2), and are not sorted either on board or on landing; or (iv) for herring, they are within the limits of paragraph 2; or (v) for mackerel, they are mixed with horse mackerel or pilchard and the mackerel does not exceed 10 % of the total weight of mackerel, horse mackerel and pilchard on board and the catches are not sorted, or (vi) they are caught during the course of scientific investigations carried out under Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86. All landings shall count against the quota, or, if the Community share has not been allocated between Member States by quotas, against the Community share, except for catches made under the provisions of (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi). 2. When fishing with nets whose mesh size is less than 32 mm in regions 1 and 2 other than the Skagerrak and the Kattegat and with nets whose mesh size is less than 40 mm in region 3, it shall be prohibited to retain on board catches of herring mixed with other species unless such catches are not sorted and unless the herring, if mixed with sprat only, does not exceed 10 % by weight of the total weight of herring and sprat combined. When fishing with nets whose mesh size is less than 32 mm in regions 1 and 2 and with nets whose mesh size is less than 40 mm in region 3, it shall be prohibited to retain on board catches of herring mixed with other species unless such catches are not sorted and unless the herring, if mixed with other species whether or not including sprat, does not exceed 5 % by weight of the total weight of the herring and other species combined. 3. The determination of the percentage of by-catches and their disposal shall be made in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86. Article 6 By way of derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 2115/88 (1), directed fishing and landing of herring for purposes other than human consumption may be conducted, until 31 December 1996, by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or Finland and, in the Baltic Sea, on a pilot basis, by vessels flying the flag of another Member State, within the rules provided in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86 of 12 June 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound (2). Article 7 By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of paragraph (a) of Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86, the period of enlargement of the area in which beam trawling is banned shall be from 1 January to 31 December 1996. Article 8 By way of derogation from Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86, the area in which fishing for flatfish is permitted with mesh sizes equal to, or greater than, 90 mm is extended to the whole of subdivisions 22 and 24. Article 9 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1996. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 December 1995. For the Council The President L. ATIENZA SERNA (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession. (2) OJ No L 226, 29. 8. 1980, p. 12. (3) OJ No L 226, 29. 8 .1980, p. 48. (1) OJ No L 199, 24. 8. 1995, p. 1. (2) The definition of the ICES and Cecaf areas refereed to in this Regulation is given in Commission communications 85/C 347/05 (OJ No C 347, 31. 12. 1985, p. 14) and 85/C 335/02 (OJ No C 335, 24. 12. 1985, p. 2) respectively. (1) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1 (2) OJ No L 288, 11. 10. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2251/95 (OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 11). (1) OJ No L 247, 28. 9. 1977, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 162, 18. 6. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2250/95 (OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 1).
Article 3 
The allocation among the Member States of the share available to the Community of the TACs mentioned in Article 2 is fixed for 1996, in the form of fish quotas, in the Annex. This allocation shall be without prejudice to exchanges made pursuant to Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 and reallocations made pursuant to Articles 21 (4), 23 (1) and 32 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1). Article 4 As regards the herring stock of the North Sea and of the eastern English Channel, transfers of up to 50 % of the quotas may be effected from ICES divisions IV c and VII d to ICES division IV b. As regards the hake stock in zones II a (EC zone) and IV (EC zone), Member States having a quota in this zone may, on exhaustion of this quota, make transfers from zones V b (EC zone), VI, VII, XII and XIV and from zones VIII a, b and d to zone II a (EC zone) and IV (EC zone). However, such transfers must be notified in advance to the Commission. Article 5 1. It shall be prohibited to retain on board or to land catches from stocks for which TACs or quotas are fixed unless: (i) the catches have been taken by vessels of a Member State having a quota and that quota is not exhausted; or (ii) the share of the TAC available to the Community (Community share) has not been allocated by quota among Member States and the Community share has not been exhausted; or (iii) for all species other than herring and mackerel, they are mixed with other species and have been taken with nets whose mesh size is 32 mm or less in regions 1 and 2 or 40 mm or less in region 3 in accordance with Article 2 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 of 7 October 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (2), and are not sorted either on board or on landing; or (iv) for herring, they are within the limits of paragraph 2; or (v) for mackerel, they are mixed with horse mackerel or pilchard and the mackerel does not exceed 10 % of the total weight of mackerel, horse mackerel and pilchard on board and the catches are not sorted, or (vi) they are caught during the course of scientific investigations carried out under Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86. All landings shall count against the quota, or, if the Community share has not been allocated between Member States by quotas, against the Community share, except for catches made under the provisions of (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi). 2. When fishing with nets whose mesh size is less than 32 mm in regions 1 and 2 other than the Skagerrak and the Kattegat and with nets whose mesh size is less than 40 mm in region 3, it shall be prohibited to retain on board catches of herring mixed with other species unless such catches are not sorted and unless the herring, if mixed with sprat only, does not exceed 10 % by weight of the total weight of herring and sprat combined. When fishing with nets whose mesh size is less than 32 mm in regions 1 and 2 and with nets whose mesh size is less than 40 mm in region 3, it shall be prohibited to retain on board catches of herring mixed with other species unless such catches are not sorted and unless the herring, if mixed with other species whether or not including sprat, does not exceed 5 % by weight of the total weight of the herring and other species combined. 3. The determination of the percentage of by-catches and their disposal shall be made in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86. Article 6 By way of derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 2115/88 (1), directed fishing and landing of herring for purposes other than human consumption may be conducted, until 31 December 1996, by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or Finland and, in the Baltic Sea, on a pilot basis, by vessels flying the flag of another Member State, within the rules provided in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86 of 12 June 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound (2). Article 7 By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of paragraph (a) of Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86, the period of enlargement of the area in which beam trawling is banned shall be from 1 January to 31 December 1996. Article 8 By way of derogation from Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86, the area in which fishing for flatfish is permitted with mesh sizes equal to, or greater than, 90 mm is extended to the whole of subdivisions 22 and 24. Article 9 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1996. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 December 1995. For the Council The President L. ATIENZA SERNA (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession. (2) OJ No L 226, 29. 8. 1980, p. 12. (3) OJ No L 226, 29. 8 .1980, p. 48. (1) OJ No L 199, 24. 8. 1995, p. 1. (2) The definition of the ICES and Cecaf areas refereed to in this Regulation is given in Commission communications 85/C 347/05 (OJ No C 347, 31. 12. 1985, p. 14) and 85/C 335/02 (OJ No C 335, 24. 12. 1985, p. 2) respectively. (1) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1 (2) OJ No L 288, 11. 10. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2251/95 (OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 11). (1) OJ No L 247, 28. 9. 1977, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 162, 18. 6. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2250/95 (OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 1).
Article 4 
As regards the herring stock of the North Sea and of the eastern English Channel, transfers of up to 50 % of the quotas may be effected from ICES divisions IV c and VII d to ICES division IV b. As regards the hake stock in zones II a (EC zone) and IV (EC zone), Member States having a quota in this zone may, on exhaustion of this quota, make transfers from zones V b (EC zone), VI, VII, XII and XIV and from zones VIII a, b and d to zone II a (EC zone) and IV (EC zone). However, such transfers must be notified in advance to the Commission. Article 5 1. It shall be prohibited to retain on board or to land catches from stocks for which TACs or quotas are fixed unless: (i) the catches have been taken by vessels of a Member State having a quota and that quota is not exhausted; or (ii) the share of the TAC available to the Community (Community share) has not been allocated by quota among Member States and the Community share has not been exhausted; or (iii) for all species other than herring and mackerel, they are mixed with other species and have been taken with nets whose mesh size is 32 mm or less in regions 1 and 2 or 40 mm or less in region 3 in accordance with Article 2 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 of 7 October 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (2), and are not sorted either on board or on landing; or (iv) for herring, they are within the limits of paragraph 2; or (v) for mackerel, they are mixed with horse mackerel or pilchard and the mackerel does not exceed 10 % of the total weight of mackerel, horse mackerel and pilchard on board and the catches are not sorted, or (vi) they are caught during the course of scientific investigations carried out under Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86. All landings shall count against the quota, or, if the Community share has not been allocated between Member States by quotas, against the Community share, except for catches made under the provisions of (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi). 2. When fishing with nets whose mesh size is less than 32 mm in regions 1 and 2 other than the Skagerrak and the Kattegat and with nets whose mesh size is less than 40 mm in region 3, it shall be prohibited to retain on board catches of herring mixed with other species unless such catches are not sorted and unless the herring, if mixed with sprat only, does not exceed 10 % by weight of the total weight of herring and sprat combined. When fishing with nets whose mesh size is less than 32 mm in regions 1 and 2 and with nets whose mesh size is less than 40 mm in region 3, it shall be prohibited to retain on board catches of herring mixed with other species unless such catches are not sorted and unless the herring, if mixed with other species whether or not including sprat, does not exceed 5 % by weight of the total weight of the herring and other species combined. 3. The determination of the percentage of by-catches and their disposal shall be made in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86. Article 6 By way of derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 2115/88 (1), directed fishing and landing of herring for purposes other than human consumption may be conducted, until 31 December 1996, by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or Finland and, in the Baltic Sea, on a pilot basis, by vessels flying the flag of another Member State, within the rules provided in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86 of 12 June 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound (2). Article 7 By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of paragraph (a) of Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86, the period of enlargement of the area in which beam trawling is banned shall be from 1 January to 31 December 1996. Article 8 By way of derogation from Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86, the area in which fishing for flatfish is permitted with mesh sizes equal to, or greater than, 90 mm is extended to the whole of subdivisions 22 and 24. Article 9 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1996. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 December 1995. For the Council The President L. ATIENZA SERNA (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession. (2) OJ No L 226, 29. 8. 1980, p. 12. (3) OJ No L 226, 29. 8 .1980, p. 48. (1) OJ No L 199, 24. 8. 1995, p. 1. (2) The definition of the ICES and Cecaf areas refereed to in this Regulation is given in Commission communications 85/C 347/05 (OJ No C 347, 31. 12. 1985, p. 14) and 85/C 335/02 (OJ No C 335, 24. 12. 1985, p. 2) respectively. (1) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1 (2) OJ No L 288, 11. 10. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2251/95 (OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 11). (1) OJ No L 247, 28. 9. 1977, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 162, 18. 6. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2250/95 (OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 1).
Article 5 
1. It shall be prohibited to retain on board or to land catches from stocks for which TACs or quotas are fixed unless: (i) the catches have been taken by vessels of a Member State having a quota and that quota is not exhausted; or (ii) the share of the TAC available to the Community (Community share) has not been allocated by quota among Member States and the Community share has not been exhausted; or (iii) for all species other than herring and mackerel, they are mixed with other species and have been taken with nets whose mesh size is 32 mm or less in regions 1 and 2 or 40 mm or less in region 3 in accordance with Article 2 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 of 7 October 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (2), and are not sorted either on board or on landing; or (iv) for herring, they are within the limits of paragraph 2; or (v) for mackerel, they are mixed with horse mackerel or pilchard and the mackerel does not exceed 10 % of the total weight of mackerel, horse mackerel and pilchard on board and the catches are not sorted, or (vi) they are caught during the course of scientific investigations carried out under Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86. All landings shall count against the quota, or, if the Community share has not been allocated between Member States by quotas, against the Community share, except for catches made under the provisions of (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi). 2. When fishing with nets whose mesh size is less than 32 mm in regions 1 and 2 other than the Skagerrak and the Kattegat and with nets whose mesh size is less than 40 mm in region 3, it shall be prohibited to retain on board catches of herring mixed with other species unless such catches are not sorted and unless the herring, if mixed with sprat only, does not exceed 10 % by weight of the total weight of herring and sprat combined. When fishing with nets whose mesh size is less than 32 mm in regions 1 and 2 and with nets whose mesh size is less than 40 mm in region 3, it shall be prohibited to retain on board catches of herring mixed with other species unless such catches are not sorted and unless the herring, if mixed with other species whether or not including sprat, does not exceed 5 % by weight of the total weight of the herring and other species combined. 3. The determination of the percentage of by-catches and their disposal shall be made in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86. Article 6 By way of derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 2115/88 (1), directed fishing and landing of herring for purposes other than human consumption may be conducted, until 31 December 1996, by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or Finland and, in the Baltic Sea, on a pilot basis, by vessels flying the flag of another Member State, within the rules provided in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86 of 12 June 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound (2). Article 7 By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of paragraph (a) of Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86, the period of enlargement of the area in which beam trawling is banned shall be from 1 January to 31 December 1996. Article 8 By way of derogation from Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86, the area in which fishing for flatfish is permitted with mesh sizes equal to, or greater than, 90 mm is extended to the whole of subdivisions 22 and 24. Article 9 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1996. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 December 1995. For the Council The President L. ATIENZA SERNA (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession. (2) OJ No L 226, 29. 8. 1980, p. 12. (3) OJ No L 226, 29. 8 .1980, p. 48. (1) OJ No L 199, 24. 8. 1995, p. 1. (2) The definition of the ICES and Cecaf areas refereed to in this Regulation is given in Commission communications 85/C 347/05 (OJ No C 347, 31. 12. 1985, p. 14) and 85/C 335/02 (OJ No C 335, 24. 12. 1985, p. 2) respectively. (1) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1 (2) OJ No L 288, 11. 10. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2251/95 (OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 11). (1) OJ No L 247, 28. 9. 1977, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 162, 18. 6. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2250/95 (OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 1).
Article 6 
By way of derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 2115/88 (1), directed fishing and landing of herring for purposes other than human consumption may be conducted, until 31 December 1996, by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or Finland and, in the Baltic Sea, on a pilot basis, by vessels flying the flag of another Member State, within the rules provided in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86 of 12 June 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound (2). Article 7 By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of paragraph (a) of Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86, the period of enlargement of the area in which beam trawling is banned shall be from 1 January to 31 December 1996. Article 8 By way of derogation from Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86, the area in which fishing for flatfish is permitted with mesh sizes equal to, or greater than, 90 mm is extended to the whole of subdivisions 22 and 24. Article 9 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1996. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 December 1995. For the Council The President L. ATIENZA SERNA (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession. (2) OJ No L 226, 29. 8. 1980, p. 12. (3) OJ No L 226, 29. 8 .1980, p. 48. (1) OJ No L 199, 24. 8. 1995, p. 1. (2) The definition of the ICES and Cecaf areas refereed to in this Regulation is given in Commission communications 85/C 347/05 (OJ No C 347, 31. 12. 1985, p. 14) and 85/C 335/02 (OJ No C 335, 24. 12. 1985, p. 2) respectively. (1) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1 (2) OJ No L 288, 11. 10. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2251/95 (OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 11). (1) OJ No L 247, 28. 9. 1977, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 162, 18. 6. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2250/95 (OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 1).
Article 7 
By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of paragraph (a) of Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86, the period of enlargement of the area in which beam trawling is banned shall be from 1 January to 31 December 1996. Article 8 By way of derogation from Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86, the area in which fishing for flatfish is permitted with mesh sizes equal to, or greater than, 90 mm is extended to the whole of subdivisions 22 and 24. Article 9 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1996. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 December 1995. For the Council The President L. ATIENZA SERNA (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession. (2) OJ No L 226, 29. 8. 1980, p. 12. (3) OJ No L 226, 29. 8 .1980, p. 48. (1) OJ No L 199, 24. 8. 1995, p. 1. (2) The definition of the ICES and Cecaf areas refereed to in this Regulation is given in Commission communications 85/C 347/05 (OJ No C 347, 31. 12. 1985, p. 14) and 85/C 335/02 (OJ No C 335, 24. 12. 1985, p. 2) respectively. (1) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1 (2) OJ No L 288, 11. 10. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2251/95 (OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 11). (1) OJ No L 247, 28. 9. 1977, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 162, 18. 6. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2250/95 (OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 1).
Article 8 
By way of derogation from Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86, the area in which fishing for flatfish is permitted with mesh sizes equal to, or greater than, 90 mm is extended to the whole of subdivisions 22 and 24. Article 9 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1996. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 December 1995. For the Council The President L. ATIENZA SERNA (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession. (2) OJ No L 226, 29. 8. 1980, p. 12. (3) OJ No L 226, 29. 8 .1980, p. 48. (1) OJ No L 199, 24. 8. 1995, p. 1. (2) The definition of the ICES and Cecaf areas refereed to in this Regulation is given in Commission communications 85/C 347/05 (OJ No C 347, 31. 12. 1985, p. 14) and 85/C 335/02 (OJ No C 335, 24. 12. 1985, p. 2) respectively. (1) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1 (2) OJ No L 288, 11. 10. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2251/95 (OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 11). (1) OJ No L 247, 28. 9. 1977, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 162, 18. 6. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2250/95 (OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 1).
Article 9 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1996. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 December 1995. For the Council The President L. ATIENZA SERNA (1) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 1994 Act of Accession. (2) OJ No L 226, 29. 8. 1980, p. 12. (3) OJ No L 226, 29. 8 .1980, p. 48. (1) OJ No L 199, 24. 8. 1995, p. 1. (2) The definition of the ICES and Cecaf areas refereed to in this Regulation is given in Commission communications 85/C 347/05 (OJ No C 347, 31. 12. 1985, p. 14) and 85/C 335/02 (OJ No C 335, 24. 12. 1985, p. 2) respectively. (1) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1 (2) OJ No L 288, 11. 10. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2251/95 (OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 11). (1) OJ No L 247, 28. 9. 1977, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 162, 18. 6. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2250/95 (OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 1).