
Article 1 
The amendment to Article VII of the Convention on fishing and conservation of the living resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts is hereby approved by the Community.
The text of the amendment is annexed to this Decision.
Article 2 
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to notify the Depository Government of the Community's approval in accordance with Article XVI of the Convention.
Done at Brussels, 22 January 1996.
For the Council
The President
W. LUCCHETTI
ANNEX

Article VII of the Convention on fishing and conservation of the living resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts is amended as follows:
'The total amount of the budget including any supplementary budget shall be contributed to by the Contracting Parties according to the following formula:
((a)) one-third of the budget shall be divided equally among the Contracting Parties;
((b)) two-thirds of the budget shall be divided in proportion to the TACs available to the Contracting Parties in accordance with the financial regulations for the Commission.'
