Where, for a given fishing year, biological circumstances require the total volume of catches from a particular stock to be fixed at a level which does not permit Greenland to meet the obligation arising from Article 2 and, at the same time, to maintain its fishing activities at a level corresponding to minimum quantities laid down in the Protocols referred to in Article 2 (1), the corresponding quotas agreed with the Community for the stock or stocks concerned shall be reduced accordingly, without this reduction affecting the level of the financial compensation referred to in Article 6.
Kadar za določeno ribolovno leto biološke okoliščine zahtevajo, da se skupni obseg ulova iz posameznega staleža določi v višini, ki Grenlandiji ne omogoča izpolnjevanje obveznosti, izhajajoče iz člena 2, in hkrati, da ohrani svoje ribolovne aktivnosti na ravni, ki ustrezajo najmanjšim količinam, določenim v protokolih, iz člena 2(1), se ustrezne kvote, dogovorjene s Skupnostjo za zadevni stalež ali staleže, ustrezno znižajo, ne da bi to znižanje vplivalo na višino finančnega nadomestila iz člena 6.