Regulation (EEC) No 3440/84 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 5 (5) is replaced by the following:
'5. It is prohibited to use a top-side chafer together with strengthening bags except for trawls having a mesh size equal to or less than 60 millimetres'.
2. Article 6 is modified as follows:
- Paragraph 2 is replaced by the following text:
'2. It is prohibited to use more than one strenthening bag except when attached to trawls having a mesh size equal to or less than 60 millimetres, for which two strenthening bags may be used.';
- Paragraph 3 is replaced by the following text:
'3. The mesh size shall be equal to at least twice that of the codend. If a second strengthening bag is used, its minimum mesh size shall be 120 millimetres.';
- Paragraph 6 is replaced by the following text:
'6. Strengthening bags attached to trawls having a mesh size greater than 60 millimetres shall not extend more than two metres in front of the rear lifting strap.';
- Paragraph 7 is replaced by the following text:
'7. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, strengthening bags smaller than the dimensions of the codend may be attached to nets having a mesh size equal to or less than 60 millimetres.'.