16.2.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 46/9 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 146/2007 of 15 February 2007 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3440/84 as regards conditions for certain trawls for vessels operating pump aboard systems THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (4  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Fisheries and Aquaculture Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through Article 1 technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms ('), and in particular Article 48 thereof, In Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3440/84 the following Whereas: paragraph 4 is added: (1)  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3440/84 (?) sets out detailed rules concerning the attachment of devices to trawls, Danish seines and similar nets. ‘4, By way of derogation of the provisions laid down in paragraph 2, it shall be permitted for vessels operating pump aboard systems to attach a codline at a distance which is no 2)  In order to ensure the safety of the crews, supplementary more than 10 m from the rear meshes of the codend, when measures on technical conditions as regards vessels fishing with trawls with a mesh size of less than 70 mm. operating pump aboard systems, which do not affect selectivity, should be implemented in 2007. Aticle 2 (3)  Regulation (EEC) No 3440/84 should therefore be This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following amended accordingly. its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 15 February 2007. For the Commission Joe BORG Member of the Commission (') OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 2166/2005 (O] L 345, 28.12.2005, p. 5). (®» OJ L 318, 7.12.1984, p. 23. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 2122/89 (OJ L 203, 15.7.1989, p. 21).