{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1984-3440/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1984-3440/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1984/3440",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3440/84 of 6 December 1984 on the attachment of devices to trawls, Danish seines and similar nets",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1984-3440",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Bottom-side chafer",
  "text": "1. A bottom-side chafer may be formed of any piece of canvas, netting, or any other material.\n2. More than one bottom-side chafer may be used at the same time and they may overlap.\n3. Bottom-side chafers may be attached only to the outside of the trawl and only to the lower half of any part of the trawl. They may be fastened only at their front and side edges.\n4. If strengthening bags or chafing pieces are used, the bottom-side chafer may be attached only outside the strengthening bags or chafing pieces and in the manner specified in paragraph 3.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1984/3440/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:05:55.214129+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}