EU 579 - 2014 Acceptable Previous Cargoes Consolidated Vers 2019
EU 579 - 2014 Acceptable Previous Cargoes Consolidated Vers 2019
EU 579 - 2014 Acceptable Previous Cargoes Consolidated Vers 2019
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►M1 Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/238 of 19 February 2016 L 45 1 20.2.2016
►M2 Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/978 of 14 June 2019 L 159 26 17.6.2019
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 579/2014
of 28 May 2014
granting derogation from certain provisions of Annex II to
Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of
the Council as regards the transport of liquid oils and fats by sea
(Text with EEA relevance)
Article 1
Derogation
Article 2
Conditions for derogation
1. The freight carried preceding the oils and fats in the same
equipment in a seagoing vessel (hereafter called the ‘previous cargo’)
shall consist of a substance or a mixture of substances listed in the
Annex to this Regulation.
2. The bulk transport in seagoing vessels of liquid oils or fats which
are to be processed shall be permitted in tanks that are not exclusively
reserved for the transport of foodstuffs, subject to the following
conditions:
(a) where the oils or fats are transported in a stainless steel tank, or tank
lined with epoxy resin or technical equivalent, the immediately
previous cargo shall have been:
(i) a foodstuff; or
(ii) a cargo from the list of acceptable previous cargoes set out in
the Annex;
or
(b) where the oils or fats are transported in a tank made of materials
other than those referred to in point (a), the three previous cargoes
transported in the tank shall have been:
(i) foodstuffs; or
(ii) a cargo from the list of acceptable previous cargoes set out in
the Annex.
3. The bulk transport in seagoing vessels of oils or fats which are not
to be further processed shall be permitted in tanks that are not
exclusively reserved for the transport of foodstuffs, subject to the
following conditions:
(a) the tank shall be:
(i) of stainless steel; or
(ii) lined with epoxy resin or technical equivalent;
and
(b) the three previous cargoes transported in the tank shall have been
foodstuffs.
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Article 3
Record keeping
Article 4
Repeal
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following
that of 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.
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ANNEX
Acetic acid (ethanoic acid; vinegar acid; methane carboxylic acid) 64-19-7
Acid oils and fatty acid distillates — from vegetable oils and fats and/or mixtures —
thereof and animal and marine fats and oils
Animal, marine and vegetable and hydrogenated oils and fats according to the —
MEPC.2/Circ. of the IMO
▼M1
Ammonium nitrate solution 6484-52-2
▼B
Calcium chloride solution 10043-52-4
▼M1
Calcium nitrate 10124-37-5
▼B
Cyclohexane (hexamethylene; hexanaphthene; hexahydrobenzene) 110-82-7
▼M2
Ethyl-tert-butyl ether 637-92-3
▼B
Fatty acids
▼B
Butyric acid (n-butyric acid; butanoic acid; ethyl acetic acid; propyl formic acid) 107-92-6
Fatty acid esters — any ester produced by the combination of the listed fatty acids
with any of the listed fatty alcohols, as well as methanol and ethanol. Examples of
these are
Fatty alcohols
Cetyl alcohol (alcohol C-16; 1-hexadecanol; cetylic alcohol; palmityl alcohol; n- 36653-82-4
primary hexadecyl alcohol)
▼B
Glycols
▼M2
Methylacetate 79-20-9
▼B
Methyl ethyl ketone (2-butanone) 78-93-3
Molasses, which has been produced from the conventional sugar processing industry —
using sugar cane, sugar beet, citrus or sorghum
▼B
Pentane 109-66-0
Unfractionated fatty acids from vegetable, marine and animal oils and fats and/or —
mixtures thereof, provided their sources are edible types of fats or oils
Unfractionated fatty alcohols from vegetable, marine and animal oils and fats and/or —
mixtures thereof, provided their sources are edible types of fats or oils
Unfractionated fatty esters from vegetable, marine and animal oils and fats and/or —
mixtures thereof, provided their sources are edible types of fats and oils