{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1992-1536/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1992-1536/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1992/1536",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EEC) No 1536/92 of 9 June 1992 laying down common marketing standards for preserved tuna and bonito",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1992-1536",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "If the covering medium used forms an integral part of the trade description, it shall comply with the following conditions:\n‘in olive oil’ shall be reserved for products using only olive oil, excluding any mixture with other oils,\n‘natural’ shall be reserved for products using the natural juice (the liquid exuding from the fish during cooking), a saline solution or water, possibly with the addition of herbs, spices or natural flavourings as defined in Directive 88/388/EEC,\n‘in vegetable oil’ shall be reserved for products using refined vegetable oils, and singly or in mixtures,\nwhere any other covering medium is used, it shall be identified clearly and explicitly using its usual trade name.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 184, 22. 6. 1988, p. 61."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1992/1536/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:01:23.485137+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."
}