{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-579/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2014/579",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-579",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Conditions for derogation",
  "text": "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.\n2. 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:\n(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:\n(i) a foodstuff; or\n(ii) a cargo from the list of acceptable previous cargoes set out in the Annex;\nor\n(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:\n(i) foodstuffs; or\n(ii) a cargo from the list of acceptable previous cargoes set out in the Annex.\n3. 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:\n(a) the tank shall be:\n(i) of stainless steel; or\n(ii) lined with epoxy resin or technical equivalent;\nand\n(b) the three previous cargoes transported in the tank shall have been foodstuffs.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/579/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:47:37.037934+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."
}