Commission Directive 96/3/EC grants a derogation from certain provisions of Council Directive 93/43/EC on the hygiene of foodstuffs with regard to the transport of bulk liquids and fats by sea. The Directive includes a list of Acceptable Previous Cargoes and provides for the list to amended as appropriate.
On 22 January 2004 the Commission published Commission Directive 2004/4/EC in the Official Journal of the European Union, under which the EU list of Acceptable Previous Cargoes was amended with effect from 1 June 2004.
The following cargoes are added to the List:
Acetic anhydride
Ammonium polyphosphate
Propylene tetramer
Propyl alcohol
Sodium silicate
The following cargoes are removed from the list:
Cyclohexanol
2,3-butanediol
iso-butanol
Nonane
The following cargoes will remain on the list but be subject to review.
iso-decanol
iso-octanol
iso-nonanol
Montan wax
Paraffin wax
White mineral oil
The Directive and the full Acceptable Previous Cargo List can be found in the Members' Area.