We may approve as warehouses those facilities used in
conjunction with the production and refining of oil. No
“minimum capacity” requirement applies to these
warehouses. (
Public Notice 179 paragraph 3.9.1)
We may approve installations as ‘import’
warehouses (Public Notice 179 paragraph 3.9.2)
We may approve installations as ‘export’
warehouses where trade is 100% ( or near to 100%) dedicated to
storing oil for export ( including delivery to other EU Member
States) (Public Notice 179 paragraph 3.9.3)
We may approve ‘remote installations’ where
UK-produced oil is stored for more than 30 days (public Notice 179
paragraph 3.9.4)
We may approve ‘floating storage’ for the
bunkering of ships (Public Notice 179 paragraph 3.9.5)
We may approve warehouses for the storage of ‘special
energy products’ such as liquid petroleum gas (Public Notice
179 paragraph 3.9.6)
We may also grant ‘full or partial
duty-suspended’ facilities. (Public Notice 179 paragraph
3.9.7.)
We may allow ‘common storage’ of oils of the same
description (Public Notice 179 paragraph 3.10)
We may allow ‘temporary conversion’ of duty
suspended tankage to duty paid status (Public Notice 179 paragraph
3.11). We will
not permit this facility however if there is a
possibility of ‘budget forestalling’ (Public Notice 179
paragraph 3.12).
