Consumer Protection (Control of Imports) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2013 (G.N. No. 298 of 2013)

Consumer Protection (Control of Imports) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2013 GN No. 298 of 2013 Government Gazette of Mauritius No. 111 of 14 December 2013 THE CONSUMER PROTECTION (PRICE AND SUPPLIES CONTROL) ACT Regulations made by the Minister under section 35 of the Consumer Protection (Price and Supplies Control) Act 1. These regulations may be cited as the Consumer Protection (Control of Imports) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2013. 2. In these regulations — “principal regulations” means the Consumer Protection (Control of Imports) Regulations 1999. 3. Regulation 2 of the principal regulations is amended — (a) in the definition of “customs territory”, by adding the following new paragraph, the word “and” at the end of paragraph (a) being deleted and the word “and” being added at the end of paragraph (b) — (c) with respect to bunker fuels, includes a freeport zone, or any other storage infrastructure, whether onshore or at sea, intended to replenish seagoing vessels with bunker fuels; (b) by deleting the definition of “remove” and replacing it by the following definition — “remove” means — (a) to remove from the customs territory; (b) to remove from a freeport zone through the customs territory; (c) to remove from a bonded warehouse; or (d) in relation to bunker fuels, to remove from any storage infrastructure, whether onshore or at sea, intended to replenish seagoing vessels with bunker fuels, on payment of all duty and taxes; (c) by inserting, in the appropriate alphabetical order, the following new definition — “bunker fuels” means the petroleum oils specified in Part I of the Ninth Schedule, with corresponding specifications set out in Parts II to IV of that Schedule; 4. Regulation 7 of the principal regulations is amended, in paragraph (c), by adding the words “excluding bunker fuels”. 5. Regulation 10(3) of the principal regulations is amended — (a) in subparagraph (a), by deleting the words “ and (c)” and replacing them by the words “, (c) and (f)”; (b) by adding the following new subparagraph — (f) The Permanent Secretary shall, in addition to the other relevant conditions specified under these regulations, grant an approval in relation to bunker fuels subject to — (i) the bunker fuels, upon arrival in the customs territory, being inspected by the local branch of such independent international inspection body or local inspection body as may be acceptable to the Permanent Secretary; and (ii) the importer submitting a certificate issued by an inspection body referred to in subparagraph (i), which indicates compliance of the bunker fuels with the specifications set out in Parts II to IV of the Ninth Schedule, as the case may be. 6. The Fourth Schedule to the principal regulations is amended — (a) by deleting the following item and its corresponding entry — 14. Table salt Quantitative (yearly quota) and replacing it by the following item and its corresponding entry — 15. Table salt Quantitative (yearly quota) (b) by adding the following new item and its corresponding entry — 16. Bunker fuels Shall be imported only by firms holding the appropriate written authorisation from the Permanent Secretary. 7. The Fifth Schedule to the principal regulations is amended, in item 6, in the second column, by adding, after the words “re-export”, the words “(other than bunker fuels)”. 8. The principal regulations are amended by adding the Ninth Schedule set out in the Schedule to these regulations. 9. These regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 2014. Made by the Minister on 10 December 2013. SCHEDULE [Regulation 8] NINTH SCHEDULE [Regulations 2 and 10(3)] BUNKER FUELS PART I High speed diesel (GAS OIL) 0.25% sulphur Fuel oil HSFO 180 CST catalytic cracked product Fuel oil HSFO 380 CST PART II- HIGH SPEED DIESEL (GAS OIL) 0.25% SULPHUR Characteristics Units Limits Test Methods Visual Appearance Clear + Bright CETANE NUMBER Mm 49 ASTM D 6 13-08 Acid Number, Strong mg KOHIg Max NIL ASTM D 974-08 Acid Number ,Total mg KOHJg Max 0.25 ASTM D 974-08 Ash % W Max 0.01 ASTM D 482-07 Carbon Residue, Ramsbottom on 10% Residue % W Max 0.20 ASTM D 524-04 Cloud Point Deg. C Max 15.5 ASTM D 2500-05/ D5771 05 Colour, ASTM Max 2.50 ASTM D 1500-07/ ASTMD 6045-04 Corrosion, Copper Strip 3h @ 100 Deg. C Max No. 1 ASTM D 130-04 Distillation 50% recovered @ Deg. C To Report ASTM D 86-07b Distillation 90% Deg. C Max 366 recovered @ Distillation 95% recovered @ Deg. C Max 385 Flash Point, PMC Deg. C Mm 66 ASTM D 93-08 Pour Point Deg. C Max 6 ASTM D 97-08/ D 5949-01 Density at 15°c, Kg/L Mm 0.82 Max 0.860 ASTM D 1298-99 (2005)/ D4052-96 (2002) Sediment % W Max 0.01 ASTM D 473-07 Sulphur % W Max 0.25 ASTM D — 4294-03 Viscosity, Kinematic @ 40 Deg. C CST Mm 2 Max 4.5 ASTM D 445-06 Water %V Max 0.05 ASTMD4377-00(11) Conductivity @ 20°C Ps/m Min 75 D2624-07a Max 350 CFPP °C Max 0°C 1P309-99 PART III - FUEL OIL HSFO 180 CST CATALYTIC CRACKED PRODUCT Characteristics Units ISO! IP Methods Min Max Density @ 15° C kg/1 IP 160-99 0.990 1 Kinematic Viscosity @ 50°C CST ISO 3 104-1994 172.1 Sulphur Content % (m/m) ISO 8754-2003E 3.5 Pour Point °C ISO 3016-1994E 15 Flash Point (PMCC) °C ISO 2719-2002E 64 Water % (v/v) ISO 3733-1999 0.38 Carbon Residue % (m/m) ISO 10370-1993E 14.1 Ash % (m/m) ISO 6245-2001E 0.08 Vanadium mg/kg XTDISO 10478-1994 194 Aluminium plus Silicon mg/kg ISO 10478-1994 56 Total Sediment, potential % (m/m) ISO 10307-2-1993E Procedure B 0.08 Total Sediment, existent % (m/m) ISO 10307-1-1993 0.08 Total Sediment, Differential % (m/m) Calculations 0.05 Strong Acid Number mg/KOH/ g ISO 6618-1997/ 1P139-98 (2004) NIL Total Acid Number mg/KOH/ g ISO 6619-1988/ 1P177-96 (2004) 2.7 Zinc mg/Kg IP 501-05/ICP -MS 12 Phosphorous mg/Kg IP 501-05/ICP- MS 12 Calcium mg/Kg IP 501-05/ICP -MS 26 CCAI Calculations 859 H2S (Liquid Phase) PPM ASTM D 762 1-2010 or IP 570 2011 2 PART IV - FUEL OIL HSFO 380 CST Characteristics Units/ASTM Test Method Typical Values Maximum Value Kinematic .Viscosity mm2/s at 50°C - D 445-06 225 to 380 380 Density Kg/L at 15°C - D 1298-99(2005) / D 4052-96(2002) 0.98 0.99 Ash % mass - D 482-07 0.05 0.1 Micro Carbon Residue % mass - D 4530-07 16 19 Total Sediment Potential (TSP) % mass - 1P390-94 (2004) (Procedure B) 0.15 0.20 Vanadium mg/kg (PPM) AAS GF/ IP 433-2000 (2010) 100 200 Sodium mg/kg (PPM) ASTM D 1318-00 (2011) 50 100 Sulphur % mass D 4294-03 3% 4% Water Content % Volume - D 95-05 0.5 1 Flash Point °C - D 93-08 66 (Min.) Pour Point* °C-ASTM-D5950-02(2007) 9 21 Asphaltenes % mass - IP 143-04 - 14 Gross Calorific Value KJ/kg - ASTM 4868-00 (2005) 42 000 CCAI 830 850 A1 + Si mg/kg-AAS GF <10 30 * Pour point value preferably in multiples of 3.